May I Introduce..

Half of my Mad Scientist. Drilled through and strung up. And boy do I love polymer clay, even though it might make me sick from breathing in it's dust.. But hey, it WORKED.


It was a somewhat long process, but it was the best way I could think of. And I learned a few things while drilling and stringing. One is I get to mold a hollow body (mid-torso, I say) in order for the strings, as well as the drill, to get through the way I need them to. And I also get the fun filled pleasure of re-doing the neck. BAH!

Ah, learning made easy through mistakes. At any rate, I managed to drill holes through the arms and chest easily because the friction from the cordless drill heated up the clay (you could even feel it go through the forearms, awesome indeed). Making that task a bit easier to manage. Surprisingly the only sign of damage is in his left upper arm. A few cracks due to the drill getting off course. But everything else is peachy. Now all I have to do is drill the rest of him, mold a torso and neck, make a mold for his face, and then slap it all together using.. er, wire? Strong elastic? Rubber bands? Snot? We'll try a few things to see what works best, but for the mean time he's being held together with thin elastic band (the kind that little kids make bracelets out of.. the ones that snap and the beads go everywhere and then the kid gets all teary-eyed and loses her shit because, oh however will she make another one!!) ......... I mean.. nope, nevermind, that kid just needs to calm down. For there are Mad Scientist to be made!