Unfortunately, these do not depend gracefully from their little gold strings. They tend to list to starboard, or strangle themselves. sigh... The balance point of the armature is very much not the same as the balance point of the finished model.
Made with Sculpey III clay, baked at 275F (130C) for 19 minutes.
Black: 042 black
Red: 1685 tomato red mixed with a small amount of 1657 hazelnut
White: 001 white mixed with 010 translucent; 1207 vanilla creme/010 mix; 001/1207/010 mix
Armature: #20 gauge galvanized steel wire [Cobra, made in Canada]
Hanging eyelets: #20 gauge tarnish resistant copper wire (gold) [Darice, made in Pakistan]
Fimo gloss varnish used on eyes and beaks.
(photo shows unvarnished state)
