My first attempt to make feet and hands for my fondant/gumpaste mix characters! The Exacto knife sticks and pulls the paste as I cut the toes and fingers. Then the cuts stick together making it hard to form them individually. They seem to have swelled ankles and wrists or something? Any tips?

Goodness me, I don't have any tips because I think they look just great. Maybe a liiiiiiiiiiiiiitle swelling on one of the ankles but I wouldn't have thought that at ALL if you hadn't fed me the idea , I really think they look great the way they are...plus you said they're for a monster anyway? Love the way you even got knuckles and indentations for finger/toenails.

As for the exacto knife sticking, did you grease it w/crisco?? Just a thought, I have no idea if that would help lol.

I looked at your cakes and your fondant charaters are so good! You have the porportions done well. I have the most difficulty keeping the porportions for the parts correct so they look right!

LOL I also realize now that I misunderstood your title, when you said "monster webbed feet" I thought you meant they were for some sort of monster character; now I realize that you just meant you thought they were monstrous!! ROTFL, DUHHH!!

Anyway I stand by my original assessment, I think they look fine. If you think they look "webbed" because the knife didn't cut all the way thru/or the digits stick back together after being cut, I really disagree, I think they just look "characterized" which is how they are supposed to look! If you don't like the look you can prob. use your x-knife to nudge them apart a little more and then...maybe dust w/cornstarch so they stay separate while they dry? Seriously, though, I think that's nit-picky, they look good!!

I think they're great. You've got perfect details, a great skin tone...I'd be delighted to have created those feet and hands

Maybe dipping the exacto knife in a little cornstarch would help it keep from sticking.