I post this in the how i can forum, but I just have 1 response and I need more info...and since everytime that i post something here i get so many responses im going to try here...
Well im doing my daughters bday cake which is of Rainbow Brite, the thing is that i want to make starlite who is the horse, and twink who is the little monster i want to make them out of MMF, but i have no idea what to do.
Yesterday, i try do the horse but my God was horrible. I did a sketch in parchment paper of the horse . By the way i want the horse to be standing, so theres the problem.
PLEASEEEEE SOMEONE HELP MEEEEE!!!
Not sure on the molding of things, but I would love to try at least once.
However, I have been watching Duff, and for the standing you could mold the legs over some candy sticks or screwers that can be pushed into the cake.
Good luck and post pics it sounds fun.
Is the problem that your figures aren't standing up correctly? I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for. I did a rabbit that kept collapsing. I ended up making balls of waxed paper and propping him up with those until he dried enough to stand on his own. If that's not the problem, please be more specific and perhaps we can help you better.
Can you use some type of support for the horse to stand up? Like a pretzel rod or a wooden dowel cut to size and form the MMF around it?
I'm no art instructor, but try to think of the horse as 'cones'. Each leg is a cone shaped, bent at the middle for the knees, the body is a larger cone, the neck is another, the head is another, add small cones for the ears, and then do the tail.
Good luck.
Can you search online for 'sculpy' clay and instructions for horses? I thought they had a website that kinda gave instructions for different things.
Unless you already know how to sculpt figures, it is almost impossible to teach someone how to sculpt in a forum.
There are several clay books that can show how to make figures.
As for holding the horse upright, you can use skewers to insert into the cake, or attach the horse to a small platform that will set on the cake.
It might work better to try another technique, such as a frozen buttercream transfer. the instructions are in the articles section.
In the 2004 Wilton yearbook there's a birthday cake with an elephant (page 22). The elephant looks like it's standing up, but it has an oval cake plate to rest the body and hidden pillars for legs. I'm sure that you could modify it. The instructions are easy to follow. I hope this helps with your dilemna.
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