I have just finished my first 3D figures. Had a ball making them, but have some questions. I put my fondant through a clay gun for the hair, but had to soften it with shortening to get it to come out. Then the "hair" seemed to clump together easily. Any tips on hair making? The first guy I did was sitting down - no problem. I wanted his wife to stand up, so I ended up putting a couple of skewers in her legs. How do others get the figures to stand? Also, something that I couldn't figure out - I saw some people that had dresses on. Part of their skin/cleavage was showing. How do you get the separation of skin/clothing? Is the clothing put on top of the skin? (Is that understandable?)

frst question i cann't answer because i don't have the gun but for the legs standing i personally do legs first and add gumtex to the fondant. i et them dry enough that it can hold the body. ( i always have problem balancing them on the cake later) so shortly, i hate standing figures.
i have one groom right now who refuses to go on the weddingcake

for the clothes. i do the body and then add the clothes, or if he example has short sleeve t- shirt then i make the sleeve and i make in the end of the sleeve a little hole (inside bump) and make it little damp and add the hand then.

I looked at your photos. I love the squirrel.

How do you do the hair? Where did you learn to do the detail to the clothes? Any books you would reccommend?

Here's a BUMP!

I'd love to have any recommendations on figure modeling <sp?> books as well, especially those that might have patterns/templates for clothing!

I've only gotten up the nerve to try once, but I HAVE since bought some nice books...
One I like is called "Imagine Your World in Clay" by Maureen Carlson. It shows dresses, skirts, shirts, vests, coats, shorts... also little things like adding teeth! I haven't tried anything from it yet, but it seems to make sense.
I bought it at Michaels for $15.

Masie Parrish makes books about figurines to.