First Fondant Practice Figure...please Critique
Decorating By wgoat5 Updated 26 Oct 2006 , 2:50pm by tiptop57
It looks like a donkey to me... I think you did a good job. He's very cute.
I think it's very good. I've never worked with wilton fondant, so I don't have any tips about the cracking issue. I don't see and cracks though. He looks very cute!! Good job!!
Love it. very cute donkey.
cracking issue. I don't know about wilton fondant but i never put fondant in the microwave. cover the mass always in the clingfilm. even when you are working the pieces always cover the rest so it doesn't dry out. if it is already dry then try some crisco and humidity. knead it til the dry pieces have dissapeared. sometimes it works, sometimes there is nothing that you can do to save it.
Thanks you all...Was wondering though..do I need to do him in grey???? He is for a Democrat party..party..lol...The green shirt is the color of the runners signs.....Ok so let me get this straight..Keep crisco on my hands and the fondant won't crack right?
he's cute! If you use a little crisco on you fingers and rub the area that cracks it should help
I agree with you, a little grease on fingers really helps, I could'nt manage without that when doing models....your donkey looks fine, very cute
He's so cute, the face is great, but shouldn't his ears be more pointed at the ends???
Theresa 
If he's dry you can dust him with gray petal dust (mix black petal dust or ground artist's charcoal - non toxic - with cornstarch to get the color you wish), instead of doing him all over. I think the brown underneath would give him great definition.
Then all you have to do is re-do the ears and attach them. Melt some fondant in some water (about 50-50 mixture) and use that as glue. Use toothpicks to stick the ears in, if necessary.
His face is done too well to start over completely.
Theresa
Thanks you all...Was wondering though..do I need to do him in grey???? He is for a Democrat party..party..lol...The green shirt is the color of the runners signs.....Ok so let me get this straight..Keep crisco on my hands and the fondant won't crack right?
I think if you do exactlly what you already did with him only make hiim gray and maybe give him a mane?? does he have a tail in the back??? He's absolutely adorable and definitely looks like a donkey.........!!!
Is that a donkey or a hole in the ground?
I have been told that I didn't know my ..... from a hole in the ground, I guess it's true!
Sorry, but I just couldn't resist the temptation!!!!!
I think your donkey looks great! Isn't it fun making figures from fondant?
I have been working on some ghosts, scarecrows, etc. for a fall festival this weekend.
Looks like the donket straight out of "Silvester and the Magic Pebble"(great book btw). Cute donkey. Have not used wilton fondant and have not ventured out and made any figures although I am dieing to try!
Whoa Nellie.....
No female donkey on the cake! If you know your political history, unlike the republicans eventually adopting the elephant symbol, the democrates never really adopted the donkey. It was created as a political cartoon reference to Andrew Jackson being a Jacka$$ and if your "party" is in honor of a female politican oh boy what a nasty reference.
Let's get out the VOTE to: "Keep the donkey sexless."
My 2 cents: I thought it was cute as a brown donkey, it doesn't need a tail or mane either! There is a cute "true" donkey down the road from me and she is brown...... 
Who says you need to color with in the lines anyway??????
Although, a piece of straw between those adorable teeth would be cute.
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