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My finished MUNNY: King Roly

Finished my Munny the day before Christmas and good timing too as something really weird happened. It SNOWED! And it got SUPER FREAKIN COLD! Like 19 degrees! Right now only the oven is heating the front part of the house and my studio so it's a bit too chilly for me to really work, maybe when the temp rises up a little today. Regardless, today is DROP day for this little guy. Here are the photos I shot of him before Snowmageddon hit
I made a little staff and some roly poly bugs out of Sculpey- then I epoxied the bugs to their proper places after baking them and painting them.

He is my little Nature themed boy, so cute!

Details, details...I base colored him with spray paint AFTER primering him then used acrylic to paint all the details. I used a spray primer. For the sculpey parts I primered with acrylic (do not spray sculpey, sticky mess, *do not- do not spray sculpey)

He was spray glossed with Clear Coat to protect all my work and make him shiny

He watches over all the Roly Polys and is ready for his big debut...

This Friday! You can see him in person with so many other cool Munnys!
I posted some photos on facebook and some friends seemed interested in painting their own Munny and asked for tips...all I can say is TAKE YOUR TIME! Primering the whole thing is essential. I used a spray primer on mine. I made the mistake of putting down too much spray color right after painting and ended up with a mess. I had to take off a whole bunch of  paint with Denatured Alcohol (he was almost called DeNature Boy) Also... after primering let him sit for a day. Don't start painting on him the same day if you spray primer. It will be hard and not yield good results. 
Use acrylics, take your time and make him awesome. If you're using sculpey I would advise looking up techniques online. I didn't put sculpey pieces on and then bake the whole Munny-which you can do. I chose to make small pieces and epoxy them on. There is so much info on the web about modding your vinyl toy. Have fun!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas, it's really super cold and I'm not looking forward to getting out to deliver this toy...he is naked after all! Poor thing!


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