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I baked a Lion

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Yesterday I found my old package of Oven-Bake Clay and I decided that maybe I should sculpture what I wanted to draw.  I was struggling for about two weeks to draw a lion in the position I wanted it to be.  I did a research on-line for photos of such lion and I was unable to find any I was satisfied with.  Then why not a 3D prototype of one, I thought to myself.



The lion sculpture was to be a prototype only, so I took the clay I had the most of.  I made the lion all white :) A little albino lion! Just after few minutes of putting the lion together I was satisfied with what was coming out the white clay.  A jumping lion just as I wanted it to be...
Back paws firmly standing on the stand with front paws in the air attempting to hit the enemy. (I had to put some support in the form of a stand and support pole as the lion was too soft and a little tipsy.) The mane took a little work as each of the hairs needed to be rolled individually.  This also caused the lion to dangerously fall forward as the mane started to be too heavy.  I had to move the body of the lion more towards the back to balance it better so it lost the forward jump momentum which I need to fix when making the final drawing.



Once the lion was completed with all the details I put it into the oven for 15 min.  Unfortunately my oven tray likes to adjust itself to a temperature and does it with a bang, so shortly after I put the lion into the oven I had to take it out and straighten it up again as it was overturned.
Rest of the backing was finished with no incidents and the lion came out hot and crispy :)

After the lion cooled down I took some pictures for you to see.



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