Armature

Before you can start to sculpt by adding some material (like Fimo), you have to decide what will be your armature.

Why do I have to do an armature ?

1- It's useful if you make a figurine with arms and legs. It's a simple way to make your item stronger. You will avoid the bad surprise : when your sculpture don't want to stay in stand up position.

2- It's a good way to put the good dimension to each part of your item. For example to respect the good human anatomy proportion (I will talk about that later).You can precisely measure the legs compare to the bust, or position the knee, elbow, all the articulation. It's very important. You will be able later to change the position of the squeletton by playing with all the articulation. You can use some green stuff on iron wire to make your squeletton.



3- It's cheaper to put some paper (for water clay) or aluminium foil with wire (Sculpey, Fimo) than the sculpt material (like Fimo).

For example I wanted to make this model :



I made this armature :