You will need:
- 10cm polystyrene egg
- Dresden Tool
- Small rolling pin
- Sharp knife
- Small sharp scissors
- Paintbrushes
- Cool boiled water / edible glue
- Food safe skewer / flower wire
- Circle cutter
- Large cone tool
- Small rubber brush tool
- Face mould
- Saracino modelling paste white
- Saracino modelling paste skin tone
- Saracino modelling paste bronze
- Saracino modelling paste Tiffany
- Saracino modelling paste black
- Pink powder colour
- Red powder colour
- Gold powder colour
Step 1
Prepare the 10cm polystyrene egg and the tiffany colour Saracino modelling paste
Step 2
Roll out the Tiffany modelling paste to a thickness as shown
Step 3
Cover the egg with the paste. A small amount of water can be used to stick the paste to the egg.
Step 4
Cut the excess paste from around the bottom using the scissors
Step 5
With a plastic knife or Dresden modelling tool create some lines for folds on the dress
Step 6
With a large cone tool enlarge the creases and smooth them out to give more natural look
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Using your fingers form a neck on the top of the skin coloured cylinder.
Step 10
Using the large circular cutter cut the ‘shoulders’ away from the skin coloured cylinder.
Step 11
Stick the shoulders to the torso. Then stick the upper body to the skirt. Using a rubber brush and cone tool make details.
Step 12
Using the rubber brush tool form the shape of the chest area
Step 13
Using the end of your modelling tool shape detail to the throat area
Step 14
Using your modelling tool form further detail to the neck area
Step 15
Using the skin toned Saracino paste form a head / face using a face mould.
Step 16
Attach the head to the neck. Insert a wooden skewer into the body.
Step 17
Take white modelling paste and roll two balls for the sleeves.
Step 18
Form the two balls into cone shapes as shown.
Step 19
Fix the sleeves to the shoulders. Using a modelling tool or plastic knife form creases around each sleeve.
Step 20
Using a modelling tool or plastic knife form a line around the top of the dress.
Step 21
Using skin tone Saracino paste roll a sausage shape for the arms and hands. Cut the sausage in half as shown to give two arms.
Step 22
Using your finger flatten the pointed end to form a hand.
Step 23
Using a blade or sharp knife cut the thumb.
Step 24
Using finger pressure roll to form the narrower wrist
Step 25
Fix the two arms into the sleeves.
Step 26
Roll out a piece of white paste and using a sharp knife cut out a crown.
Step 27
Using a little water on the edge form the circular crown shape.
Step 28
Roll out some black paste very thinly and fix to the face for eyebrows and eye lashes.
Step 29
Mix red powder colour with clear alcohol and paint the lips with a small paintbrush
Step 30
Roll out black paste to form the hair
Step 31
Fix the hair to the head using a small amount of water if required. Fix the crown to the top of the head.
Step 32
Using Saracino gold powder mixed with clear alcohol paint the crown gold using a small paintbrush. Using a soft brush and pink dust give colour to the cheeks.
