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Chibi Cthulhu

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Back when I made the koi bead for the commissioned koi fan I painted, I decided to surprise my husband with a little Sculpey figurine. He really likes the work of H.P. Lovecraft, and I'd seen a cute chibi Cthulhu crafted out of soap used in a Motivator poster on an RPG forum. So I pulled up the copy I'd saved of the soap Cthulhu and used it as a general model for sculpting this little guy out of Sculpey to bake with the bead.

His head and body were each a sphere (the body was more ovoid), and the arms, feet, wings, and tentacles were all carefully molded separately and then attached. I used nail sticks (pointed at one end, wide tapered at the other) to add his eyes and belly button, and to carefully shape the body as I added body parts.

I only have white Sculpey, so he was plain whitish when when my husband came home to find chibi Cthulhu sittong on top of his laptop. My husband was still quite excited, and later in the week he pulled out my acrylic craft paints and mixed up some good green for Cthulhu. There's actually a mottled design to the color, though it's a bit difficult to see, and accents in black. Cthulhu's coated in clear nail polish, I think. I really need to get my hands on some Sculpey Glaze or Varathane.

Chibi Cthulhu stands just over an inch tall.

The yellower tint to the two smaller photos is due to the fact that I don't have an actual lightbox. I used a roll of white paper taped to the door and as many fluorescent lamps pointed at this guy as I could manage, so there's light reflection and a heavy yellow tint on some of the photos. I Photoshopped them as best as I could.

TD: basic Sculpey. Painted by my husband with acrylic craft paint and coated with clear nail polish (make sure you get an acrylic kind, or I hear they can eat the polymer clay). Approx. 1/2 hour sculpting time.

Steal, and Chibi Cthulhu eats your spicy brains.
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ImpalerQueen's avatar
That's adorable! :3
You should sell these.