Make 365: Day 12 - Mini (Santa) Cuthulu

Some days are made for making things, and some days put up a fight before anything seems to get done. Yesterday was one of those days. Birthdays and holidays, seem to bring people together, but as family gathers, so do stories, memories, old regrets, and new ones. Things not spoken aloud sit silently behind heavy hearts, and make for heavy hands.

I used to have a big fascination with Sculpy. It's a polymer clay that, happily, requires no kiln to bake. It hardens in a normal oven at only 275 degrees.

When I was younger, I used it to make tiny food. Tiny fruits, tiny cakes, tiny peas-in-a-pod. Maybe because there was never a whole lot of one color, I felt the need to make it last. Anyway. Things that are small. Small Cuthulu?

Day 12 - Mini (Santa) Cuthulu

There are so many things to make, it seems silly to talk about only one. Octopi are another old favorite, in among the tiny cupcakes and pizza. Not that I would imply any similarities between an octopus and this project.

NEED

Polymer Clay (In as many, or as few, colours as is required)
Tin Foil
Superglue

Lets make one thing clear - this is a cthulhu toy, not a toy for Cuthulu, who is beyond all forms of idle amusement.



I made a rough sketch of what I thought a mini elder god should look like, and went from there.

Since the head was so big (all the better to eat you with, my dear), I built it on a smaller ball of tin foil. I then formed the merest idea of a clay body, and squished it onto the head. Tiny soulless black eyes rounded it out.



(Jolly hat optional)

The tentacles and wings I formed separately, and glued on afterward, which turned out to be more of a pain than I had expected. If you're smart, you can try to smooth them onto the body, instead of attaching them after the fact.

I also ended up folding the tentacles a bit, so that they propped him up, instead of making it impossible for him to reach the ground.

Bake in a 275 oven for ~15 minutes, and then let the pieces cool, until they aren't squishy anymore.

If you assembled everything in pieces (sigh) superglue them back together, v. carefully. Using too much superglue will make the setting process take forever, and threaten to drive you mad.



(Man, I really should dust once in awhile)



My mom thought he was adorable, and would make a fine ornament for the tree. So there's that too.



Merry Mithrastide!