My love of Tim Burton movies started with the original release of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in 1993. I knew I wanted to make these 2 main characters long before I ever saw Ace of Clay's fantastic tutorials (links below) but seeing his videos gave me the confidence to go ahead and try them. I know my daughter also loves these characters, so I decide to make them in pairs and give her whichever set turned out the best.
In the end, there were only a couple things I did differently than the tutorial: I used the very flexible Cos Clay for the skirts as well as the hair. I also baked in between each step as I am much more prone to squishing parts that I just finished working on. Making Jack Skellington was pretty simple, I just followed the tutorial, and was pleased with how both of my Jacks turned out.
Sally was a different story, she was definitely harder for me. I made the mistake of not watching the entire tutorial before diving in.
I got the legs and skirts all done and cured before realizing I had not put any stitch marks on either. (note to self: always watch the entire tutorial first!)
The only option was to break all that clay off and redo them. Overall I was pleased with all 4 characters.
I let my granddaughter choose which 2 she thought her mom would like the best, and I believe she did!
(Nice job Marissa, love you!)
Thank you!