Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Making of my Kirby Chess Set

I made a Kirby chess set out of polymer clay.  The idea actually came a few years ago, when I was watching my friend play chess and doodling at the same time.  I ended up drawing each of the pieces as Kirby.  My friend reminded me of this recently, and he told me I should actually build the chess set.

To make the pieces, I rolled balls of aluminum foil as the centers, and used polymer clay around it.  The bases were polymer clay circles with nickle-sized openings in the bottom.  I waited until I sculpted all the pieces to paint the faces on.