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Make a leech that'll suck the life out of you ;D
Fan of Emilie Autumn? Or just love creepy creatures? Then this tutorial is for you!

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  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 1
    Step 1

    Take a small portion of polymer clay (use whatever colour you'd like) and roll into a ball. Set this aside for later

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 2
    Step 2

    Take the ball and roll it out. Ensure that one end is (slightly) bigger than the other (this will be the head, I'll explain in a later step)

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 3
    Step 3

    Select another two small pieces of clay (these will be used for the leeches eyes) and roll them into two balls.

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 4
    Step 4

    Flatten the two balls mentioned in the previous step

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 5
    Step 5

    Attach the two flattened balls onto the cylinder you made in step 2; as you can see, the cylinder can be twisted into multiple different poses. It's all up to you!

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 6
    Step 6

    Now take a needle/toothpick and add some details. I only added a mouth (eg. smile, frown, grimace, smirk)

  • How to mold a clay animal. Polymer Clay Leech Tutorial - Step 7
    Step 7

    Ta da! You have your leech. I don't have any photos of my painted ones, but you can paint stripes on the leech, or create strange patterns. (I myself prefer to make a stripped stocking look)

    I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

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Mikki
Mikki · 1 project
@Juliet J.: Thank you! haha, I love her. ;D

@Adorablecrafter: Pardon? haha, I don't think I quite understand your reaction. 0_o
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Juliet J.
Juliet J. · Cuneo, Piemonte, IT · 63 projects
Ahaha when I saw your project I cried: Emilie!XD
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Adorablecrafter
Adorablecrafter · 5 projects
why would u make this?? i mean it is AWESOME! but WHYYYYY?!
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