Sanding And Painting The Stargazer Man Made with Paper Mache Clay

The Stargazer Man is based on the face of a stargazer fish, so, naturally, he's weird. But I'm starting to like him. The faux bronze paint helped. Sanding him helped, too.
I never sand paper mache clay, but I was in a real hurry when I made him, and I got sloppy.
My favorite new recipe for paper mache clay: • Best Paper Mache Clay ...
How the Stargazer Man's armature was made: • 💫 Sculpting Stargazer ...
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Read Alan's 'Introduction to the Stargazer' on this page: www.ultimatepapermache.com/pa...
The echidna tutorial: www.ultimatepapermache.com/ma...
The piggy bank tutorial: www.ultimatepapermache.com/pa...
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:54 Letting the chickens out
3:00 Detail sanding tools
4:54 Adding a coat of acrylic gesso
5:40 The first coat of metallic paint - 'metallic bronze'
6:26 Second coat of paint - 'champagne gold'
6:52 Adding a black glaze to bring out details
8:26 Adding highlights with 'splendid gold'
8:50 Adding coat of Ultra Matte varnish
9:23 Adding more highlights with rub-on metallic wax 'bright gold'
11:14 Painting is finished
11:55 Alan's 'Stargazer Introduction' story
12:31 Conclusion and suggestions

[@Lorenmcdee]

Please make more of these stargazer types. They're worth thousands when they're unique and from your own imagination

[@alanm3438]

Hi Rocky!!!!! The bronze color makes him look like a trophy. He turned out real nice. It is so neat that you are still looking for more advice to do things better. Thanks for posting my story. It is always good to see you. I am glad that a lot of people watch your videos. You have touched so many lives. 🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨😃😃😃😃😃

[@rozanidesignsmasquerade7050]

Such a nice finish for this unique character. 👍 I enjoyed reading the Stargazer’s story which was quite delightful and imaginative. 😍✨

[@pippipants]

Wow! Love the metallic paint! Now I think he's a Mayan or Aztec style of spaceman lol
I did go and look at the stargazer fish ... You made this one really pretty compared to his family 😂
And OMG that echidna ❤ ... I saw a roadsign for one when I was in Australia and I thought it was a joke but they are real. Did you know the baby ones are called Puggles? 😊

[@williamfeliciano7687]

Sensacional!!

[@lizfletcher2072]

Hello Joni, I'm new to your channel and am interested in your paper mache recipe. I have only one question, how much shrinkage is there between the moist paper mache and total dried? My name is Elizabeth and I live in Australia. Love your work xx

[@UltimatePaperMache]

Hi Elizabeth. I've never measured the wet and dry paper mache clay in any formal way. It will shrink as it dries, like any air dry clay will. But it only matters if you put it over a hard armature, like a glass bottle. If you do that, it will crack. But if you make your armature like I did for this silly guy, you shouldn't have any problems with it.

[@lizfletcher2072]

@@UltimatePaperMache thank you for that. I have found that the normal air dry clay shrinks on drying to a much more degree than usual clay. Again, thank you for your wonderful recipe, and your quick response. Enjoy your beautiful work! 🌹