The Hotness
Games|People|Company
Eclipse
Gunship: First Strike!
Mage Knight: Board Game
Midnight Men
Agricola: Die Bauern und das liebe Vieh
Hawaii
Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
Wiz-War
Ora et Labora
Rex: Final Days of an Empire
Snowdonia
Barbarian Prince
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
Twilight Struggle
War of the Ring
Agricola
7 Wonders
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (second edition)
Dominion
7 Wonders: Cities
Kingdoms
A Few Acres of Snow
Risk Legacy
Arkham Horror
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin
1812: The Invasion of Canada
Dixit: Journey
Elder Sign
D-Day Dice
The Castles of Burgundy
Le Havre
Kingdom Builder
Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game
Race for the Galaxy
Cosmic Encounter
Dominant Species
Dungeon Petz
Battlestar Galactica
Power Grid
Mansions of Madness
Last Will
Twilight Imperium (third edition)
Nexus Ops
Agents of SMERSH
Puerto Rico
Star Trek: Fleet Captains
Kairo
Core Worlds
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Recommend
52 
 Thumb up
 Thumb up
4 Posts

Agricola» Forums » General

Subject: How to make FIMO boars: rss

Your Tags: Add tags
Popular Tags: how-to [+] fimo [+] polymer_clay [+] [View All]
Frank Strauss
Germany
Berlin
Unspecified
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
First of all you have to buy some FIMO modelling clay or something similar in the colours you like ( maybe you want to have a purple boar !? ).

Then you need a toothpick and a cutterknife ( or something similar ).

You need the following pieces:

Arrange the feet like these:

Form the body:


Attach the body to the feet:

Cut the mouth:

Form the teeth:

Stick the teeth into the mouth:

Bend the teeth upwards:

Close the mouth:

Attach the nose above the mouth:

Use the toothpick to make the holes into the nose:

Use the knife to make some scratches at the body:

Form the tail:

Attach the tail to the body:

Attach the first part of the eyes to the body:

Attach the second part of the eyes to the body:

Attach the ears to the body - Ready:
10 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Matt Hoskins
United States
OKC
Oklahoma
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Excellent "how-to" post Frank! Nicely illustrated with step-by-step photos.

Thanks for sharing!

I have a couple questions:

How long does this take?

Any tips for working with FIMO?

Cheers,

Matt
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Frank Strauss
Germany
Berlin
Unspecified
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
matthewjhoskins wrote:
Excellent "how-to" post Frank! Nicely illustrated with step-by-step photos.

Thanks for sharing!

I have a couple questions:

How long does this take?

Any tips for working with FIMO?

Cheers,

Matt


One Boar ( or cow or sheep ) takes 3 - 5 minutes, depending on your skill.
Tip: If your Fimo gets warm during the modelling ( much folding and squeezing ) let it cool down a little bit, because it stays in shape better when it is colder.
The best is to work like i a factory production line when you have to produce more than one figure, so you can clean your hands after the use of a dark colour. Especially white picks up the remaining colour at your hands when you form different colours in a row.

Frank
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Kdad the Muck Dweller
United States
Kirkland
Washington
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Your tutorials are awesome! Thanks for taking the time to put them up.

I have a question/request. Would you mind putting up estimates on how much clay went into each set of pieces? I'd love to buy the clay at a deal online, but don't know how much to get. Do you need more than one small brick of each color to do a full set of boars (or cows, or sheep, etc.)?

Thanks again. Your work is great!
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Front Page | Welcome | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Advertise | Support BGG | Feeds RSS
Geekdo, BoardGameGeek, the Geekdo logo, and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek, LLC.