EYE MAKING!! + Update

Ah~ it has been a while since I last made a post. So I'll just inform you guys on what happened. Um, where to start, well his headcap magnets fell out. Three out of four got loose from the holes. I put it off for some time since I didn't know how to fix it properly, especially since two fell out at first. I was told that superglue worked best, but I was reluctant since I know that superglue can melt certain types of plastics. But I went for it since I preferred having his magnets in instead of the headcap flying off at the slightest bump to it. After I fixed that the third one fell out! Such luck lol, at least they were glued in the right way.

After that was done, I decided to make him a pair of eyes. I have tried to make them before but, those eyes weren't very successful since they didn't have much depth. So these eyes have some depth, not as great as those nice urethane eyes, but I'm pretty sure they could be if I was more careful and patient with them. But here is the recorded process.

First I started with a pair of similarly sized clay. I didn't really care about the color, since I was going to paint it anyways.

I shaped them into a dome shape, with an indentation in the middle. I tried to add some texture since I wanted the eyes to look more realistic. The clay I used was the oven bake kind, it goes into a preheated oven at 275 degrees for 15 minuets per every 1/4 of an inch I believe.

After baking, I let it cool. Then I began to paint, white first,then the iris shade. the pupils were make out of pieces of smaller clay, painted black. For the clear dome on top, I used Blick Artist's Acrylic Gloss Medium to slowly build it up, allowing each layer to dry after applying another coat and did this around the iris area.

Here is them drying. After the clear dome has dried, I applied gloss over the surface to create a shinier surface. Below are close up photos on the eyes. I have to admit though, it looks like it was taken by a DSLR. But nah, I wish I owned one, but I did find a hack for a smart phone that allows it to take better macro photos with a clear dome that magnifies the image. I tried it but a magnifying glass over the lens of my point and shoot.  

The photo below came out really weird. Probably because I didn't position it correctly over the lens.

         

Thanks for reading!