Sugarcraft Sheep Couple Cake Topper tutorial

List of things:


Saracino cream sugar paste {obtained by mixing white and brown sugarpaste}

Saracino Brown sugar paste

Saracino Black sugar paste

Saracino White sugar paste



Tools:

Rolling pin

Cutting wheel

Work mat

Cornstarch

Glue

Cocktail sticks

Dresden tool

Sharp knife

Extruder {optional}



Step 1: Mix a tiny amount of brown food colour in saracino modelling white paste and blend it to make a lovely cream colour, then roll two balls of the paste about 3 inches wide and form an oval shape, similarly make the second oval ball but a little smaller than the 1st one so roughly 2.5 inches wide.



Step 2: Now for the head, again make 2 oval shaped balls one smaller and the other bigger, this time they need to be 1” and other a little bigger than an inch.

Step 3: Place the respective body and head together and check if you are happy with the sizes and proportions

Step 4: Press both sides of the head with your thumb to make indents for the eyes

Step 5: Now with the sharp end of the dresden tool mark the mouth

Step 6: Put 2 tiny black eyeballs either sides

Step 7: Place 2 small cream discs over the black eyeballs as show in the photo

Step 8: Blend it with the head using a dresden tool

Step 9: Roll a thin strip in cream sugarpaste, if you are not comfortable rolling it with your hand use an extruder

Step 10: Cut this strip into small parts, each an inch long

Step 11: Taper these smaller strips on either sides

Step 12: Swirl the strip like in the picture

Step 13: Make all the swirls

Step 14: Start gluing these swirls on the oval ball {body}

Step 15: Glue them close to each other as shown in the picture and cover the entire body with swirls

Step 16: Glue the head on top of the body

Step 17: Similarly glue the female head on the body, you could use a cocktail stick if you wish

Step 18: Now make a bigger swirl for the tail

Step 19: Glue it on the back end of the body

Step 20: For the ears make a small droplet in the cream sugarpaste and press the centre with the dresden tool

Step 21: Now place the ears over the head and blend it well as shown

Step 22: Roll a strip of cream sugarpaste and a thinner brown strip and start rolling them together

Step 23: Fold the strip and keep rolling, do it a few times to get the stripy pattern in it

Step 24: Now cut a small amount of the patterned strip and swirl to make the horns

Step 25: Glue the horns above the ears on the male figurine

Step 26: For the legs roll a thick strip of light brown and cut 4 parts for each sheep, smooth one end of the leg that is going on the bottom and mark it with the pointy end of the dresden tool

Step 27: Make sure all the legs are equal length, they should be an inch tall

Step 28: Place the body on top of the legs, you could use cocktail sticks if required

Step 29: Do the same thing for the other figurine but make the legs a little bigger so that they are in proportion to the male body, roughly 1.2 inches long and place the body over the legs and your sheep couple is ready

Step 30: Place the figurines beside each other or the way you would like to display them.

Tips: 1:You could use a small piece of net to make a veil over the female head and a bow tie for the male if you wish to use these figures as a wedding cake topper.

2: Try using an extruder to roll thiner strips of sugarpaste, will save time and roll evenly




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