If you aren’t familiar with the Urban Vinyl Toy craze, I’m here to introduce you to it. This is my first DIY Munny from Kid Robot. Many of you know I sculpt my own character heads. The only problem is, they don’t have bodies! I chose to use one of my favorite character heads, BlueBeard, and I’m making him come to life on a Munny body. I am using Magic Sculpt, a 2 part epoxy putty, to create the facial additions. I love working with this material because it allows me to work fast, since it cures in 3 hours, and get a lot of detail and durability. The additions I made to the Munny are already hard as rock a whole 24 hours later. I couldn’t help but make small heads from the leftover putty. I’m going to paint those and wear them to Comic-Con this week. I’ll post pictures of those up as well. I might end offer those in a new product line coming soon.

So here is what you are seeing in the pictures:
1. I began by mixing equal parts of the Magic Sculpt. Once thoroughly mixed, the Magic Sculpt holds a little heat. I let the mixture rest as I drew on the Munny head.
2. I drew in pencil on the Munny head where I would place the facial additions.
3. Sculpting on the Munny head was very fun. The Magic Sculpt adhered to the vinyl well.
4. I ran into one slight problem when it came to sculpting the beard. The beard looked great but it was not holding its place. I want the Beard to be parallel to the Munny’s belly, so the head can be turned without the beard being in the way. I didn’t have any wire, but settled for a toothpick. I created a step system for the Munny to prop up his beard. It worked perfect!

Next step is sanding and priming.