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Uncategorized Boards => Model Of The Month => Topic started by: Graham Lee on November 25, 2016, 03:28:25 PM
This months competition will be the angel wand, this was inspired from a design by Susie Hillman.
Everyone is more than welcome to post there designs, the complimentary packs will be sent out to all
who purchase from us during December. As usual the closing date will be the 7th Jan and the
winner chosen and announced on the 8th Jan. All who enter go onto the random wheel of fortune
to decide who wins the balloon modelling DVD.
After making 4/5 different designs I have settled on this one to explain.
I will post the instructions up later in the week and the complimentary packs
will be going out with the orders for December.
We might change the yellow 160's for the hair to gold though,
still trying to make my mind up.
nice, I like that one :-)
Apologies the instructions have not gone up as yet,
I will try and do them ASAP, saying we have been a little busy lately is an understatement.
I have done the pictures for the fairy wand instructions,
I even painted on a face and will post the instructions up tonight.
Apologies they are pretty late but just been so busy and I need to take
the pictures during the day for better lighting.
The first part of the instructions, inflate the two 160 white leaving approx. 3 fingers un-inflated.
I then gently stretch these through my hand making them slightly longer.
Make a 1 finger bubble and a 2 finger fold twist,
push the 1 finger bubble through the fold twist so that it secures and will not come undone.
Make a 6 finger bubble for an arm and then a 2 finger pinch twist in the first balloon.
With the second balloon make the hand as above, the 6 finger bubble is then twisted into the pinch twist.
This second balloon you then make a 1 finger bubble and then a 2 finger pinch twist.
In the picture I have tied one of the bubbles together so you can see what each 160 should look like.
Hopefully this makes it a little clearer for the instructions.
In the picture the bubble that is tied goes around the pinch twist from the first 160 that you twisted.
Then make a 1 finger bubble in the first 160 and twist this into the pinch twist that will hold the wings in place.
You will then need between a 5/6 hands in length (20/24 finger bubble for each wing)
Where you have twisted the wings together come back to the pinch twist and tie the wings into place.
I have done a 6 finger bubble in both of the wings to give the look of the wing.
You can try a few variations here to see what you prefer the look to be like.
Both the 160's now need to go back to the pinch twist that will hold the arms in place,
just push the air out of the 160 (so you have a short un-inflated section)
as you stretch the balloon across from the pinch twist that holds the
wings in place to the pinch twist that holds the arms in place.
That is picture 9 but it's a little difficult to see.
The two 160's should now be at the front pinch twist and ready to fold into the wand section.
Twist the two 160's as many times as you can, the tighter and more twists the nicer it will look.
The rear of the design.
I used the purple Qualatex pump to inflate the 6" blush quick link with 2 strokes of the pump.
If you use the green pump this will inflate the balloon slightly bigger so you may need to let a little air out.
I tie a knot in the quick link to help this attach when twisting it into the hair later.
Inflate the 160 gold in your complimentary packs, I used yellow for the picture instructions.
before inflating the 160 stretch the metallic gold between your fingers, hold it between
your thumb and forefinger and pull the 160 up with your other hand, this will make the balloon
4/5 fingers longer but soften the metallic balloon as well as making it a little more pliable to use.
Make a 2 finger bubble followed by a 4 finger fold twist.
Make a 3 finger bubble followed by two 2 finger bubbles that you pinch twist.
Attach the top of the quick link into these two pinch twists.
Depending on how much you inflated the quick link will depend on the size for the hair bubbles.
On mine I twisted a 7 finger bubble followed by a 1 finger pinch twist.
For the picture I have tied the neck bubble in place, when making for the real world
I would just twist the spacer hair bubble described below around the neck bubble.
You then have to make the neck for the angel, make this small only a 1.5 finger bubble maximum.
Then make a 2 finger space bubble that you twist into the neck of the angel as per picture.
You then make another 2 finger bubble and twist this back into the pinch twist.
Make another 7 finger bubble for the back of the head and twist
this back into the two pinch twists at the top of the head.
I then make the centre bubble slightly smaller,
a 6 finger bubble so the 7 finger bubbles have a little rounded look.
The 6 finger bubble twists into the lower pinch twist by the neck.
(if you have made the head a little bigger than mine then you can use the rest
of the yellow 160 and make another 6 finger bubble back up to the top pinch twists
so you have two central bubbles and two outer bubbles at the back of the head.)
On the wand I'm making the back of the head had three bubbles up and down.
I then twisted a 1 finger bubble to connect the head to the pinch twist of the wings later.
As the design is top heavy there are two connection points for the head to body and wings.
The pinch twist for the neck twists into the pinch twist separating the arms and then the
yellow 160 bubble is twisted into the pinch twist for the wings.
If you have made the head the same size as I have then 3 bubbles at the back are OK.
If you used two strokes of the green pump then the head will be a little bigger so you can
at this point run the yellow 160 with a 6 finger bubble back to the top pinch twists.
Making four bubbles running up and down the back of the head.
Then discard the rest of the yellow 160,
the 1 finger bubble can be added later with the other 160 yellow balloon.
Inflate the second 160 yellow, gold in the packets supplied and leave 5/6 fingers un-inflated.
Attach to the bottom yellow pinch twist.
All the instructions will need to be slightly larger if you have used a bigger head proportion.
Make a 7 finger bubble and then two 2 finger pinch twists.
Followed by a 3 finger pinch twist,
you then need a 1 finger space bubble that you twist into the two pinch twists that hold the angels halo in place.
Then twist a second 1 finger spacer bubble back to the three pinch twists.
Then a 7 finger bubble back to the back yellow pinch twist at the bottom of the head.
Make sure the three pinch twists sit central on top of the head.
You now have to fill in the hair at the side with a 6 finger bubble,
this is twisted around the three front pinch twists.
Make another 6 finger bubble for the other side of the face
and twist this into the yellow pinch twist at the back of the head.
If you need to make the 1 finger bubble to attach the hair to the pinch twist of the wings
make that now and discard the rest of the 160.
Make a pinch twist in the blush quick link ready to attach the head.
Now you have to twist the blush neck pinch twist around the front white pinch twist.
Then attach the 1 finger bubble around the pinch twist for the wings making
two connection points for the head to body design.
Adjust and cut off excess balloons.
Add artwork.
Hope the instructions read OK, this one was quite difficult to explain.
Partly due to me getting muddled up and forgetting to take pictures
at crucial times and having to re-do the design and taking extra pictures,
still I think we got there in the end.
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The competition for Dec closes on the 7th Jan with the winner randomly selected on the 8th Jan.
We only have one entry at the moment so there is a good chance of winning this month.
Here's my entry.
I struggled to get the head to sit nice but do like the general design.
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My attempt at the december Angel competition...
I decided to change her hair a bit :)
Such a great design ❤️❤️❤️
Here she is with some eyebrows
love the hair Jess, it's very pretty. I can't view the 2nd photo for some reason. It's just showing a black square on the page.
Thanks to the six people who entered this months competition.
You all went on the random name selector board and the winner was.
Woblee
off to post the selection you can choose from, it's a book and a DVD this month.
Exotic birds and sea creatures, Simply Shonna
Blossoms, Guido & Dennis
Doves Angel, Maryline Fossey
CD, A little bit more, Thelma Levett
CD, Twisted Mind, Hans Siemons
Books
Captain Visual's one balloon book
Captain Visual's Air Heads and Heart Breakers
Mr Rainbows Mother Goofs, silly ditties
Mother Goofs Nursery Rhymes, Mr Rainbow
Inflatable Crown, Addi Somekh
More Marvelous Miniatures, Linda Berman
Wow, fantastic thank you. I nearly missed this month's competition too as I've been mega busy.
Could I have the blossoms DVD please.
Quote from: "Woblee"Could I have the blossoms DVD please.
You can have a book as well for the Dec competition.
Fantastic, could I have 'Inflatable Crown, Addi Somekh' then please. Thank you so much.