For my April Makin's Clay® project, I decided to upcycle a few things I had in my studio. I used the base of an electric toothbrush replacement head for my robot's body. I also used some other random parts I had to adorn him.
Supply List:
Makin's Clay® in Black Small Gear Copper Wire Small Piece of Ball Chain
2 Gear Plunger Cutters Mini Gauge Misc. Parts DAP Rapid Fuse™ Glue
Toothbrush Base Createx™ Pearlized BSI™ 5 Minute Victoria James Lava Rock
Old Light Bulb Copper Paint Quik-Cure™ Real Texture Sheet
2 Square Eyelets Beacon™ Tacky Glue Epoxy 2 Electrical Ring Terminals
DecoArt® Metallic
Lustre™ Silver Spark
Recommended Makin’s® Tools:
Makin's Professional®
- Ultimate Clay Machine®
- Mat
- Professional Clay Tools
Instructions:
Roll out some Black Makin's Clay® on the #1 setting on the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®. I used two different size gear plunger cutters to cut out two gears. I left the clay in the cutters for 2 days to completely dry out. It is a little bit of a challenge to remove the gear cut outs from the plungers but it can be done gently. |
This is what the cut out gears look like after drying. I trimmed away any extra clay to give the gears a nice sharp look. 
The center of the smaller gear was cut out and then I painted both gears with the Createx™ Pearlized Copper paint. Set aside to dry.
 
I cut out a small piece from each electrical ring terminal to give the appearance of a robot hand. Then I placed each terminal in a small vise and added the ball chain gluing in place with the BSI™ 5 minute Quik-Cure™ Epoxy and let dry overnight.
 
More black clay was rolled out on the #1 setting of the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine® and applied to the toothbrush base. I first brushed on some Beacon's™ Tacky Glue for better adhesion. I then immediately textured the base using the Victoria James Art Lava Rock Real Texture sheet.
 
While the clay was still wet, I pushed a small gear into the middle of the robot body. Dry overnight.
When dry I glued a small gauge onto the gear using DAP Rapid Fuse™ Glue.
 
I used a Japanese Screw punch to make small holes on either side of the robot's body for the arms. I then used epoxy to glue the eyelets, then the ball chain are into each eyelet.
 
I had a spring part from an old phone that I attached to the top of a light bulb using epoxy. A small gear was added to the body as well as a little coil I made from copper wire.
I used my finger to apply the DecoArt® Metallic Lustre™ Silver Spark paint to the robot's body.
At this point you can adorn your robot with whatever parts you have on hand and make him your own.
  Next I used the epoxy to glue the larger gear to the base of the robot's body and the smaller gear to the top followed by the light bulb.   |
 FINISHED! I think Sonic looks pretty cool and I used some parts that would normally just get tossed out. |
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