Many have been questioning the reasons of long time in waiting for their figurines. In fact the minimum lead time is required as the production of each figurine looks like a simple task but, in actual fact, every single step takes much time and effort.
For the very first time in history, we showcase the steps in making a figurine for your better understanding of our work:
Tools Required:Firstly, the main materials require for figurines are good quality polymer clay (in various colours) and tool sets.
Various tool sets for sculpting.
More shaping tools.
Sculpting Process:
Clay needs to be knead before sculpting begins. Afterwhich, sculpting work starts from the head...
Sculptors will refer to the photos background pictures/drawings to sculpt the figures. No scupltors here is less than 10 years of sculpting experience.
The head is shaped to fit in the body stand and detailed curving of facial expression follows.
Additional step is involved in sculpting lady figurine to show the curvy body shape.
Most intense moment of figurine making process: sculpting of facial features. A sketch work is sculpted and lots of refinement of basic face features are done before adding additional coloured clay for the brows, lips, or teeth. Sculptors will also craft out any tiny feature that the individual has (such as mole, hair line, wrinkles...)
Moving on the the body and the rest of the body parts (such as hands and legs)
The polymer clay do not provide all colours that we need. Sculptors are trained to do raw colour mixes and hand twisted the different colours to create the desired colour needed for the figurines.
The outfit of the figurine is hand-cut, hand-rolled and pasted on the body. For outfit with different layers, each layer is carefully plastered to the body.
Hair, accessories, base, background are then added on to complete the figurine sculpting process. 1st round of QC is done before sending the finished sculpted pieces for baking/firing in the kiln.
After the baking and cooling session, the figurine undergoes 2nd round of QC by Eikon team to check for defects and resemblance test. After all these are cleared,
the birth of an Eikon! The final product is all ready to be packed and shipped to customer after final round of inspection.
