Anyone hungry?

I've been doing some cooking!













 







But only in 1/12th scale. :P









The other day, whilst I was still choked up with the cold, I decided to make some doll's house food. No idea why, I had no real need for it but after having had a really rather delicious bacon roll that morning I knew exactly what I wanted to recreate in miniature.

Prior to this I'd only ever made a couple of really basic food items when I was a kid so I shocked myself by how well they turned out! I didn't have a phenomenally good selection of fimo either so this was made mostly from plain flesh coloured super sculpey, a touch of ochre and dark brown fimo and a lot of pastel dust. I mixed in some very fine sand too which gave it a lovely texture.

I meant to take loads of photos as I went along but as my fingers ended up covered in clay and pastels, I ended up taking very few.

This for example shows the evolution of the pizza.

Here's the dough...



...Here's the fine sand being mixed into it...



...the base being pastelled...



...and...oh.

Finished. XD



 I can't remember what went into all the toppings but the green bits were scenic scatter (for dioramas!) and the cheese and tomato sauce were, I think, paint mixed with liquid fimo. (which sets INSANELY fast, to my initial horror) I have a feeling I mixed in some nail varnish as well but don't quote me on that! I definitely used it at the end of that layer though as it gave it a lovely shine.

I'd really like to make some more pizzas (I don't even like pepperoni, what gives?!) so next time I'll be sure to do a proper walkthrough!

I used -this- tutorial for the pizza, -this- for the baguettes (both with a lot of tweaking as I didn't have everything in the tutorial) but the morning rolls, which ironically were the first thing I made, I came up with  myself.

After mixing up a nice light coloured clay, I mixed in some fine sand and rolled it over a piece of sandpaper to give it texture before forming it into a vaguely roll-shaped lump. After lightly pressing it onto the sandpaper, I used the end of a broken wooden coffee stirrer to drag three of the sides down, replicating the 'tears' that are made when each roll is separated from the rest of the batch.



I went over it for half a minute with the heatgun to set its shape before adding in the colours with pastels. It was mostly guesswork as to what colours I used but I went from light to dark with a light dusting of white prior to the final blast of heat to simulate flour.



I baked everything in this lot with a handheld heat gun rather than in the oven - more out of laziness than anything else  (going downstairs to the kitchen is just so much effort! XD) but it allowed me a lot more freedom when it came to making things and as they were so small, it only took a couple of minutes to cure each item. It also helpfully set the pastel into the clay so there was no need to go over anything with a sealant!


I was so tempted to just leave these as they were but I felt they needed a filling.



You'll notice that pretty much everything appears to have been filled with a strange looking ham salad. It's not a lack of imagination but one of practicality as I was VERY limited in my fimo colours and until I restocked this week, I didn't have very much to work with at all!

The ham I made up from scrap clay and baked just enough that it retained some flexibility so when I 'carved' it, it curled naturally. It crumbled really nicely too which made it perfect for sprinkling over things.




These burgers really didn't turn out all that well. I didn't have any really dark fimo so I mixed some acrylic paint in with the clay. The burgers themselves aren't bad but the bun, oh god, the bun.



This wrap was a bit of an experiment too and one which really didn't work all that well.



I haven't got photos yet but I also made some Japanese dishes including some chicken katsu curry, miso soup and a noodle dish!

I got some more fimo this week so I'll probably be making some more nibbles soon.
Sushi will DEFINITELY be on the agenda but any other suggestions I'll take on board. :D

EG out!