Quote - Connie what do you use for the skeletal structure in those guys?
I have a polymer guys lurking all about the house but I haven't done much lately because I never got comfortable with either foil or wire frame "skeletons"....and styrofoam just melts when you cook 'em!

I used wire, I think it was a realtively thick aluminum wire. Thin enough where you can bend it by hand, but not so thin that it bends under a weight of jsut few pounds. I forgot the gage. I may have used galvanized wire too. I found a big coil of it at Home Depot.

I'd wrap crumpled strips of aluminum foil to get the basic skeleton, pack it tighter and tape it together. Then I'd take some of my scrap clay and put a thin cover of clay (about 1/4") around it so it holds it all together, and bake the first time. Usually I just cover the trunk of the body and leave wire for the limbs exposed, because I will still want to pose them.  With this intermediate baking, when I'm doing finer work and posing, I have a sturdy middle. If I don't, the foil never stops moving!

One thing I thought about doing, but haven't tried yet is dipping the foiled base into liquid polymer clay and baking. I'm thinking maybe it will get soaked with it and stick together well.
I was also trying to layer things, foil/clay/foil/clay ... I really don't remember how that worked out. I think it was fine, but I decided it was too much work for not much benefit.

I think I have one or two progress photos somewhere at home, I'll post them if I can find them.  

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