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http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk September 2018 | 37``````19 Place two cocktail sticks into theback of the head, before doing somake sure to place the head againstthe shell and see what angle youwould like the head to sit at.Leave to dry.``````21 Place your turtle (when dry) ontoyour cake, resting at an angle againstthe lump put there earlier. Secure withroyal icing. Attach the flippers(royal icing) and where needed use foilor sponge underneath to help themset in place.``````22 Create a long sausage of whitepaste, it needs to fit around the baseof the turtle shell. Where possible``````23 Using your Dresden tool, indentsmall lines evenly along the whitepaste, again it doesn’t have to be exactand I left larger gaps at the back wherethe tail is.``````24 Now to airbrush him. Cover yourcake with cling film, make sure it’stight and secure.``````25 Paint the flippers, head and whitesausage with purple, graduating inplaces to give definition. The flippersare darker than the head and theedges of them have shadows.``````26 Give the eye sockets somedefinition with purple along withthe mouth.``````27 Now with pink, go over the lines youindented earlier.``````28 Very gently use blue inside thecircles and semi circles and some veryfaint spots on his head.``````29 Using your thin paintbrush and thepurple airbrush paint, make randomswirls in the circles and semi circlesand different size dots over the shell.``````30 Create a nice effect over his noseand between his eyes, paintingspreading spots. ➜``````20 Once dry, spray the shell, head andflippers with pink very lightly.Make sure to do the underside as well(this is why I’ve done it off the cake).``````keep it thicker in the middle where itwill sit over the tail.p34-38_Lisa Elliott.indd 37 14/08/2018 10:17