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8 Roll 45g light grey paste into a balland then roll one side slightly. Coverthe wire with Karo syrup and teasethe paste down onto the wire beingcareful not to allow it to ‘pop’ throughthe top of the head.``````9 Make a cone from a small piece oforange paste and slice through themiddle, glue to face and add a smallpiece of red for the tongue. Use a 1cmpiping nozzle to cut one white circleand one light grey, cut each in half andglue to face, matching one of eachtogether. Add a small black circle andeven smaller white circle to each eye.Add a tiny strip of black for the eyelid.``````10 Flatten and texture twoteardrop shapes in white and glueto the sides for the wings.``````11 Roll 35g of blue into a 15cmsausage, cut in half to make the legs.Roll two 5g feet in brown and glue``````12 Glue the leg to the body of theostrich. Mark elbows and wrists on thearm wires at 4cm and 8cm from theshoulders and bend into shape.Make a loop by bending the wire backon itself at about 9cm and insert 15cmof 24 gauge wire into the loops andsqueeze them shut with pliers.``````13 Take two 12g of skin tone and rollinto 7cm sausage. Taper end of armdown to make hand, cut out 'L' shapeto make the thumb, divide fingers andmark in nails and knuckles. Dividefingers and roll between fingers tosoften edges, mark in knucklesand creases.``````14 Slice into the inside of the arm andwrap around the wire, carefully closeover the opening and shape the arm,thin at the wrist, pinch at the elbowand wrap hand around the reins.``````15 Bend the reins towards the head,trim to size and make a right anglebend at the end and insert intothe head.``````16 Add a small string of white fromthe mouth to the reins and then cutthe top of the arms off to make roomfor the sleeves.``````17 Roll 15g of green into a sausage,cut in half and apply to the top of thearms, smooth the top into the body ofthe t-shirt, but keeping the roundedshape as the shoulder seam.``````18 Roll 30g of skin tone paste intoan egg, bring the point to the front- this is the side view - and sit into acornflour pouch. ➜http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk September 2018 | 49``````to bottom of legs, a small piece ofspaghetti will help keep them secure.Slightly flatten the top of the legs.MODEL ARMS AND HANDSMODEL A FACEp47-51_Rhu Strand.indd 49 09/08/2018 17:55