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Cover the bat head with tan gum paste.
Step 13.
The bat has a cone shaped nose scooped
at the end. The mouth should smile. The
eyes are balls flat at the top and curved at
the bottom where they close into lashes.
Step 14.
For the bat ears, take a flattened leaf
grooved outwards with hair strokes
around the edge. Pinch the end together
into a cone furling outwards into the ear.
Step 15.
Cover the bodies with gum paste. Trim
the edge and use the dresden tool to add
hair. Swirl layers down and out working
upwards. Cover areas where detail has
gone through the modelling chocolate.
Step 16.
Flatten a paw palm and clip a thumb toe
and four finger toes. Thumbs go inwards.
Roll the toes and round the ends. Carve
nails with the dresden tool. Groove
between the toes and outline the palm.
Apply texture to the leg and splay the toes.
Step 17.
Shape tan gum paste for the first bat leg.
The leg is long with weird joints, think of
a long and floppy wrist.
Step 18.
Cut the bat toes the same way as the kitty
with a long thumb and four long fingers.
Step 19.
Pinch into knuckles so they stay in shape.
Steps 20a & b.
Shape the bat foot on a cutting board. Use
cling film to hold details in place while
they dry. Add the leg and blend the detail
into the body with the dresden tool.
Step 21.
The kitty tail is next. Roll a taper, add fur,
curl the end over the figure and let it fall.
Pinch off any extra gum paste and blend
the edge into the rest of the hair.
Step 22.
Make the left bat leg with the thumb on
the right. Roll and pinch the toes and
place. The foot should land over the
kitty's tail. Make the right leg next.
Step 23.
Line the kitty leg up, blend and adjust. Use
the dresden tool to tease lines like the fluff
at the back of a kitty's leg.
Step 24.
Roll out tan gum paste for the wing and
use the dresden tool to trace the outline.
Use the X-acto knife to trim. Apply detail
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