1/12 brownie tutorial
This time I'm going to teach you how to make miniature brownies in just a few simple steps.
Let's get started!
Let's get started!
Materials
- Fimo:
translucent and brown
- Cork
- Liquid fimo (similar options: 3D paint in brown or Mod Podge)
- Tile
or plastic surface to work
- Facial wipes (to keep your hands clean all the time while working)
- Small
ceramic plate
- Tin
foil ball/toothbrush (that you don’t use anymore)
- Razor
blade
- Toothpick or needle (not too small)
- Glass
container
- Acrylic paint in a pastel color of your choice
- Ceramic plate and cup
- Modelling tools: needle or nail
dotting tool
- Soft
pastels: dark brown
- Brush
- Varnish
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In
this recipe cork is going to be the main ingredient of this recipe. Collect
some corks from wine bottles and chop a small piece until you have very itty
bitty small pieces. Save the rest! It’s a very good material to work with!
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First, we’re going to chop some
cork in very small pieces like shown in the pic here.
NOTE: be CAREFUL when using the razor
blade!
Mix
1 piece of brown and ¼ of translucent. When the mix is ready add a small amount
of chopped cork as shown in the picture.
Note: you add translucent because only brown makes the brownies look heavy.
The real recipe has butter so it has a certain degree of translucency.
When
the cork pieces are totally mixed with the clay, flatten the mix to 0,3/0.4 cm
(remember the proportion = 1 cm equals 12 cm in reality).
Cut
a square as shown in the picture. Soften the upper edges a little bit with your
razor blade.
Start
cutting 0,5 cm small squares (0,5 cm = 6 cm in reality).
Now
grab your needle tool of your choice and carefully texture the brownies, it’s
very helpful having a picture of real brownies close to your working area.
Notice that brownies are a sort of flat cake, so not too much of a “spongy”
texture here only in small areas.
Shade
with brown soft pastel only the top.
Decoration techniques
*The
“milk chocolate” look is achieved by using 3D paint in a brown shade. (*)
*If
you prefer a darker chocolate on top, use dark brown soft pastel mixed with
liquid fimo. (*2)
*Give
a “moisture” look by varnishing the chocolate covers.
(*) Use 3D paint AFTER baking your mini brownies and
letting them cool down!!
(*2)
You can apply the liquid fimo mix along with the finish brownie OR after you
bake it.
The
finishing touches
An
interesting scene is one which has a feeling of “still life”, meaning that
something is/was going on, an action.
What
I did to achieve this effect and make my scene more interesting was adding a
bit of 3D paint or some liquid fimo (from the “ganache” for the brownies) into
a small bowl plus putting a bit on a spoon too.
Look around the internet for paper templates of old chocolate bars or
labels, print it and put it into your scene.
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