Needle felted posable Nuha

My most complex piece yet! I'm pretty pleased with how he turned out. This was done for of her character Nuha. [link]

Wire armature as usual, padded with polyester batting to make him as posable as possible. All the colored wool was hand-dyed by me, and everything but the purple and the light yellow for his hair was done with food-grade dyes. His hair is rooted merino top, and the rest of him is also merino so he's very soft. The spiky things on his shoulders are made of Sculpey Ultralight mixed with regular Sculpey, and painted with Mod Podge Dimensional Magic with Pearl Ex pigments mixed in to make them metallic. His piercings are silver plated copper jewelry wire, which I haven't done on a feltie before. He looks more pink in the photos than he does in real life, he's actually a nice deep purple. Darn my lack of photography skills. D:

Nuha © Becky LeClair