Modeling Chocolate: Create Animal Toppers

Chocolate modeling: create animal toppers

“As you may have seen, chocolate modeling is a rather long process, which requires patience and perseverance. However, this great material allows you to amend mistakes with overwhelming ease, so with chocolate you will always have time to modify your creation until you are satisfied with the result. Next, I want to do with you a final review of the most important steps that you should never forget if you are going to model a chocolate topper. In my case, I have modeled a greyhound, you can do the project that you like the most, even if it is different from mine, originality to power! Reference image and structure Choose a good reference image, always in absolute profile, and resize it to the size of the cake, taking into account the dimensions of the cake. Remember that a wrong image can lead to a disproportion when making the structure. Next, draw the structure on top of the scale image and build it using medium-gauge wire, pliers, and some hot melt silicone.

Preparation for modeling Before starting to model, remember that it is important to add volume with aluminum foil, cover it with flower tape and bathe it in melted chocolate to isolate all those materials that should not come into contact with food. Modeling Model the body parts, always measuring the template or sketch to scale. Do not forget that while you model, the reference image will be your best ally. When you have the whole body modeled, you can finish the head. Textures and color Finally, texture and paint your topper. This step is the one that will give your topper more realism, turning it into an animated being. Add a bonus of imagination by adding some fantasy details to transform any animal into a character. Now share your final project with all of us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result of your topper and the steps that have led you to it. I am looking forward to seeing your project and giving you feedback. Although I ask you for your patience, I will try to access the forum as much as I can and what my professional projects allow me. Finally, I want to invite you to actively participate in the forum, not only sharing your progress, but also giving advice and trying to help the rest of the community. See you on the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project In this lesson we are going to review the final project, which, in my case, was a greyhound. I encourage you to do a little research on the animals in your area or animals that you find cute or amusing to replicate them. I made a greyhound because I have two at home. They are my pets, and they were my inspiration. If you have a pet, I encourage you to start there, because it will be easier to take references. To begin with, it is important that you find a good reference image. It has to be in full profile, not false profiles, because that will condition the size and proportion...”

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Course summary for: Modeling Chocolate: Create Animal Toppers

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (67)
• 3583 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (3h 7m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Culinary

• Areas

  Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Cake toppers, Edible Art, Fondant