How to mold Minecraft figures from plasticine?

Children love to make interesting crafts from various materials. One of the most popular is plasticine. Moreover, recently they have been molding not only characters from books and cartoons, but also from computer games. Many kids really like the game Minecraft. This virtual universe captivates with original characters that are completely easy to make with your own hands.

Before you sculpt heroes from Minecraft, it is worth learning a little about this exciting computer game. The main difference is that everything in it is made of cubes-blocks. In fact, it is a game constructor, from which you can create your own world with civilians, domestic and wild animals, monsters, ill-wishers and other characters.

The essence of the game lies in the fact that the main character named Steve lives in the game space and creates everything you need from blocks, including housing, tools, mechanisms, armor. Moreover, he has to survive among creatures that are constantly attacking.

You should also prepare a number of tools and some materials in advance.

• To work with plasticine, it is better to take old clothes that you do not mind getting dirty. You can also use a protective apron and armbands.

• Oilcloth for the table, as well as a modeling board will simplify the subsequent cleaning of the workplace.

• Plastic stacks must be selected in different sizes and thicknesses. You can also use those knives that are sold with plasticine. If necessary, they can be replaced with scrap materials.

• Plasticine or air mass for modeling. For the smallest, it is better to choose a soft option right away, and for older children, a regular or wax one is better.

• Toothpicks, as well as a little wire are needed to firmly and flexibly connect the parts of the sculpture.

Before proceeding directly to the modeling, you should ask the little sculptor to make small sketches of the future figurine on paper. If the child does not want to do this, then it is better to allow him to show creative imagination right in the process of work.

It's not difficult to mold Minecraft from plasticine, but you need to have a good idea of ​​what this or that character looks like... Of course, most often people become sculptures. The main character Steve is a bearded guy dressed in blue pants and a blue T-shirt. Its main tool is a specially shaped pickaxe.

To make the sculpting process more enjoyable, it is worth doing it in stages.

• The very first step is the preliminary softening of the plasticine, for which it is crumpled with your hands.... As the mass becomes more malleable, it is easier to calculate the correct proportions of the parts of the figurine.

• In the next step, the light brown plasticine is divided into three unequal parts. From a larger piece, you need to roll a ball, and then flatten it on four sides using a stack. As a result, you should get a plasticine cube-head.

• From the brown plasticine mass, the hairstyle of the inhabitant is made in the form of a flat cake. With a sharp stack, you need to cut a square that will be equal to one side of the head. By applying it to the edge of the light brown square, you can get the crown. A bang is made in the same way, which will be in the form of a paper clip from a stapler.

• From the ends of the figure, you can simulate hair, giving them the appearance of a ladder... The beard will be in the form of a small paper clip, and the back of the head is made smaller in size than the crown. All the components need to be glued to the right places on Steve's head.

• The body is made from most of the bar and is a massive blue rectangle... The smallest part goes into making two small cubes that will become hands in a T-shirt. The latter are complemented by elongated blocks of light brown plasticine. The resulting elements of the hands must be combined into a single whole.

• From blue plasticine, you need to make a bar with a width like that of the body. The legs are shaped like elongated rectangles. Feet are created from gray plasticine in the form of small bars. When the legs are ready, you should put them all together and attach to the body.

• The figure is assembled using pieces of wire that are inserted at the places where the limbs and head connect to the torso... This method allows you to make the sculpture stronger, as well as for it to move its arms and legs.

• Optionally equip Steve with a sword or pickaxe... They should first be dazzled and then attached to the arm using a toothpick.

The classic weapons in the Minecraft game world are the pickaxe and the sword. To make the character more real, he will have to be armed. To make a sword, you will need blue, brown and green plasticine, as well as a toothpick.

• First, the green and blue bars must be kneaded very well.... Balls are made of them, which then need to be flattened on four sides and get cubes.

• For the handle, similar plasticine squares are made, but only from brown plasticine.

• When all the details are ready, then they should be assembled together so that the sword is as similar as possible to the game... The handle is attached to the hero's hand with a toothpick.

It's good if, before you start sculpting, you can put in front of your eyes a picture from the game with the selected type of weapon. This will make it look more similar. The simplest in terms of sculpting is a pistol.

• Lever made from a single piece of black plasticine.

• Trunk is created from another piece and has a rectangular shape.

• When all the parts are ready, they must be connected together so that the handle is at the bottom and the barrel is at the top. A curved strip is made between them, which will be the trigger. You can make all the details in the same color, but the child will rather like the multi-colored version. Also, do not prohibit the addition of weapons with some of their own details.

Another interesting shooting game option is the anti-tank gun.

• For this, two balls are made from black and green plasticine. In this case, black should be slightly larger.

• After the balls are flattened, the green is placed inside the black... Thus, two wheels are obtained.

• Now it is necessary make a rectangle from a green bar, and then install wheels on both sides.

• A square is created from green plasticine, in which opposite sides are bent slightly inward... With the help of a stack, a cutout in the shape of a square is made on one side. The resulting part is molded to the body with wheels.

• The next step is to create a muzzle. To do this, make two sticks of green and light green plasticine. Moreover, the lighter stick should be 2 times shorter than the dark one. When the muzzle is ready, it must be inserted into the hole made on the previously made part.

• Slightly curved tubes are created from a black plasticine bar, at the ends of which small balls are fixed... These parts should be fixed on the body of the weapon next to the wheels. The fire is made of red plasticine in the form of small balls.

Any inhabitant from Minecraft, including a zombie and a skeleton, is easy to blind according to the instructions for creating a Steve figure. Of course, in addition to humanoid creatures, there are several others, for example: monsters, like a creeper, animals, and so on.

Creeper is a green hissing mutant, who just strives to sneak up on Steve, explode and take away more life energy. And you can even say that the game world is filled with such creatures. To create a creeper step by step, you will need green, black and white plasticine.

• At the first stage, you need to make four small cubes (legs), a large rectangle (body) and a large square (head) from a green bar. The latter should be three times the size of the small cube.

• The next step is to knead the black and white sticks. A large number of small cubes are made from white using a stack. From black - 2 eyes are created in the form of squares, as well as a mouth-bracket.

• The resulting white squares must be distributed over the green parts. The eyes and mouth should be attached to one of the sides of the head.

• A torso is attached to the four legs of the monster, and a head is placed on top of it. If you want the grip to be as reliable as possible, you should use toothpicks.

For information on how to mold a Creeper monster, see the video.

Animal characters are found in large numbers in the game, and most often they are peaceful creatures. It is worth noting that they are the lightest made from plasticine.

At the heart of any animal is a piece of plasticine in the form of a rectangle or square. It is important to choose the right color. For example, for a pig it will be pink, for a cat it will be white, for a dog it will be gray.

Their head is made in the form of a cube. As for the legs, for low individuals it is better to make them in the form of small squares, and for the rest - in the form of rectangles. It is also worth paying attention to all the details. For example, a piglet has a purple patch, and a calf has a bang.

For a nubik, it may not be known, but it is important for the characters in Minecraft to allocate a special space.For example, Steve simply cannot do without a house. It is the housing that will allow him to protect himself from monsters, and it is also possible to store all sorts of fossils, food, weapons, clothes in it. It is very simple to make housing step by step.

• Bricks of multi-colored plasticine should knead wellto make them more pliable.

• From the selected pieces, balls are made first, which are easy to flatten on all sides and turn into cubes.

• It is from them that the construction of the house is assembled. Moreover, it can be made as close as possible to the game housing. For example, the walls will be gray blocks, and the windows will be white or blue. To make it more interesting, you can even come up with and dazzle a little relief around the house. Trees and grass with soil will be a great addition.

• The interior of the house can be add furniture, for example, from brown plasticine.