Grief Seed Tutorial

If you haven't finished watching the show yet read this description at your own risk. SPOILERS AHOY.

-Materials-
Plastic ball, Paperclay, nail glue, sewing pins, a round bead, a bicone crystal, clear coat, Gesso, acrylic paint, and a brushtip prismacolor marker.

-Tools-
Embossing tools, Precision Tweezers, a nail file, wirecutters, paint brushes, a lighter, and a Xacto Retractable.

-Reference Pictures-
[link]

-How to work with Paperclay-
[link]

-Soul Gems-
[link]

-Other Witches-
1. Charlotte is a no-go due to the circled area. [link] That is too delicate for Paperclay. The actual sphere part of her seed would also have to be casted.
2. HN Elly (Kirsten) [link] Would work for this. You'd just have to cover most of the piece in Paperclay and cut the squares out or paint that stuff on. It's up to you.
3. Elsa Maria [link] Can work with this if you add additional wire to the pin for her crest.
4. Sayaka/Oktavia Von Seckendorf's seed is the one that Madoka used to save Homura in episode 10 [link] [link] The second picture is from the official production note book and it says "Sayaka majo grief seed" . The reason her seed looks so weird in 8 is because it was still forming and creating her barrier. This didn't happen with the other character we see turn into a Witch because she didn't have a barrier.
5. Kriemhild Gretchen/Madoka [link] [link] . Her seed has dark parts in the BD. To make mine I simply added an extra bar to the front and added an oval [link] . The ribbon was a painted organaza ribbon split into three sections and glued together. Take note that satin is too thick for this application. The star was laid down in multiple lines of clay [link] . I would let it dry, sand it, and slowly add more clay to shape it [link] . I gave the star more dimension than it had in the show to challenge myself. It looked like this before I painted it [link] .
6. Mystery Seed [link] . Homura throws this at Sayaka in episode 8. I don't know which Witch it's for but I'm going to make a wild guess that it's Roberta. Construction would be about the same as Gertrud's.
7. Homura/Homulily [link] [link] wouldn't work.
8. Mami/Candeloro [link] would work.
9. Kyoko/Ophelia [link] would be tricky.
10. Gisela [link] If you could find a good base for the handle bars.
11. Albertine [link] Would work if you didn't make the star out of Paperclay.
12. Isabel [link] Would work if you found a good base for the trophy.
13. Patricia [link] Would work.
14. Walpurgis Night [link] THE EASIEST ONE.


Feel free to ask questions. Please do not ask me to make a Grief seed for you.