Is it possible to make life-size mannequins using paper mache?

Paper mache? how do i make a mountain using paper mache?

• i have to make a diorama illustrating an artic tundra. i need to make 3-d figures like mountains, plants, and animals. I odnt how to make these figures 3-d using paper mache or clay. can u tell me how? thank you

• Answer:

  The paper mache will take a a day or three to dry everything, depending on how thick you make your model. It's been well over a decade since I've last used paper mache, but there should be an easy recipe online, as it's just a flour/water mix. The concoction should resemble thick oatmeal. You're also needing newspapers and/or magazines, and a *Lot* of them. Tear 'em into two inch strips width-wise so they're easy to work with, then dunk 'em in the flour/water mix, squeegie the extra off the newspaper strip with your fingers, then start from the 'ground' up, layering your model. To cover more space height-wise, you can also crumple up a few pages of nespaper, dip 'em then squeeze out excess, then plop it on your model and And build up thick parts of mountain that way. Also, when you're adding the layers, try to go horizontally, then vertically, then horizontally, then vertically, et cetera and so forth. Gives the structure a bit more cohesion. -Edited to add that I forgot to inform you that paper mache air-dries fine, there's no need to try and bake it. Depending on how good you are at it, you can also cut out shapes and sculpt it a little with an Xacto knife.