hey guys cotton bun here so the other
day I saw a guardians of the galaxy 2 and
it was so good it was so colorful and I
really wanted to have a go at making a
little groot so I have this tiny plant
pot which is just the most adorable
thing ever I had the idea of making the
baby groot from the first one because I
just I really wanted a tiny pot okay I'm
not going to make some amazingly complex
sculpture I'm just going to use some
materials that you guys can get easily
at home so let's start off with what you
need I just have some thin wire and some
wire cutters my tiny pot some paints and
these are just acrylics so I've got some
Browns and some greens some moss
your sculpting tools so these are just
actually some really cheap ones they
were like 99p each as long as you have
some that you can use to like smooth out
lumps then that's good you're going to
need your clay this is just Milliput
and people usually use it for like
plumbing and stuff it dries quite fast
so you don't have an amazing amount of
time to work with it I also have these
little plastic balls left over from
another project yes I think that's
everything
let's get on with the tutorial you are
also going to need a glue gun and some
foil so first of all fill your
pot full of foil just squish it in and
then cut some wire and we're going to
double it up and use your pliers to
twist it so it's stronger add a small
ball onto the end and then completely
cover everything with the foil make
sure your armature is the right size by
measuring up against the pot now we'll
take some of your milliput and cutting
two equal portions you're just going to
mix it together for about five minutes
or until it's all one color then we're
going to cover our armature with the
clay and if you find it gets a bit
sticky
then just use some water to smooth it
out now you're going to add a small ball
and this is going to form the chin
smooth that all out using your tool and
then we're going to add two
more balls and a sausage shape and this
is going to be the cheeks and mouth so
once you smooth them all out then add
your mouth I use the sharper tool to
make the lines and then a wooden tool
just to soften up the edges now take
your plastic Spheres and put one above
each cheek these are going to be your
eyes and we're going to paint them black
later use some small sausage shapes of
clay to form the eyelids
smooth out using one of your tools I
just dip my tools in water to help
smooth it all out as well then we're going
to get some more sausage shapes and we're
just going to create all the roots
around
groots forehead make sure you completely
flatten one side of them so that it
looks like they're all growing out of
his head then to add a bit more of a
tree effect I just use my tools to draw
some lines going down
so its a little bit more
detailed add some more roots on the side
and then once you've done the front you
can move on to the back of the head once
that's all nice and smoothed down then
roll some more sausage shapes and these
are going to be vines that make up
groots body I just wrap them around the
armature in a random fashion to kind of
make it look a bit more natural don't
worry if it's not perfect
he is a  tree after all so once you've
done that then place them to the side
and now we're going to make the arms so
grab two pieces of wire and using the
same technique as before we are just
going to cover these in vines and make
sure you splay out the fingers so
it looks like he's dancing I also put
some vines into the pot and left a
little hole now grab your glue gun and
just splurge some hot glue onto the ends
of the arms holding them in place where
you want them to dry once you've held
them and they're all nice and dry then
just grab some more clay and cover up
the glue now splurge some into the hole
in the pot and hold your little guy in
there until all that glue is dry as well
once he's firmly in place you can add
more vines to cover this glue and this
is what he looks like before paint time
to add some color so I started off with
a dark brown making sure that I dab my
brush into every small crease then
making sure my brush was quite dry I use
some green paint to add another layer
this will just a give a sort of Moss
effect
I made the tip of his roots look extra
green and added some little lines coming
down and then painted the eyes black grab
a chunk of your Moss and using your
glue gun you can add the finishing
touches of moss wherever you wish I like
how it looks like the moss is growing
out of groots head too
thank you so much for watching guys I
hope you enjoyed the DIY Guardians of the
galaxy 1 was the first film I ever
worked on so I think that's why I like
it a lot let me know in the comments if
you have a go at making this because I
love seeing what you guys make remember
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