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Okay, you'll notice that our General here still has a flat side to his head. We've been
working mostly on the front area and around the neck and we've kept the side flat and
there is a good reason I left it flat. It was because I knew I needed to add an ear.
Well, here's a piece of wax and I'm just going to generally shape it into a semi-circle,
real quickly. I've kept one flat end on it and it's about the size that I need according
to my drawing here on the edge so now all I need to do is glue this to our head. I'm
going to heat up the area around the ear, on the head itself, and then also heat up
our ear. Place them together and let the wax do it's magical stuff. Now we have an ear. Or the beginnings of the
shape of an ear. And when this is fully dry it should just be one solid piece.
Now that we've got the ear on I'm just going to soften it up a little bit more. Add some
more heat, let the heat do some of it's magic and take away some of the excess. Smooth it
all out, just help the whole things seal together very well and also simplify the process of
carving. Right now, notice the ear starts flat and then goes out. Goes back. So, what
I first want to do is I want to create that... We're a little bit wet yet. I'm just going
to want to cut this way so that the ear has distance at the back and flat with the front
where the front comes to meet the side of the face. So that cut from here to here will
be the one that I need to make.