Filling the turkey with wax

Once I had the open cavity, I placed a thin line of clay around the base on the turkey and fixed it on to some white board. This was so there was a base to hold the red wax in that I was going to fill it with, and make it easily movable when transferring in to the metal plate I plan on exhibiting it on. Because there was a lot of space to bulk out in the turkey, I tilted it on it's side and poured large amounts of wax in every 20 minutes, to allow each one to cool. I also screwed up some scrap paper to put in and then cover in wax, to fill more space. Once I got to the crucial part of filling the front section with wax (the one that will be visible with the fingers coming out of it) I decided to leave it until tomorrow. This is because as I'd seen the rest of the red wax cooling, I realised the shade was far too bright to bed blood-like. In the morning I am going to buy some more crayons with deeper shades of red to add.

(colour testing various mixes of wax colour)