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post #1 of 10
6/7/12 at 10:02pm
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Hello,
I have requested to make superheros cake with figures of spiderman, superman and batman...i thought of using the plastic toppers but the customer want them all to be from gumpaste. And the order is in 5 days

Does anyone have tutorials of making each character; superman, spiderman and batman ?! icon_sad.gif

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post #2 of 10
6/11/12 at 11:36am
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Pump !

Ladies I was looking all over the web and on cake central for 3 days to find any tutorial for superman and batman figures with no hope !

I hope anybody who have an idea about that help !!
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post #3 of 10
6/11/12 at 11:40am
Sorry any cake I've done in a theme I've put toy figurines on...
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post #4 of 10
6/11/12 at 11:47am
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yeah that's what i told the customer, because after search I found most of superheros cakes has toys figurine and the ones made from gumpaste not so real and more kiddy, but she insisted on try gumpaste first (trusting my talent!)

I hope any of the experts here can help !
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post #5 of 10
6/11/12 at 5:44pm
5days time table for making an edible cake toppers, bake and decorate the cake is too stressful for me icon_smile.gif

I dont have the step by step tutorial. Anyhooo, what i would do is get an actual toy to be my model. I would start with the torso, then legs, arms and lastly head. I would do it separately then assemble it using glue, toothpicks or floral wires. If you want it standing, you must use floral wires as it skeleton. This kind of model is too complicated, imho.

But if your cloent is ok in using munny shape, its much easier to do. Check my photos, i already made batman, spiderman and venom using munny as my base shapes icon_smile.gif
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post #6 of 10
6/12/12 at 5:25am
I made a Batman and Robin cake a while back that I handpainted gumpaste "plaques" with the figures. I printed out the pictures I wanted to use for the cake, rolled out the gumpaste, cut out the outlines of the figures, then traced and handpainted (with americolor gels) the figures. It only takes a couple of days to dry the placques, so you have plenty time and they turned out pretty cool. http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2254765/batman-and-robin-birthday
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post #7 of 10
6/12/12 at 10:43am
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Thank you MaiMai and Dani
unfortunately the client is not okay with munny shapes too i find them cool and funny, plus she doesn't want plastic toys as the kid already have 'em and he wont feel excited if they were on the cake !

anyhow i will try Maimai way first using floral wire and see, otherwise I have no option but apologize to her
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post #8 of 10
6/12/12 at 10:59am
If you will be recreating the figurines in gumpaste, you will need permission from the copyright owners of the various superheroes (probably Marvel and DC Comics).

The way I typically handle this kind of request is to have the customer provide written permission from the copyright owners. If they can't get permission, you can still use licensed plastic figurines, which do not require permission.
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post #9 of 10
6/15/12 at 12:07pm
I was looking for the same thing last week and ran across this. I haven't tried it yet but it may give you a starting point.

http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1794711/spiderman-tutorial
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post #10 of 10
6/15/12 at 12:58pm
Sometimes you have to educate the customer and let them know that what they want just isn't possibe due to timing, legalities, whatever it may be, and provide them with alternatives as you have. Then it's up to the customer to decide how to proceed.

Personally I couldn't make that many gumpaste figures allowing them to dry completely in 5 days. And really, I consider that 4 days, because you don't really want to be doing anything more than finishing up on the delivery day.
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