More strawberry armor WIPs! 🍓

I made the crown out of a wire-wrapped base for flexibility and stability, polymer clay for the central strawberry, foam for the leaves, and the rest is trusty hot glue in silicone molds ✨

The rest of the photos show the gradient I put around the edges of the pieces to give them more dimension. In hindsight I'm not so sure about this step 😅 Initially I was trying to darken the filigree molding enough to color it gold with a dry brushing of rub n buff, but I ended up using gold metallic spray paint instead since it had a brighter gold finish. I wish I had used a softer pink for the gradient, but I think it worked out in the end once I messed with it a bit. More paint job updates to come! ✨