I used a mix of glow in the dark and translucent Cosclay to make durable whiskers for my Kobold! It is pretty easy, you just roll out tiny snakes and make sure the ends are tapered to look like a whisker. But here are some tips that may help!
I use the blade of my hand first to get an even snake:
then a finger to roll it out more:
but a good way to really taper it is to place the snake onto the baking pan you will be using and tamp down the back so that it sticks to the pan.
Then gently roll the tapered end back and forth to create a sharper point, the stuck down end will help the whisker stay straight instead of rolling up because it is too long/thin or making an uneven bulbed end:
Bake them for about 10-12 min and let them cool in the pan. Be sure to test the whisker by pulling on it before gluing, sometimes they aren't baked enough ( or too long?) and are brittle.
I trimmed the whisker ends and dipped them in super glue then set them into the 1.5mm hole i drilled into the whisker holes in the sculpt.
I dusted the base of each whisker with chalk pastel to make it a little more realistic!
