Super Sculpey and Bonesium

[MojoBob]

 

I like to mount my figures on steel washers, as I've mentioned before. That often means I have to extend the figure's base so that it doesn't look like it's just been plonked down on the washer.

Normally I use Green Stuff, but that takes an age to cure, and I don't really have as much patience as I ought. So I've been looking around for something that I can model easily and that cures quickly. Super Sculpey seems to fit the bill nicely.

It doesn't cure without being exposed to heat (130°C, 15 minutes per 6mm thickness), so I can take my time with modelling, unlike with fast-cure epoxy putties. I was a bit unsure whether the heat would be too much for a plastic miniature, but it seems to be fine: the Bonesium does get soft and wobbly, but the low temperature required to cure the Sculpey doesn't come close to melting it.

The only issue I've found with using Sculpey, as opposed to Green Stuff, is that it doesn't stick to the plastic very well at all. That's not a huge problem though, and I can see times when it would be a positive advantage.

 

Note: I'm not sure how much use this photograph really is; sculpey and bonesium are both a huge pain to photograph in detail, both being ever-so-slightly translucent. Ah well, there it is for what it's worth.

Edited February 26, 2014 by MojoBob

[joshuaslater]

Great post.

[ub3r_n3rd]

Interesting, I wouldn't have put a bones figure inot the oven for 15+ minutes to bake the sculpey before reading that you did it, but now I might try it out at some point. Good post!

[Leader of the Rats]

Look out behind you bonesium orc! You're about to get attacked by an army of worms!

 

Glad to know they won't melt into a pile of goo but I wouldn't risk it with some of the thinner bones figures.

[SamuraiJack]

I did the same thing with one of my worms..  I might try playing with some Epoxysculpt too..