Scenic base sculpting medium

[Neyuttad]

What kind of clay or putty would you use? Self-harderning or oven?

Any brand? Sculpey, Apoxies etc?

 

I tried Laguna which can be fired at a wooping 1200 something degree but it

also contains cancer causing thingy in it. it says "non-toxic....when moist" in

small prints. And then "known to cause cancer in the state of CA blah blah"

 

Thanks,

Tyen

[Erion]

Just as a side note, I'm pretty sure bottled water has to put that "Cancer in CA" disclaimer on it.

 

My wife used to work in a Chemistry Lab testing for Nitrosamines. It's ludicrous the levels that they look for (we're talking parts per 10 billion here).

[Rodnik]

My list of "sculpting mediums" for bases:

Green Stuff for intricate details

Sculpy

Spackling compound

Wood filler

Drywall Joint Compound

[Enchantra]

What kind of clay or putty would you use? Self-harderning or oven?

Any brand? Sculpey, Apoxies etc?

Sculpey works as does Das, Marblex, Stonex, Makins, Creative Paperclay, Kneadatite.

 

Of those only sculpey needs to be baked. I would suggest not baking your mini in with the sculpey though some say it is OK. I just er on the side of caution. All the others are air dry.

 

Please be aware of working times too. Makins has a very limited working time and starts drying fast. Das and Creative Paperclay are not much better as far as dry time and can dry out almost as fast as the Makins.

 

Stonex and Marblex are made my Amaco and air dry to a stone like finish and can be carved and drilled if I remember correctly.

 

I use mostly a combination fo sculpey and kneadatite. I do not suggest putting kneadatite in a hot oven with sculpey. Bad things could result. Bake the sculpey, let it cool adn then apply your kneadatite.

[Durak]

The only problem with air dry clay that it shrinks but wait you say it is supposed shrink a little. The marblex I got shrinks to almost 1/2 the original size.

 

So be prepared if that arm you made now looks like it is leporous (true story).

[Enchantra]

The only problem with air dry clay that it shrinks but wait you say it is supposed shrink a little. The marblex I got shrinks to almost 1/2 the original size.

 

So be prepared if that arm you made now looks like it is leporous (true story).

That would be why any clay that is air dry I only use on bases, not the actual miniature.

[Durak]

That would be why any clay that is air dry I only use on bases, not the actual miniature.

True, but, any details made on bases would also be shrunk as well.

[Cerridwyn1st]

Have any of you guys tried the Woodland Scenics rock mold thingies? They look cool, and would be an answer to the fact that I can't sculpt rocks worth boo-boo. Just wondered if anyone had used them and what they thought.

 

Oh, and to answer the question at hand, I mostly use Kneadatite blue/yellow when I need to sculpt stuff. The infamous "green stuff". I've got a couple other formulations of the stuff too, but I'm momentarily out of blue/white.

 

I've got a friend who swears by Apoxysculpt. One of the Games Workshop designers at Games Day Atlanta had two big tubs and makes really cool things out of the stuff. I'll probably order my own when time/cash permits.

[Vaitalla]

Always Sculpey, either regular or Super Sculpey depending on what I'm doing (super for thinner forms, and finer detail, but it's more fragile after baking).

 

--Anne :)