Dust/Cotton Fibres Problem

[montka]

Hey, I\'ve had a couple of problems sculpting my GD entry, wondering if I\'m the only one!

1. I keep getting tiny cotton fibres (look at a tshirt against a dark background and you\'ll see thousands of them!) floating into my putty as I work, and I have to painstakingly remove them.

2. I can only do a really tiny bit of work before I have to stop and let it harden, cos I inevitably end up smudging things

Anyone else have these problems/ come up with genius ways to solve them?

Cheers
John

 

[DaN]

As for the dust/fibre problem - there\'s not much you can do unless you work in a negative pressure environmental bubble or have some sort of high static device nearby to attract them...!! :/

As for only being able to do a small bit at a time it would depend on whether you are sculpting details onto a base model or whether you are scratch-building a complete piece...

If you are scratch building, I would recommend the use of some sort of armature to give a solid skeleton for the work, and so that you can leave any area you have sculpted to cure whilst you work on somewhere else...

If you are simply adding details to a base figure, then there is not much you can do, unless you do the parts separate from the figure and glue/pin them on once they\'ve cured...

As an aside - I also recommend using a thin latex glove when sculpting, as this helps to eliminate fingerprints. you may find it awkward for doing small parts, as it hinders sensation a little, but very handy (Excuse the pun) if you are doing large parts!

 

[montka]

I reckon its probably best to have sseveral sculpts to work on at once. I was sculpting a hand today, which for various reasons I had to do without an armature. Had to resculpt the thumb three times cos I was too impatient to wait for it to dry before I did the rest of the fingers

Where do I get a negative pressure environmental bubble? ()

 

[montka]

Renamed this post to make the point more obvious.

Btw problem of fibres only seems to happen when sculpting, rather than when painting any idea why this should be?

 

[Shawn R. L.]

One quick easy way to remove fuzz is to take a cigarette lighter and VERY QUICKLY whisk the flame over the area.........very quickly. If the fibers are tiny, in that split secound they will simply burn off. Done it many times with no trouble.