Can anyone think of a decent REUSABLE sculpting material which doesn\'t cure in room temperature...?
(so I\'m counting FIMO as it needs to be \"fired\")
I tried using some plasticine last night, and while it is nice and pliable, it ends up actually being TOO soft, and the slightest knock or scratch with your scultping tool or finger totally distorts what you\'ve been doing.
Also - it isn\'t sticky enough, so it keeps moving around on the surface you have it on, or dropping off the pin/armature etc.
(The reason I tried it was to make some simple liquid latex moulds)
It is fine if you want to do simple shapes, but when you start wanting to attach pieces or cutting out parts, as I said it is not stiky enough and way too soft.
Green stuff and milliput would both be perfect for what I want, but they are very expensive.
FIMO would work too, but it has the downside of being incredibly crumbly until you\'ve worked it for an AGE, and then having the same problems with not being very sticky.
I haven\'t used clay since school, and I can\'t remember if you can soften it again once it\'s dried (In the air). And I\'m also dubious about covering it with liquid latex as I think it would be too porous.
Can anyone think of an alternatives...
(I\'m looking at casting things like window frames, doors, frescoes, etc)
(so I\'m counting FIMO as it needs to be \"fired\")
I tried using some plasticine last night, and while it is nice and pliable, it ends up actually being TOO soft, and the slightest knock or scratch with your scultping tool or finger totally distorts what you\'ve been doing.
Also - it isn\'t sticky enough, so it keeps moving around on the surface you have it on, or dropping off the pin/armature etc.
(The reason I tried it was to make some simple liquid latex moulds)
It is fine if you want to do simple shapes, but when you start wanting to attach pieces or cutting out parts, as I said it is not stiky enough and way too soft.
Green stuff and milliput would both be perfect for what I want, but they are very expensive.
FIMO would work too, but it has the downside of being incredibly crumbly until you\'ve worked it for an AGE, and then having the same problems with not being very sticky.
I haven\'t used clay since school, and I can\'t remember if you can soften it again once it\'s dried (In the air). And I\'m also dubious about covering it with liquid latex as I think it would be too porous.
Can anyone think of an alternatives...
(I\'m looking at casting things like window frames, doors, frescoes, etc)
