Sculpting
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squig hunter
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squig hunter
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No problem mate
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freakinacage
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thats a good article. basicallyblock in basic shapes (always di things thinner than you think as it will get thicker as you add more putty). then add layers of details
I also just thought about getting into sculpting myself and found this article to be quite useful too.
A google for sculpting miniatures gets quite a lot of useful sites.
A google for sculpting miniatures gets quite a lot of useful sites.
QuietiManes
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Green Stuff doesn\'t dry. It cures. Once you mix it up there\'s no real way to stop the curing process. You can probably slow it down or even stop it, if you can freeze it, but the time it takes to freeze then thaw, will be most of the cure time anyway, I\'d imagine, so you\'d do it once and maybe have a very short time to work before it cured after it thawed.
So, work smaller, is the suggestion. Only mix up tiny amounts of GS at a time and only sculpt portions and areas and things you can finish in the hour or so of working time you\'ll have. Most larger scupltures are done in countless layers and sections.
So, work smaller, is the suggestion. Only mix up tiny amounts of GS at a time and only sculpt portions and areas and things you can finish in the hour or so of working time you\'ll have. Most larger scupltures are done in countless layers and sections.
Einion
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You can\'t. As QuietiManes says you have learn to work in layers/sections.
If you want to extend working time as much as possible
For any two-part putty you can slow the cure rate quite a bit by lowering the proportion of hardener to resin, but once you go lower than a certain level for the hardener this is at the cost of final hardness/toughness. Experiment, see how it works for you; with GS changing the proportions alters the feel of the putty significantly (more or less sticky, depending on whether blue or yellow is dominant). With MagicSculp, Apoxie Sculpt and Milliput it\'s not quite so different.
You can also experiment with adding in polymer clays, which don\'t harden at room temperatures at all of course, but again the end product isn\'t as tough as it would be if it were pure GS or whatever. If you do try this approach after it has initially hardened (maybe six-eight hours) I would recommend you subsequently bake (or boil) the piece to harden off the polymer clay portion of the blend.
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