Sculpting?

[El Matador]

Hello friends,

im new to the hobby of painting and ive had a few attempts at painting with decent results. I have a dreadnought that i want to paint but its so static and i want to convert it to a more dynamic pose,by repositioning the legs and arms for example.

What is the best thing to do this type of conversion work? Also if i was to completely sculpt a different arm or perhaps a full sculpt of somthing, what would be the best thing to use? (games workshops greenstuff seems expensive for this kind of thing but i dont mind using it if its the best) ive heard that the green stuff games workshop sells is just rebranded kneadnite? so would it be better and cheaper to use?

finally is miliput any good? ive heard people talk about it but to be honest i have no idea what it is. Does it work more like clay?

Thanks alot, El Matador

 

[Prophet]

With something like a dreadnought, you probably want to o with plasticard and brass rods for any conversion work rather than resculpting.

 

[Ritual]

The green stuff GW sells is overpriced and usually has spent long times on shelves and, thus, is not very fresh. You\'d be better off buying it from somewhere else (preferably in tubes instead of strips, as it\'s much better to keep the blue and the yellow parts separate).

What I would use for the purpose you described, though, is Magic Sculpt. It\'s not as rubbery and stretchy as the green stuff and it cures quite hard, so you can sand it or carve it afterwards. It\'s cheaper too, even compared to non-overpriced green stuff.

 

[freakinacage]

i would use plasticard and putty. for putty i would use aapoxie sculpt, magic sculp or a mix of gs and milliput