firming up supersculpy?

[Mike McGregor]

Hi,

I picked up some supersculpy and i've been playing around with it for a bit. the first thing i noticed is that it's a bit to plyable for my liking (i.e. i keep squashing it) is they're a way to firm up the sculpy so that it will be a bit more robust?

second, can any one point me towards any online how-to's for scuptin heads in 54mm (or about scales close to 54mm)

thanks,
Mike

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[fsdesimone]

Mike there are several ways to do this, but probably the best is to mix it with Fimo which is a stiffer clay. If you mix it with some black Fimo, it'll turn the SS a nice shade of dark gray that's easier to work with than that ugly pink!

You can also leach the SS by placing it between several sheets of paper/cardboard and putting a heavy book over it for a few hours.

 

[MinasTirithGuard]

I mixed my super sculpey with Fimo, and this helped. However the Fimo I used was white... my bad. I also tried leaching and that is very good as well. I actually learned these techniques a few weeks ago by the same fsdesimone on a different forum lol.

 

[fsdesimone]

Originally posted by MinasTirithGuard@Jan 5 2005, 12:37 AM
I actually learned these techniques a few weeks ago by the same fsdesimone on a different forum lol.

Heh heh. Well, it's not like I invented them or anything. Just spreading the knowledge!

 

[JP PRAJOUX]

Hi,
I made an article in the Etendard Occitan website. I sculpted a head with super sculpey. The details are made with magic sculp.
Unfortunately the text is in french but maybe you speek it ?
ARTICLE
I you prefer it has been translated in spanish
Article in Lilliput
Nevertheless I think the pictures speek for themselves.
I hope this will be of some help.
Bye Jean-Philippe

 

[amherbert]

Hi

Check out the 'monster sbs' link Georges posted.
Monster SBS

the original forum

There's all you could ever want to know there (big pics, major bandwidth used).


Cheers
Andy