Jiver's Predator thread raised some questions for me as a newbie to small scale sculpting. I didn't want to hi-jack his thread so I thought I start one to get some opinions of preferred mediums/materials.
I remember the days of working over a hunk of plastilene, knowing that no matter how long you spent on it, once the stone or RTV was poured, the sculpture was toast. It was definitely nice to be able to jump on it whenever you wanted; 2AM (I was young back then) or whenever you felt the desire to have your hands stink like sulphur.
Now that I'm working in 1/35, I find those clays way to prone to damage while dealing with tiny wrinkles, nostrils, etc. Too many yips, especially in an atmosphere with two young boys about.
ApoxieSculpt works best for me, the short work time and long set can be frustrating in a chronological sense, but the tradeoff of ease of handling, carving and mechanical shaping is worth it.
I haven't really explored any materials since the old days, except for Aves, I'm interested to hear what you guys use.
So, what's your poison?
I remember the days of working over a hunk of plastilene, knowing that no matter how long you spent on it, once the stone or RTV was poured, the sculpture was toast. It was definitely nice to be able to jump on it whenever you wanted; 2AM (I was young back then) or whenever you felt the desire to have your hands stink like sulphur.
Now that I'm working in 1/35, I find those clays way to prone to damage while dealing with tiny wrinkles, nostrils, etc. Too many yips, especially in an atmosphere with two young boys about.
ApoxieSculpt works best for me, the short work time and long set can be frustrating in a chronological sense, but the tradeoff of ease of handling, carving and mechanical shaping is worth it.
I haven't really explored any materials since the old days, except for Aves, I'm interested to hear what you guys use.
So, what's your poison?
