Sculpey Question ????

[**16k**]

Hi guys,

So far, I've always used Fimo to scupt my heads because it was readily available. But I've just fond a source for Sculpey in my country and wanted to know which one is best to sculpt heads, and also what bese color it is!

Thanks in advance for enlightening me!
JP

 

[Space Jockey]

Hi guys,

So far, I've always used Fimo to scupt my heads because it was readily available. But I've just fond a source for Sculpey in my country and wanted to know which one is best to sculpt heads, and also what bese color it is!

Thanks in advance for enlightening me!
JP

16k, I used to use the pink Super Sculpy for my sculpts, but because of the color and the weird translucency of it, it's difficult when sculpting to see what you're doing when adding detail and hard to photograph. I then found out about the 'Super Sculpey Firm' range which is gray, and I found that is so much easier to work with.

 

[pinkertonfx]

Space Jockey is totally correct with this... Use the gray it is the best stuff if you are going to use Sculpy... Allot of the other colors are mixed much softer and will stick to you and your tools and are just in general harder to get fine detail with unless you dry them out a bit first.... but that takes time.

I think it may only be available in 1 or 2 lb bricks and you should expect to pay anywhere from $8.00 to $14.00 a brick.

The final product is of course gray so if you are using the Fimo for the final head you will have to paint the Sculpy...

 

[Les Walker]

Grey and not translucent is definately better. I actually use two part epoxy putty now anyway, over Sculpy. I hate baking or heating it now. Just sculpt in waves and let it set. Dremel, sculpt, etc. Interesting waves of different types of sculpting, other than just sculpt, bake, add to, sculpt, bake, etc.
But, use what you are comfortable with. But grey material is easier to "read" detail as you work.

 

[**16k**]

Thank you guys! It's just the one I had in mind!

Now, another question: I smooth Fimo with white spirit. What do you use to smooth Sculpey?

 

[Space Jockey]

Only just saw this new question so sorry for the late reply...if you don't have the answer already, once the sculpt is complete Isopropyl Alchohol can be used to smooth it out and take out finger prints and soften the detail. Its available in a bottle at a Pharmacy.

 

[**16k**]

Thank you Space Jockey!

As I didn't have a reply, I tried turpentine! It worked just fine, but I'm going to try your method!

Thanks again!

 

[shocktrooper_au]

Can you colour the standard Sculpy?

 

[Space Jockey]

I don't think you can (if you mean color it with a dye before it's baked). I've heard of people changing the color of it by adding the gray sculpy and kneading it together.

 

[**16k**]

I don't know about Sculpey, but Fimo, which is notvery different, comes in many colors, and you can knead them together to create new hues. Takes a lot of kneading though, as you want to get an homogeneous color!