Clay sculpting, what clay to get?

gilesruscoe

Looking to do some clay sculpting very soon and i'm just curious as to what clays people like to work with, what you find the best value for money is and where you buy it (uk). I've been using super sculpy and sculpy firm previously which were quite nice to work with, however it's quite expensive to buy. I've heard good things about Chavant clays but i've never used them.

Jesse Moody

i use super sculpey as it can be tinted to any color you want or plastecine (sp) Both are great.

Super Sculpey also has a firm version for really hard edged stuff if you want.

tacit math

this stuff bro : http://www.mouldlife.net/chavant-clay-nsp-medium-green-127-p.asp

work it !!

Bigjohn

I use Chavant NSP as well. Best shit on earth in my opinion. It is expensive though, but this stuff being expensive just comes with the territory of sculpting with clay to begin with.

It's oil-based so it never quite hardens. You can keep working on it forever. No need to bake or anything.

I would recommend you get the medium, or even the soft, and I find the hard one to be REAL hard. Even the medium one is a bit too hard at times, and I end up putting some pieces in the microwave to soften it up. I guess it's a matter of taste though.