ive worked with super sculpey before (the pink stuff). today i got some super sculpey firm (gray). i was just wondering if its supposed to be THIS freakin hard or did i just get a really old one thats started to dry out? i cant even break the brick with my hands. i used a blade to cut a corner off and it broke into small bits....
is it supposed to be like this until its properly kneaded? or is mine just dried out and dead?
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Then smoke right in front of it when working.
i decided to just carve into the block of sculpey like stone. its pretty fun. im making a stone tower on a cliff sort of thing. will post progress in P&P
I generally use a mix of 2 parts regular super sculpey to 1 part SSFirm for my default stuff, with hard surfaces using a mix of a higher proportion of firm.
Use a pasta maker. Should have them at blick or micheals if thats where you get your art stuff.
Also sometimes mixing it with reg super sculpey helps to not make it as hard.
I have used various combinations as well as using the colored fimo blocks to color the super sculpey so its not that weird transparent flesh color.
I have recently converted to Chavant NSP Medium and I'm not looking back. This stuff rocks, you can actually handle the clay without it turning to something totally unworkable. Now, if only I can find a place which doesn't charge $50 a block
My wife buys crap from there ALL the time. Check this site, they usually have a 50% coupon, which is awesome. Last week they had a 60% coupon and I missed it (wanted to get an airbrush!).
http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com/2008/02/michaels-coupons-arts-craft-store.html
edit: plz don't csi enhance my w2