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Material for sculpting figures?

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Material for sculpting figures?
Posted by Ray Dunakin on Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:37 PM
What material is recommended for sculpting detailed scale figures?
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Posted by TheJoat on Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:00 PM
I like to use sculpey. It's easy to work with and bakes to a hard finish.


It lasts very well outside....

Bruce
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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:31 PM
I read somewhere that some types of paint shouldn't be used on Sculpey. I think it was oil based paint, but I can't remember for sure. Can you confirm this?
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Posted by wd8jik on Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:45 AM
Ray,

I use Acrylic and Acrylic Latex paints on my figures.

Here is a link that where you can find help and there are class' on making figures.

The class' can be downloaded to keep for later use.

http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=48



Yogi Wallace,

Bellaire, Ohio

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