Last week I bought some Fimo modeling clay, its basically the same as sculpey. My intentions were to use it to fill seems and what not. Since this stuff is a modling clay it needs to be baked to harden. Is there a way to avoid the baking part, for obvious reasons.
casey.
To the best of my knowledge you can’t harden it without backing.
Both Super Sculpey and Fimo are sculptors clays designed to make your own creations and used by figure kit sculptors to create the masters of which the kits are molded.
Personally, I use a different clay(self-hardening) for my sculpting needs (ain’t got an oven).
Thanks MMF, well it was worth a shot it was on sale for 99 cents so there was no big loss.
Fimo is good stuff, keep it around it will come in handy.
Have you used any of the Tamiya epoxy putties, I think it comes in a green or purple box, if so how are they? I ordered some milliput but its kind of expensive. I need something that I can use as a filler for my thor figure. Mainly just the head portoion as there are some gaps that I need to fill. But using a normal putty would be to difficult atleast for me anyway.
Yeah, I use them quiet a bit but not for figure kits, I find them better for adding details on plastic models.
For figures I normally use Polyester Putty(Tube or Tin) or the pre-thinned Gunze Putty. Haven’t used the Tamiya or Gunze tube putty since that one came out.
Wave(Japan) has a nice set out for applying putty consists of a variety of spatula and re-useable mixing tray. Tamiya’s paint stirrer also work well for applying pasty putty.
If you e-mail me, I will send you my spare set of sculpting tools. Bought them and 2 days later I was given a better set + diamond files by a friend.
Cool, thank you so much.
If it is only for gaps and not to model, why don’t you considder using gap filling CA (Flah or Zap), if you don’t wait too long they are easy to sand.
I would stay away from using Zap-a-gap on 1/12 and above figurekits.(especially Resin and Soft Vinyl).
Box, I sculpt with magic-sculpt and it is a light grey model color when cured. It is a two-part epoxy putty that hardens like very hard durable plastic. You can use water to smooth it and blend it in. You have about three hours to work with it. It is similar to milliput but I believe it is alot less expensive. 5lbs for $25.00 It lasts forever and you can use it for damn near anything even as an adhesive. Try it out sometime. Also, what Thor figure are you doing?
Thors Hammer: the thor kit that Im working on is the one from ToyBiz. i havent done much lately, Im waiting for my milliput to arrive then i will get back to work on him. have you built this kit?
If it is the one with him holding up his hammer and standing on a big dead serpent then I did buy the kit and built Thor and painted him but never actually finished the whole thing. It is a cool kit though and way easy to build. I have not seen many of these and I think I got it on clearence for a couple dollars. hmmm, guess people just dont like Thor as much as me!