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Published: 2011-09-17 22:57:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 933; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 44
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Sculpted in Casteline.Stands over 6 inches tall.
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Hey, that Casteline sounds fun! - can you get it in the UK ? ... is how does it compare with Super Sculpey?
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No one in the UK stocks it, which sucks on so many levels. I order mine from a store in the states [link]
The price of it ain't too bad. You get a 2.5 lb block for about £15 but the price of shipping is what really does it. Usually end up paying over forty quid in total for a single block.
There's a store in Germany that also stocks it but last I checked it was more expensive than ordering it from the US. Need to check again actually to see if it's still the same.
In comparison to Super Sculpey it's a modelling wax so unlike sculpey it can't be baked and painted on. On on the plus side it's self supporting so doesn't require any armature... except for when you're sculpting thin parts, things like fingers or something, as it can become quite brittle.
It needs heating up before you can use it. I usually whack it with a hairdryer and then leave it sitting under a desk lamp while I'm working.
When it warms it becomes very soft and malleable and you can model it much in the same way as sculpey. Once it cools it hardens and works more like wax. Then it can be carved and sanded to get a smooth finish. I tend use hard and soft brushes on it when finishing and use a little lighter fluid to smooth it out... same as I do with sculpey
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Ahh I seee!! Nice one, thanks for explaining all that to me! ^_^ .... I think I'll stick w/sculpey for now, since most of the stuff I do needs to be baked/permanently fixed \:] ... need to play with lighter fluid etc s'more though, I've been scared of using it with sculpey since you cook it, but a friend of mine reassured me you can still do it so long as you give it chance to evaporate before firing
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That's the one of the main downsides to using the waxes is that you have to get everything moulded and cast. Which is crazy expensive and why you rarely see any finished painted pieces from me
I'd like to start using sculpey more so that I can paint some stuff. Just find it really difficult to work with as it's a bit too soft for my liking. I've been playing about with the firm grey kind recently. Have you tried that? Stuff is really hard to knead but I'm kinda liking it.
But anyway, you're perfectly safe baking sculpey with the lighter fluid
Definitely best to let it evaporate first but there's no need to worry about it catching a light. Mind the fumes though because it will stink
You could try using some Sculpey Softner if you haven't already. Comes in a little bottle which costs about £3. Does the same job as the lighter fluid but isn't toxic.
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Hey, I know what you mean about sculpey being too soft.. - I tend to do what I can while it's unbaked and then cook it, and re-work it once it's fired. - carving and sanding it down, and building anything back up with milliput that should need it. - you can even re-fire it, so if you needed to add more SS you could just bake it again. \:]
it's be badass to see more painted works from you dude 
I haven't tried the firm stuff, no. Our shop doesn't sell it and atm SS seems to work just about right for what I need it for... my hands get bruised enough from working it as it is! 
oooh sculpey softener? .. that sounds cool.. haven't come across that yet.. - is that available in the Uk, do you know?
Cheers dude!
<3
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I've never tried this but apparently if you roll the sculpey out and sandwich it between a couple of sheets of paper. Then leave it for a few hours, say overnight, the paper will leech out some of the grease in the sculpey and supposedly firms it up. That's what I hear anyway. I've been hesitant to try it incase it dries it out and becomes unusable.
Yeah, it's nifty how you're able to keep adding more and re-baking it. I've only done that on small stuff as I'm scared about burning it
LOL- I know what you mean about bruised hands... gives me blisters 
That softener is pretty cool stuff. As well as using it to smooth the sculpt you can add a few drops to dried out sculpey to make it usable again. You can get it over here... I picked mine up from [link]
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Ha, yeah guess it is a bit... she'll still scratch your eyes out though
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yeah I can imagine that!!... I wouldn't mess!
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