Any good sculpters got any tips for working with green stuff? I made a cape(it wasn't good). I'd really like to make a horsehair plume, anyone know how to do that?
Always keep your sculpting tool or whatever you are using moist or wet, same with your fingers. that way the green stuff doesn't stick to your fingers and tools and ruin your sculpting progress, this has come from many many many hours of experience with my own nurgle army. i have just finished Another model recently and will post some pics here to show you what i mean Good luck fellow Green stuff Brother! may the gods of hobbying smile upon you! xD
After struggling for 45 minutes, i finally said "fuck this shit". Trying to make a custom ventanus model, but ill just wait till FW releases him...
vaseline is good alternative to water though because it remains greasy a lot longer than wetting with water, will take a while till the green stuff dries and makes it harder to attach it onto models.
For doing capes, and the like, you can roll it out flat and leave it to cure for a few minutes so it toughens up. Then you attach it to the model, adding in the general folds. You leave the small details to be sculpted later. A general tip is to alter the ratio of the blue to yellow from 50/50. I can't remember which but more of one will give you a slightly harder finish. You can also mix greenstuff with other epoxy putties, I have personally mixed it with milliput to get a harder finish with crisper edges. There is another alternative. Two very similar epoxy putties, one called Greystuff, the other Brownstuff. Grey is good for sculpting hard edges and big areas, whilst brown is good for sculpting details.
The Blue is the hardener for future reference also i agree with @Crit vaseline would be a good alternative, i use greenstuff to make more nurgley creations rather than the noble and regal looking spacemarines. i would suggest however that when making cloaks and any cloth, wait for the green stuff to lose a bit of its tackiness and then start sculpting the shape you want e.g. folds then later start sculpting more details and whatnot
On my side good modeling tools is a must. Here is a small list of example of my ultimate thingies. Careful some are dangerously sharp and pointy....others might dig a hole in your wallet. Scapel Blade #10 to #15 (if you don't know how to change the blades, use disposables ones) Set of Dental composite filling instrument/spatula (no need to be made of titanium to use on green stuff, if you dry them after each use, a 30$ set will last you for ever) Set of LeCron Carvers as long as they are not blunt horrors , get the cheapest ones Clay Shapers, size zero and size 2... worship them <--------------------awesome for making smooth cloaks one or two big green vinyl cutting mats one or two small green vinyl cutting mats silicon baking mat, flexible and no stick <--------------------awesome for making smooth cloaks 1 little plastic rolling pin<--------------------awesome for making smooth cloaks 1 magnifier lamp 1 water container 1 pair of safety goggles 1 nearby safety kit ps: maybe citadel (GW) makes good tools, I personally find then dreadfully bulky and blunt but that's is me.
