First post and i want to say amazing work to all you guys that have showcased in this forum, its kind of inspired me to get back into sculpting but i need some advice.
I have had experience in wood carving, clay scultping and making latex mould making and have recently discovered the material (sculpey) you guys mostly seem to use. I dont plan on even thinking about competeing with you guys on the comic character thing you do , i just want to exorsize my own demons :P
Before i start to layout lots of dosh on equipment/materials again, i would like to know a few properties of sculpey from people who have had a lot or even limited experience using it.
Q: Is sculpey a good medium for a final project?
IE: how good is its long term durability?
Q: Would you rather recommend it for a
"master template" for a final mould in resin?
Q: Does it
have to be baked for a full cure?
Q: If it has to be baked for a final cure, could you recommend something that doesnt (ie cold cure) thats just as good?
Q: what wire would you mostly recommend for armatures?
ie: Does it react with certain types of none-ferrous/ferrous metal?
If you happen to know of any tutorials/advice pages that i may have missed (ive read the old tutes sticky and done the dan perez things which is excellent i might add) i would appreciate it if you could point me that way with linkage.
Thanks in advance for any replies, i have done quite a bit of research into this topic but these are the questions i have unanswered, plus theres no substitue for "real world experiences" next to a manual/product guide.
Again great work from all you guys i hope one day my standards will be upto yours.
Frazz out
Ps: Heres a couple of my paintings i plan to put into 3d work, i think they will lend quite well, do you?