Base

[MagusPSU]

Hello,

Long time lurker, first time poster...

I've recently started sculpting again, this time working on a piece a friend asked me to do. It's a fairly simple bust that was going to go on a base I sculpted separately. The problem is, after baking both of them apart, the plug no longer fits the socket as snugly as it did pre-bake. Here are the options I'm entertaining:

1) Use two part epoxy putty to join them and then painting over the join to conceal it.

2) Make a new base molded off of the socket and then bake them both together hoping the polymer clay will join with itself. Otherwise, I can secure the base with Krazy glue.

Anyone have any advice on to which would work best and what the pros and cons are? Thanks.

~Magus

EDIT: The piece is in Super Sculpey Firm and I was going to use either regular Super Sculpey or more Firm.

[Voshizle@gmail.]

Wait so are both pieces already painted? Pictures would be very very helpful.

[MagusPSU]

Nothing is painted. Here is a link to the facebook album where I've documenting the work for the person I'm doing the piece for.


https://www.facebook.com/album.php?a...7&l=37bca4e847

[Voshizle@gmail.]

I would say just attach it with some Aves, it should be fine.

[MagusPSU]

Thank you for the help.

[Voshizle@gmail.]

You're welcome. You could even just put some Aves in the hole part and wet the peg and just get it to be a good fit then let the Aves dry, paint each part, and glue them together at the end.

[maddmaestro]

Use a dremel to sand the plug to fit the socket... that way you won't have to sculpt at all, and you will have a nice fit! Good luck!