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Post by rarves on Nov 16, 2007 0:11:33 GMT -5
Please don't call me a fool and laugh at my ignorance, but I was wondering if green stuff dries, or if it just stays in its clay form. I've never used and was wondering if i should get some for adding extra armor to my troops.
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Post by mardaddy on Nov 18, 2007 3:08:55 GMT -5
First - I am no pro or a sculptor, but I do know a little....
If you mean does it cure & harden so that you cannot leave a fingerprint in it, or take a chunk out of it with bare finger strength - yes.
One can experiment to get more pliable or sticky results to work with using a different ratio than 1:1, and you can experiment with temperatures to get faster or slower cure times as well (heat makes it cure faster, while cold makes the cure slower.) Normal cure time at "room temperature" is 24hrs.
I would never recommend baking it or even putting it under a heat gun or heat lamp, but under a regular lamp provides enough heat to cure fairly quick.
Green Stuff can be tricky and unforgiving to an uniformed novice (not making an accusation, you said yourself you are new to this), so get some, locate online tutorials & experiment on some sprues or whatever before actually putting them on your figures.
Especially with something small like kneepads, you are only going to "waste" a small amout in practice, and any time in practice will pay off in spades with final results.
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Post by Woz on Nov 18, 2007 19:13:10 GMT -5
GS is very sticky so you need to keep your tools wet. I also use Milliput for larger less detailed work, it isn't as sticky and is a lot cheaper.
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Post by rarves on Nov 19, 2007 8:05:07 GMT -5
Thanks, I would not have guessed it would be like that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2007 22:29:24 GMT -5
I've been looking for a cheap alternative to green stuff. Any suggestions? Thought I'd bogart this thread rather than starting a completely new one >D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2007 19:55:17 GMT -5
I used to use clay. But then a few ppl on a different forum said not to but I thought it worked pretty well...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2007 22:22:27 GMT -5
There's a bajillion different kinds of clay <__>
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 19:17:02 GMT -5
true.. I used that brown undrying clay stuff that uyou can find in like school shops for projects.
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Post by fatuous on Nov 29, 2007 5:51:56 GMT -5
GS is just very refinded milliput which u can get from art shops and smoe hardware stores as it can be used to mend boats below the waterline. Generic milliput is cheaper than GW GS, but u have to have fine milliput, the cheaper versions are courser and not as good for moulding. I would strongly suggest using milliput/GS, the extra cost is well worth it, couple up with a friend or 2 and share a block of it to reduce costs. Blutac covered superglue can work, but IMO use the GS there is a reason why it is so popular . Oh, and goto the GW site and read all of their articles on scultping
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 16, 2007 11:04:42 GMT -5
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