what should i use for making sculpts?

[Grayfire_artz]

[Grayfire_artz]

so to make a proper mask i have to start with making a sculpt and i’m not quite sure what brand sculpting clay would be best to use…. anyone have any suggestions?

[Akeyla]

can you tell a bit more about this mask?

what will you do with it?
is it one or many?
what material does the final mask have to be? light, extra strong, cheap, special surfaces
what possibilities do you have, have you sculpted before, do you have a place you can do dirty(messy) work etc.
There is many possibilities:
one of a kind: sculpt it in non shrink clay that hardens or can be hardened. Depending on what you want you can use extra light papernapkin clay (found at craft stores) papermache (cheapest) polymer (best smoothable) or epoxy (most durable).
They all vary in final result and cost and how easy they are to work with.

cast: this is complex. You make an original (clay) and mold it. Depending on the final mask material and the amount of undercuts you either mold with plaster or silicone. Then you can either cast in resin, plaster, silicone or foam.

hmm… hope this helps a bit 🙂

[Grayfire_artz]

Akeyla wrote:

can you tell a bit more about this mask?

what will you do with it?
is it one or many?
what material does the final mask have to be? light, extra strong, cheap, special surfaces
what possibilities do you have, have you sculpted before, do you have a place you can do dirty(messy) work etc.
There is many possibilities:
one of a kind: sculpt it in non shrink clay that hardens or can be hardened. Depending on what you want you can use extra light papernapkin clay (found at craft stores) papermache (cheapest) polymer (best smoothable) or epoxy (most durable).
They all vary in final result and cost and how easy they are to work with.

cast: this is complex. You make an original (clay) and mold it. Depending on the final mask material and the amount of undercuts you either mold with plaster or silicone. Then you can either cast in resin, plaster, silicone or foam.

hmm… hope this helps a bit 🙂

well the end subject will be a papermache mask, i want to make a venetian style mask so i was doing research into ways of making them and one of the traditional ways is to make a sculpt using clay then make a mold from that and make a hard casting then do the papermache. i just don’t know what type clay would be best.

[Grayfire_artz]

i have sculpted before using pottery clay , and i do have an area to make a mess in 😀

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