02-05-2005, 06:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2005, 06:58 AM by Mask Murderers.)
I use MM clay myself, just started with it again & yes it can be a pain in the ass but once you get use to it, it is not so bad. After you get your clay nice & warm & on your armature your right it will cool down & get pretty darn hard, the best thing is get a swivel lamp & set some clay under it, keep the lamp close to the clay so the clay off to the side keeps soft & warm, this way you can keep adding to your sculpture. To take away from your sculpture ( dig in ) use a rake tool made out of a scroll saw or jigsaw blade, heat the blade up & bend it into a pipe, it looks like a mini rake, this way you can scrap away & get your forms & anatomy the way you want, with MM clay you will use metal loop tools alot, just remember with this stuff you can\'t really go as fast as you can with WED so just tool away at it. You will become quite confortable with it once you get use to it. You can also use a hair dryer on the sculpture to soften it up a bit, hope this somewhat helps.
Bob
Bob