Comment on Dean Winchester Figure by Meadowknight
Thanks so much for the kind compliments 
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Trust me, I know what you mean about figures falling apart! I've been sculpting since I was a little kid, and it's taken me a HELL OF ALLOT of practice to get to where I am now with it...and I still have so much to learn @_@!! For years I never tried people because I didn't think I could do it, then I decided to go for it. It took some time but I finally started getting better at it. There are ways of getting around figures falling apart, but it does still happen now and then to me if I slack on the armature. You basically need some form of armature (like a solid skeleton under the clay). I usually use wire and foil, or just foil. Sometimes I'll get the pose I want in foil, cover it with a thin layer of clay, then bake it. When you do that, you have a solid body and pose to work over so there's nothing to fall apart 9the basic form is already made solid), you just add clay over it and sculpt all your details over the basic form. It also depends on what clay you use, harder is always better for details...if you wanna try sculpting again, get Supersculpey FIRM (it's in a gray and green box and the clay itself is gray...it's what this Dean is made from, and pros use it). You have to work it in your hands a bit to get it soft enough to form, but the stuff gets great detail, I love it! You have to buy it at a specialty art store though. I order mine from Carter Sexton Art supplies (online), and they ship the stuff for free too usually! If you'd like any help with tips on sculpting, feel free to note me
. I'll help if I can, take care!
!!Trust me, I know what you mean about figures falling apart! I've been sculpting since I was a little kid, and it's taken me a HELL OF ALLOT of practice to get to where I am now with it...and I still have so much to learn @_@!! For years I never tried people because I didn't think I could do it, then I decided to go for it. It took some time but I finally started getting better at it. There are ways of getting around figures falling apart, but it does still happen now and then to me if I slack on the armature. You basically need some form of armature (like a solid skeleton under the clay). I usually use wire and foil, or just foil. Sometimes I'll get the pose I want in foil, cover it with a thin layer of clay, then bake it. When you do that, you have a solid body and pose to work over so there's nothing to fall apart 9the basic form is already made solid), you just add clay over it and sculpt all your details over the basic form. It also depends on what clay you use, harder is always better for details...if you wanna try sculpting again, get Supersculpey FIRM (it's in a gray and green box and the clay itself is gray...it's what this Dean is made from, and pros use it). You have to work it in your hands a bit to get it soft enough to form, but the stuff gets great detail, I love it! You have to buy it at a specialty art store though. I order mine from Carter Sexton Art supplies (online), and they ship the stuff for free too usually! If you'd like any help with tips on sculpting, feel free to note me
. I'll help if I can, take care!