Blending Greenstuff

[tring]

Hi guys,

I've been using a mixture of wet brushes and shapers to blend cured and uncured greenstuff together while fleshing out a sculpt. Do you have any prefered methods I may find helpfull?

Cheers,

Tring

 

[face of dark future]

i'm not really good in sculpting, but somebody told me to use pharmaceutical cream (nivea...) instead of water to smooth the surface. have never tried...

 

[tring]

I have read that but I worry about getting the vasoline off of the mini once the putty has cured. I mean surely once a surface has vasoline on it and you try to add another layer of putty you are then going to run in to problems?

 

[Chrome]

Soap. When the green stuff has cured just rub it with soap and rinse. Works like a charm. But if you're too lazy to wash the model after every layer of Gs (like I am for instance) it works perfectly fine to wet the tools with ordinary cooking oil or saliva. Works a lot better than water and dries up enough to not make you have to bother about cleaning unless you use too much oil.

 

[tring]

Hmm I am going to have to give this a go tomorow. Quite looking forward to seeing how much better it is to use vasoline rather than just water.

 

[freakinacage]

i use just water (spit). if you want it to blend better, i would use something with the gs. i tend to use a 70/30 mix of magic sculp to gs. you could use miliput if it's easier to get hold of. blends MUCH better

 

[tring]

Guys, used some vasoline last night and I was shocked at how much more workable the green stuff was! I have tried water and spit before but I have to say after last night I am fully converted. Freak if you haven't tried it give it a go, it appears the trick is not to use to much vasoline but just enough so you have a thin layer on your tools. I now know what I have been missing all these years .

Cheers,

Tring

 

[NightFallArts]

just remember to use some soap and water to clean it up a little when it cures.

 

[DXM]

All joking aside....Instead of using Vasoline which is a petroleum based jell, use KY. It's water based and will rinse of alot easier than Vasoline.

 

[dokks]

Even better, no kidding, try using blistex. It's a lip balm. Works wonders.

 

[nox]

I just tried some cheap IKEA hand creme I had laying aropund, it worked nicely aswell.