Sticky Green Stuff?
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airhead
Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
I am no sculpter, but I can hide a joint with GS. It takes lots of water, dip the tool every few seconds to keep the GS from sticking to the tool instead of the mini.
While you are mixing up a bit, keep your fingers wet as you continuously fold it until it is all green.
Another trick is to wait about 10-20 minutes after you mix it. It quits behaving like fresh bubblegum and acts more like clay.
While you are mixing up a bit, keep your fingers wet as you continuously fold it until it is all green.
Another trick is to wait about 10-20 minutes after you mix it. It quits behaving like fresh bubblegum and acts more like clay.
Javi Metal
New member
Bingo.
There is no tutorial for that, it just takes few advices and lots of practice. Keeping your tool wet at every moment is universal for any putty.
Greenstuff also is a bit hard to get used to at first so I suggest people to try other putties like milliput and such, then when you earned some skills then go back to green stuff and you\'ll find easier to get rid of those issues.
Of course you can also mix the two putties; mix a ball of greenstuff, mix a ball of milliput, then mix the two in one ball... 60% GS 40%milliput would do the trick.
Keep trying dude. :beer:
Lord Dionzi
New member
Green Stuff
I think you may be using too much yellow in your GS. An ideal mix of yellow to blue is 60/40%. Use oil (I use extra virgin olive oil) rather than water as it lasts longer and doesn\'t mix into the GS as much. If you find that your GS is peeling from the surface you are sculpting, put a TINY dab of superglue on the area.
I think you may be using too much yellow in your GS. An ideal mix of yellow to blue is 60/40%. Use oil (I use extra virgin olive oil) rather than water as it lasts longer and doesn\'t mix into the GS as much. If you find that your GS is peeling from the surface you are sculpting, put a TINY dab of superglue on the area.
ebullition
New member
I just use water, I take a foam thing that comes with blisters of models and put some water on it, and every once and awhile Ill press my tool up against it. I tried using oils before but I find the oil just gets everywhere, water evaporates and is easy to wipe off.
mickc22
Granddad!
if you go to the Archive section over at Satyr Sculpting Studios at the bottom of the page is a PDF you can download, and print, it\'s quite informative
I usually use lip balm -- I put some on the back of my off hand, then use it to lubricate whatever I\'m sculpting with.
Colour Shapers are good for sculpting. . . they\'re silicon paint applicators, kind of like solid rubber paintbrushes. They don\'t stick to the GS at all.
Another good option is mixing putty, as somebody else mentioned. Brown stuff is waxier than green stuff, and I find that just a little in the green gives the mix the best of both putties.
People are also recommending a new putty called ProCreate, but I haven\'t tried it yet.
Oh, and you may want to join the 1listsculpting list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1listsculpting/
It\'s a helpful group with a lot of good FAQs and resources, and people who range from the guy who discovered that green stuff was good for sculpting miniatures all the way down to rank newbies.
Joel
http://minutiae-minis.com
Colour Shapers are good for sculpting. . . they\'re silicon paint applicators, kind of like solid rubber paintbrushes. They don\'t stick to the GS at all.
Another good option is mixing putty, as somebody else mentioned. Brown stuff is waxier than green stuff, and I find that just a little in the green gives the mix the best of both putties.
People are also recommending a new putty called ProCreate, but I haven\'t tried it yet.
Oh, and you may want to join the 1listsculpting list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1listsculpting/
It\'s a helpful group with a lot of good FAQs and resources, and people who range from the guy who discovered that green stuff was good for sculpting miniatures all the way down to rank newbies.
Joel
http://minutiae-minis.com
Demon Hunter
New member
I use olive oil for sculpting Works wonders for me, but it takes some getting used to. You have to wash the mini with warm, soapy water after each layer of GS or the next won\'t stick. I find it much easier to sculpt with then using water though. Used it again in the Typhus I\'m currently sculpting from an Oblit to look more like the artwork and I can\'t get those details with just plain water
Works wonders for me, but it takes some getting used to. You have to wash the mini with warm, soapy water after each layer of GS or the next won\'t stick. I find it much easier to sculpt with then using water though. Used it again in the Typhus I\'m currently sculpting from an Oblit to look more like the artwork and I can\'t get those details with just plain water 
Einion
New member
Hi Queequeg, how\'s Ishmael?
Speaking of tools, what are you using? I\'ve found that polished steel tools tend to stick less than plastic and superglue-coated wooden ones.
I\'d also suggest playing with the proportions; GS is very forgiving of variations in amount of yellow to blue. I\'ve used 2:1-3:1 yellow to blue for years since I first read the tip and found it helped immediately.
Einion
You can also use saliva; I find it works slightly better than water with putties, as a rule. But I\'d advise not getting into the habit of licking your tools.
Speaking of tools, what are you using? I\'ve found that polished steel tools tend to stick less than plastic and superglue-coated wooden ones.
I\'d also suggest playing with the proportions; GS is very forgiving of variations in amount of yellow to blue. I\'ve used 2:1-3:1 yellow to blue for years since I first read the tip and found it helped immediately.
Einion
