About sculpting...

[P05TMAN]

Hey guys, Ive been busy and ignoring my natural cravings for Muggs lately. Im working on something though and find I need Sculpey. Anyone care to share the best place to find it? Also, wouldnt mind experimenting with that plumbers sclupt I saw ToyBoy using recently, think WaterStop? I go over to my local (Canadian) craft/art supply store and only find modeling clay, which after I made Afro Samurai, would swear never to use again. Much appreciated folks!

[DarthIndianaBond]

I've actually heard that Mighty Putty works well.
But don't take my word for it. ;)

[Green Eggs and Death]

On the recommendation of a few people here, I finally picked up some Aves Apoxie Sculpt™ a couple of weeks ago. It's not sold in stores (unfortunately), but you can get it either at the Aves web site or a couple other places online. I got mine from Ebay, 4lbs of the stuff. If you wanted to compare it to something they DO sell in stores, you could say it's similar to Mighty Putty™ or Milliput™, but that wouldn't REALLY be a fair comparison. It's far superior.

I also use Sculpey III™, which I get at Hobby Lobby or Michael's craft stores. Don't know if they have those in Canada. They put it on sale every couple of months for $.99 ea, and that's usually when I pick it up. There's a Polymer Superstore I almost ordered from once, online, and they sell Sculpey. Of course, quite a few people sell it online. ;)

I've used another Air Dry Clay, PLUS by Activa, but it always cracks, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot, once dry, and it's not adhesive.

[wcb4]

what do you do if you want to model something that wraps around the mugg? Sculpey bakes at a fairly low temp, can the mugg handle the 130C/275F to bake it right on the mugg itself?

[Kire von Banhammer]

Ive had a bad experience with melting a mugg. Maybe sculpt it on a crap mugg, bake it, cut it off at 2 points and glue it on your good mugg and repair the cuts. Thats generally what I do

[shinji669]

I've actually heard that Mighty Putty works well.
But don't take my word for it. ;)

Used mighty putty on my first custom. It was difficult to work with. I plan on using Sculpey on the next one.

[Green Eggs and Death]

When I've baked stuff, and it needs to conform to a Mugg, I always use one of my Experimental Muggs, never one whose paint job I care about. The Experimental Muggs' paint jobs have actually come through pretty well, through repeated bakings, but why risk it?

[meseaman]

sorry to say po5tman but me and toyboy are from the philippines and i just searched the net and seems waterstop is a local product:

http://cordchem.inegosyo.com/companyproduct-532.html

we usually get it at hardware stores

[monstr.squad]

Aves Apoxie Sculpt! Kire got me into it, and i love it!

[P05TMAN]

sorry to say po5tman but me and toyboy are from the philippines and i just searched the net and seems waterstop is a local product:

http://cordchem.inegosyo.com/companyproduct-532.html

we usually get it at hardware stores

Ill have to checkout all the sari Sari stores I know of then :)
As for the sculpts, Ill see where the closest Michaels is. Thanks everyone and keep the info and suggestions coming please!

[Dr.Mugg]

Aves Apoxie Sculpt, for sure! I've used three or four different products, and have found this to be my favorite.

i've had good luck with wrapping a thin layer of foil on a crap-mugg, and sculpting with sculpey on top of that, then transferred it to the finished mugg... i've also used mechanical means (dowels) to sculpt pieces around, then drilled a hole in the mugg & glued in place (after baking seperate from the mugg).

the best bet is to try, try, try again, until you find the right method to your own madness. ;)

[Kire von Banhammer]

Aves Apoxie for the win. I officailly endorse that stuff! Even though Ive had pretty good experiences with super sculpey as well.

[jsonik]

cool you guys have given me great ideas on what to buy! now if we could only get a box tutorial that's as helpful as this thread...

[P05TMAN]

Where do you guys usually look for/pickup Aves Apoxie from? Since im in Canada, me thinks I have to order online...

[irulan]

you can only buy Aves online, I think. You can get it from the Aves website, ebay, or other sites.

I got mine from http://www.sculptingstudio.com

[AdamBombCustoms]

you can get polymer clays at just about any arts and craft stores