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Air dry clay is perfectly safe for customs It works well and causes no harm to the pony, and can dry on the pony so it won't be misshapen. And, for the best air dry clay, that's a loaded question. Honestly... I use whatever clay is at my local Walmart because it's cheap and works ok, lol. A lot of the craft channels I watch on YouTube use Japanese clays such as Hearty, Claycraft Deco, or Mermaid Puffy. It seems that Mermaid Puffy is quite a bit drier and has larger paper fibers than other clays, which gives it a really puffy texture. The other two are pretty smooth, especially Claycraft Deco, as it is specially made for crafters. Hope this helps!
apoxie sculptyou can get it on amazon now
Bumping to add:Has anyone used model magic for sculpting? I've used it before, but not on ponies.
Quote from: NsMLPonies on September 24, 2017, 04:18:04 PMBumping to add:Has anyone used model magic for sculpting? I've used it before, but not on ponies. Model magic is not at all for artist but for teeny tiny children! Personally, I think it smells awful and takes so long to dry, over 24 hours unlike what their website says (and when it's drying it spreads out!) But I guess it was nice for me when I started sculpting because of the long drying time.
Quote from: Safflower on September 24, 2017, 04:54:54 PMQuote from: NsMLPonies on September 24, 2017, 04:18:04 PMBumping to add:Has anyone used model magic for sculpting? I've used it before, but not on ponies. Model magic is not at all for artist but for teeny tiny children! Personally, I think it smells awful and takes so long to dry, over 24 hours unlike what their website says (and when it's drying it spreads out!) But I guess it was nice for me when I started sculpting because of the long drying time.I prefer model magic because of how light it is. But I may just stick to normal air dry clay for ponies. Is polyform (I think that's what it's called.) Any good? Or the crayola air dry clay?Post Merge: September 25, 2017, 06:22:44 PMHas anyone used Crayola air dry clay for sculpting? Is it as good as any other air dry clay?
Yeah, I agree, model magic is pretty light which is nice. Also, if you mean polyform as in Sculpey, yes, it is a great polymer clay Also, Crayola air dry clay is pretty bad in my opinion. They smell is a bit like burnt rubber and it was pretty chalky. My dried pieces crumbled afterwords with light handling because it was so chalky.
Personally I only use apoxie sculpt for customs. It is easy to work with, allows for a lot of small detail, and cures very hard and durable. Many other air dry clays are going to be soft, or brittle, and definitely do not allow the same level of detail as apoxie. Most air dry clays also shrink when they dry, which is very problematic for ponies.