Debating...

[akotawolf]

I'm about to start sculpting teeth (and a nose) for my fursuit head... However, I have two types of clay, and I'm not sure which one would be best.
I have Crayola Air-Dry clay, and Super Sculpey Original. Does anyone have experience which any of these clays?
Thank you!

Comments

[matrices]

Use Super Sculpey, you bake it and it is hard. It is a polymer clay (that means it is a plastic, when baked becomes one long chain of bonded molecules). The air dry clay is weak to moisture and will degrade from the humidity of being inside your fursuit's mouth if you use the mouth for ventilation.

[akotawolf]

Oh, thank you so much! I'll be sure to use Sculpey from now on.

[jackalkisses]

Def. go with the super sculpey, just be sure to score any areas you are going to apply adhesive to. I've heard things about Crayola Air-Dry clay flaking and falling apart over time.

[akotawolf]

Thank you! Yeah, that'd be awful if they chipped or flaked, I'm glad I posted about this, otherwise I probably would have guessing and used air-dry. Thanks again!!

[merrycalliope]

Do you have Super Sculpey (pinkish) or Original Sculpey (white)? There is no such thing as "Super Sculpey Original" and there is a notable difference between the pink and the white Sculpeys.

Original Sculpey (white) is weird and rubbery. It's difficult to shape nicely because it wants to "spring back" and holds fingerprints easily.

Super Sculpey (pinkish) has a much more workable texture. It's much easier to form into pleasing shapes and can be smoothed with light rubbing with fingers or a little bit of rubbing alcohol.

If you want white Sculpey there is Sculpey III which works much like Super Sculpey but comes in a variety of colors. Be warned though - unless you are extremely careful and clean everything one and around your work surface you're likely to get a bunch of crud into the clay. Sometimes just painting the clay over ends up easier.

[akotawolf]

Oh, yes, I have the tan kind! I misread the package, it's Beige, not just "Original", sorry about that!

I'll be painting over it (I've had some bad experience with just using white clay... It just gets dirty no matter what)!

Thank you!