I wanted to make a figure I could paint, but I've never sculpted before. I watched literally a couple of videos and decided to give it a shot. I am not an artistic person by any means. The best I could do is sloppily replicate something I've seen. Having little confidence in creating something from nothing, I decided to not buy Super Sculpey, a clay that needs to dry in the oven, possibly in layers as to not have a raw inside. Instead I bought the cheap, air dry clay for babies by Crayola.
First off, it is super hard to work with for the purpose of sculpting a statue. It is too soft to be able to mold precisely. I ended up doing it in stages and waiting for it to dry similar to the Sculepy method I read about. What was not foreseen was how the clay cracks when it dries, especially if it is too thin/small. But even the thick pieces are brittle. It is super easy to break a fully dried 1.5" thick piece. What I wanted was a statue I could sand, drill, and paint and did not get it.
To fix this, I am going to attempt to cast this out of resin from a silicone mold. I don't know if it is possible with this clay, nor have I ever attempted it before on any material. It could be a total disaster, but I am sure to post about it in the future.
