Ok I suck at molding

[Hunterofthedark]

I tried molding my predator mask and... well, I STUFFED IT. Sadly. If anyone is able to help with this huge problem. What happened was, I was following a tutorial when I had no metal sheets, so I used strong cardboard instead, and I used air-dry clay for the base around, and well, IT FELL APART, THE CLAY FELL OFF AND EVERYTHING RIPPED IN HALF Its just hard for me...

any help?

 

[xdmray]

yeah , you gotta use either wed clay or metal shims. i used metal shims once and hated having to resculpt it. i prefer makeing walls out of wed clay. it is cheap and cleans off easily with water.

if i remember correctly, you used an air dry clay for your sculpt right?

 

[munson]

Would just the wed clay stick horizontally without the shins to support it?

 

[xdmray]

the clay will stick but, you would need to support it with wood blocks or something to take the wieght of the plaster. on smaller molds i have just used copious amounts of wed clay to support all of the plaster jacket.
i was just saying i don't like the method of putting anything into the sculpt that makes you resculpt it.

 

[Hunterofthedark]

yeah , you gotta use either wed clay or metal shims. i used metal shims once and hated having to resculpt it. i prefer makeing walls out of wed clay. it is cheap and cleans off easily with water.

if i remember correctly, you used an air dry clay for your sculpt right?

I used oil based clay