Just because it's flexible doesn't mean it can flex into infinity. Everything has limits. You should consider it's flexibility as a protection from breaking if it's bumped to hard, not as though it's a bendy toy.
The problem is the people behind cosclay and many artists who tested this stuff marketed it as a clay that actually can be used for a flexible toy that can be posed and bended the way you want it which is simply not true. I had many issues with it even cracking at parts that don't get bended that much. I'm working with polymer clay for years and it is definitely not better than other brands of clay. I wish someone would made a honest review about cosclay.
@@D3DBATZ I discovered that it’s useful to mix fimo liquid into cosclay. It is less likely to break afterwards. But don’t use too much of it or the clay gets too soft.
Thank you for this video. Wish I had seen it before I bought a bunch. Been working with Premo for years. Did a magnolia brand with wire armature. My sculptures hardly ever crack. This branch had numerous cracks and even when I repaired them and baked it again, it cracked elsewhere. Also when I bent it. I did condition it on my pasta machine and had to leach it two times because it was like marsh mellow cream. Oh, well! If I can't find further info on how to use this I will use it for something flat.
Just an aside, but when toy manufacturers are making bendy toys, there are included port holes on the lateral edges of the bendy segment. This improves flexibility by allowing material room to gap or bunch as needed. Another technique would be to sculpt segments individually with overlaps to hide the gaps along the wire, again to allow better range of motion without ripping the cover material.
Update to my previous comment: Polymer Clay Artist has an excellent tutorial on several salient points which we need to know before working with Cosclay. One of the issues is cracking and why it happens. I suggest it highly.
Thank you I haven't started do any yet with the Problem clay. So all of your tips are of help. Thank you about conditioning for clay with the pasta maker. Wish me luck.
As I understand it, flexibility is needed so that there is no fragility, and not so that the finished figure can be bent as you like. For example, a figurine made of super sculpy crashed when it fell, this will not happen with cosclay.
I ordered cosclay because I wanted to make an emerald tree boa. I was more than half way and it cracked and broke like what you showed with the tail. I thought this stuff would hold up really good but there was a stress point and it broke. I was pissed because of the time I put in it so I'm not sure if this is the stuff. It looks good on some videos and the head of the snake is in good shape so I kept the head I did with cosclay. Not sure what I did wrong whether it was applied too thick.
Is the clay you bought stuff you bake? There’s another brand out there by the same name but it’s air dry clay and definitely not the same thing. If it was polymer clay then it sounds like it did not cure properly. Cosclay needs to be baked in a normal home oven for the recommended temp and time. It’s suggested to use a separate oven thermometer to make sure your oven bakes at the correct temperature.
If you are going to bake it more than once, always bake it in its straight form, else it will crack at the curves/stress points. Then bend and play with it. Per manufacturer
Yeah i bought some of the cosclay sculpt thinking i could use it as stop motion puppet but even after bake at the right temp and baked straight it still cracks 😢 wish i knew what i was doing wrong ...or this clay is a lie
This clay is 100% legit. If your clay is cured properly it shouldn’t crack. Mine only cracked here because my clay layer was way too thin over the wire. This clay is extremely durable and I’ve been using it solely for the last 4 years now. You do need to bake this in a normal kitchen oven, not a toaster oven as toaster oven temps vary too much while baking and will not cure the clay properly.
I have issues with the clay breaking even though these are parts that don't get bended that much. Like the hand (especially the thumb) of a doll that I made has constantly cracks even though not a lot of pressure goes on it. Also the clay chips really easily at the places the wire goes through although the clay is quite thick at those places. I've experienced chipping clay with other brands too but most of then were more durable when posing the limbs. I used the doll version of cosclay. Maybe the other types of cosclay are better but so far I'm really disappointed of cosclay. It's not at all how I expected it to be and I'm constantly worried that something on my doll breaks. I especially bought that stuff so I DON'T have to worry so much that something breaks..... .__.
@@LadyNightFury1 double check the baking instructions. if nothing's amiss, try lowering the temperature by a few degrees next time. some ovens sometimes go higher than they're set. lower and slower is always best for baking any kind of polymer clay.
@@DeskDrawer I did follow the instructions and for some reason only one hand that I sculpted has this issue. The other hand (SO FAR) seems ok and they were in the oven for the same time and same temperature. I think the advertisement of it being a rubber polymer clay goes a bit too far since it definitely has it's limits. I did a test and even after optimal curing it will break at some point when you flex it. I don't want to totally shame the brand (maybe other variants of this clay work better) but for me who works with polymer clay for years it's not that special and a bit disappointing especially since it's more expensive than other brands.
Ok, first off, you made it, you knew the wire armature was there. You should have known what would happen if you tried to bend the tail the opposite way. Secondly, what were you thinking trying to bend it.. It's not a toy. 😂
This video is me trying out a brand new flexible polymer clay. Obviously I did not know what to do or what not to do at the time because it was a new product.
Just because it's flexible doesn't mean it can flex into infinity. Everything has limits.
You should consider it's flexibility as a protection from breaking if it's bumped to hard, not as though it's a bendy toy.
Yes but this specific issue I had with this piece is that the texture was too deep on a thin layer of clay. It created weak spots.
The problem is the people behind cosclay and many artists who tested this stuff marketed it as a clay that actually can be used for a flexible toy that can be posed and bended the way you want it which is simply not true. I had many issues with it even cracking at parts that don't get bended that much. I'm working with polymer clay for years and it is definitely not better than other brands of clay. I wish someone would made a honest review about cosclay.
@@LadyNightFury1I agree. I baught it thinking it was how it’s advertised… very disappointed fimo is better than the over priced garbage
@@D3DBATZ I discovered that it’s useful to mix fimo liquid into cosclay. It is less likely to break afterwards. But don’t use too much of it or the clay gets too soft.
Thank you for this video. Wish I had seen it before I bought a bunch. Been working with Premo for years. Did a magnolia brand with wire armature. My sculptures hardly ever crack. This branch had numerous cracks and even when I repaired them and baked it again, it cracked elsewhere. Also when I bent it. I did condition it on my pasta machine and had to leach it two times because it was like marsh mellow cream. Oh, well! If I can't find further info on how to use this I will use it for something flat.
Just an aside, but when toy manufacturers are making bendy toys, there are included port holes on the lateral edges of the bendy segment. This improves flexibility by allowing material room to gap or bunch as needed. Another technique would be to sculpt segments individually with overlaps to hide the gaps along the wire, again to allow better range of motion without ripping the cover material.
The thing with the hair not being attached would happen with any brand if you don't blend it properly
Have you made more experiments on flexibility with Cosclay??? I'm about to get it for toy parts, so any advice is highly appreciated...
Yes, I use cosclay exclusively now but I don’t have other videos at the moment. This stuff is crazy durable and amazing!
Update to my previous comment: Polymer Clay Artist has an excellent tutorial on several salient points which we need to know before working with Cosclay. One of the issues is cracking and why it happens. I suggest it highly.
Thank you I haven't started do any yet with the Problem clay. So all of your tips are of help. Thank you about conditioning for clay with the pasta maker. Wish me luck.
Would Cosclay work for a stop motion puppet?
Helpful tips! Thank you for sharing!
As I understand it, flexibility is needed so that there is no fragility, and not so that the finished figure can be bent as you like. For example, a figurine made of super sculpy crashed when it fell, this will not happen with cosclay.
Yep Cosclay is fantastic for durability, especially for tiny parts!
Thank you! Cute lil sculpture too 💕
Thanks for the tip! been researching this brand..What temperature did you bake your sculpture?
275 degrees. If you bake colder than that and shorter than the recommended minimum time of 30 minutes the clay will not cure properly.
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Thanks 😊
I ordered cosclay because I wanted to make an emerald tree boa. I was more than half way and it cracked and broke like what you showed with the tail. I thought this stuff would hold up really good but there was a stress point and it broke. I was pissed because of the time I put in it so I'm not sure if this is the stuff. It looks good on some videos and the head of the snake is in good shape so I kept the head I did with cosclay. Not sure what I did wrong whether it was applied too thick.
Is the clay you bought stuff you bake? There’s another brand out there by the same name but it’s air dry clay and definitely not the same thing.
If it was polymer clay then it sounds like it did not cure properly. Cosclay needs to be baked in a normal home oven for the recommended temp and time. It’s suggested to use a separate oven thermometer to make sure your oven bakes at the correct temperature.
If you are going to bake it more than once, always bake it in its straight form, else it will crack at the curves/stress points. Then bend and play with it. Per manufacturer
Do you think the wire in the tail may have caused the break?
The break is because the clay was too thin over the wire. It would have been fine if I didn’t do the scale texture.
Yeah i bought some of the cosclay sculpt thinking i could use it as stop motion puppet but even after bake at the right temp and baked straight it still cracks 😢 wish i knew what i was doing wrong ...or this clay is a lie
This clay is 100% legit. If your clay is cured properly it shouldn’t crack. Mine only cracked here because my clay layer was way too thin over the wire. This clay is extremely durable and I’ve been using it solely for the last 4 years now. You do need to bake this in a normal kitchen oven, not a toaster oven as toaster oven temps vary too much while baking and will not cure the clay properly.
I have issues with the clay breaking even though these are parts that don't get bended that much. Like the hand (especially the thumb) of a doll that I made has constantly cracks even though not a lot of pressure goes on it. Also the clay chips really easily at the places the wire goes through although the clay is quite thick at those places. I've experienced chipping clay with other brands too but most of then were more durable when posing the limbs. I used the doll version of cosclay. Maybe the other types of cosclay are better but so far I'm really disappointed of cosclay. It's not at all how I expected it to be and I'm constantly worried that something on my doll breaks. I especially bought that stuff so I DON'T have to worry so much that something breaks..... .__.
Are you baking in a kitchen oven? It won’t cure properly in a toaster oven.
@@katelynnm5686 Of course I use an actual oven.
@@LadyNightFury1 double check the baking instructions. if nothing's amiss, try lowering the temperature by a few degrees next time. some ovens sometimes go higher than they're set. lower and slower is always best for baking any kind of polymer clay.
@@DeskDrawer I did follow the instructions and for some reason only one hand that I sculpted has this issue. The other hand (SO FAR) seems ok and they were in the oven for the same time and same temperature. I think the advertisement of it being a rubber polymer clay goes a bit too far since it definitely has it's limits. I did a test and even after optimal curing it will break at some point when you flex it. I don't want to totally shame the brand (maybe other variants of this clay work better) but for me who works with polymer clay for years it's not that special and a bit disappointing especially since it's more expensive than other brands.
@@LadyNightFury1 Mine has been crumbly too but i think maybe ive had the temp too low
Did you figure it out?
Thank you for the tip! I'm still waiting for my Cosclay
MJ Albert Sculpts I hope it arrives soon!
Ok, first off, you made it, you knew the wire armature was there. You should have known what would happen if you tried to bend the tail the opposite way. Secondly, what were you thinking trying to bend it.. It's not a toy. 😂
This video is me trying out a brand new flexible polymer clay. Obviously I did not know what to do or what not to do at the time because it was a new product.