What is the best Clay for you! Part 1 Das clay , SuperSculpey , Chavant NSP , Monster clay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is a quick review on each one of these and what may or may not work for you!!
Super Sculpey
Monster Clay
Chavant NSP
Das Clay - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Late to the party here (by 3 years) . I have used all these materials and oddly I have been using DAS to sculpt mummy busts. It works really well because I don’t need or want super detail and tearing actually helps with the dried/rotten appearance of old Egyptian mummy busts. Fun to use and very light
Once conditioned, I store unused Super Sculpey as logs in plastic food wrap. They seem to store a very long time without drying out.
Oh and cosclay is marvelous…I use it for like tails and ears etch…things that can snap off easily…it is wonderfully flexible…very good comprehensive review of clays….wish I had had this when I started many years ago.
Thanks for this video!!! I was for the longest time wondering how these amazing sculpters weren't dealing with cracked dry clay while working in fine detail. 🙏
no problem im glad this helped you !!!
Great video. Monster clay is my go to…I like NSP too, but monster is amazing to work with. Only issue is molding is not an easy thing to do to make a permanent sculpture or reproduce. It’s expensive and an art form in and of itself, so I pretty much have switched to polymer…the next best thing for permanency. My sculpts have alot of detail, so making molds is not for me at this time 😥
I found using baby lotion in Super Sculpey firm worked wonders..Firm was just too hard for me to work with,just gotta work in the oil,but it made it so much easier to work it
Good information.😀
Sculpy also produces super light, glow in the dark (you have to put it under a bright light light to "charge" it first), super flex (remains flexible after baking), translucent, and I think one other variety but I can't remember. I also once came across an "eraser" clay to make erasers with, but it sucked BHDB.
Awesome info thanks for that!!!
I started out with Fimo and a random Air dry clay my mom once bought me (It's called Do & Dry) but Fimo is just too hard for me and I don't wanna sit there for ages and knead the clay until it's soft and it also doesn't really fit what I wanna sculpt. The air dry clay works fine but it does kinda tear when you try to get details in wich is why you have to use a lot of water for it wich also means that you can't paint it with water colors wich I'd prefer to use for stuff that has little details like cracks and the clay also kinda smears and doesn't stay that smooth
I really wanna try out super sculpey, it seems fitting for the little sculptures I wanna do so yeah, probably gonna try that out soon :D
When buying super sculpey look on the back of the package for production date and even open it and give it a bit of a push some of it is really hard and needs to be worked some comes soft. the pink super sculpey is alot easier to work then the grey. good luck i hope you enjoy it
Good comparison 👍
After starting out with air dry clay ( Amaco) I switched to polymer clay and found it to be the best for me ( Super Sculpey Beige)
polymer clay is really fun to play with !!
@@mattiecreates I agree👍
It’s there something like epoxi clay but that dries softer? Like some sort of soft plastic but that you can model with
I want to make standing snakes and mosaic them (so detail isn’t so important). Which clay would you recommend?
Ah Gosh, I thought it's me who does something wrong when it comes to little details but now I realized it's mainly because of DAS' quality. Thank you for the review! Really helpd me:D
Glad it helped!!!! Das is a hard clay to get details.
@Henrik Schandorff that is polymer clay , same as the super Sculpey I show in my video. Polymer clay comes in every color and many diffey brands but super Sculpey and fimo are most popular. DAS has alot of fibers and is like paper machete ..the clay use in the video is very soft and cuts clean. They are not the same clays.
@Henrik Schandorff OK so i just watched the whole video and not just the time stamp you put in.. it does say paper clay , but it still does not look as textured as Das, and for most people you wont get that kind of detail with das and you will get frustrated. The great thing about this is my video is my opinion based on MY experience to help with buying options. if you think you can do that with Das than please buy some and make a video, id love to see it !!
But you are going to work 10 times harder with that clay than you will with something like Monster clay , chavant or super sculpey as they take detail no problem , they clean up easy with way less mess and can be smoothed faster no power tools needed.
Thanks for commenting , have a great day !
@Henrik Schandorff As someone who started scultping with DAS I can guarantee you it's not it haha. Whenever I tried to make those little details with it it just teared no matter how I tried to do it.
You can't make such little details with it or create such a smooth surface.
Does the sculpy Flex if you have an armature under it so you can make a bendable figure? Thanks Great video
if you dont bake it .. sort of ..but you would be putting finger prints in it, id recommend plasticine for stop motion
Can I mix with water make it liquid for surface?
Das is brilliant, you just have to know how to work it. Super sculpy is my least favourite. I really like milliput super fine as well.
I brother i just going to start to make a sculpture but dont know what kind of clay to buy. I want the clay be harder easy for make find details
Sculpey firm , monster clay medium or hard and or chanvant NSP hard or medium , just remember the monster clay and chavant dont go hard.. but you can make the super sculpey firm hard by baking it!
Das is cool if u never sculptured before. I love it.
i agree , i wasnt trying to hate on Das. but i do feel like people may advance out of Das quickly if sculpting is something they want to stick with.
So if I want to sculpt something for it do display I must make a silicon mold of it? Cant any polymer clay be cured and last forever?
Polymer clay can be cured and last forever, Monster clay and Chavant are waxed and oil based clays and they wont last forever with out making a mold out of silicone
how do you now what gum and papermache feels like together ???????
you're telling me you dont ever chew your gum with paper mache ?
@@mattiecreates no because thats weird.😐😑😐
Great info, this was a lot of help. Also accidental ASMR lol
Thank you i appreciate that !!! i will have to step up my game and find time to actually make some more vids XD
I want to start sculpting decorative water fountains. I would like to make a master out of clay I would later make a mold of & cast in resin material. Which clay would you recommend for making the master?
Great question , i would hands down go with Monster clay.
Best of luck on that endeavor !
@@mattiecreates another question: Does the Monster Clay dry when left out? I know you can’t bake it because it gets soft. Thanks again! 🙏🏼
@@firedog1972 yea
@@firedog1972 Monster clay never dries - it hardens to a more wax-like consistency once it cools. How hard it gets is determined by the version you buy. This stage can be really good for detail work or smoothing/finishing. If you want to keep working on it though, you can use a heat gun on low setting, your body heat (aka your hands), or even a heat lamp to warm it back up to your desired consistency.
@@J0nnyTheJ3w thank you for sharing your knowledge with me. Awesome!!
I bought supersculpy but it was so hard that I can't even tear it apart. How can I soften it or is this normal? Please! answer me
you can buy sculpey clay softener or try working little pieces in your hand , once it warms up a bit it becomes more pliable. also it could be an old batch in that case clay softener is the only way
Okay thank you
What is the best air dry clay.
Thats a hard one, i dont know if there is a best but some have different properties , i would say most standard air dry clays are of similar quality. Michaels sells air dry clay in a big box
You need to use water with DAS
He said u did
Hey bro...
I'd like to show you something I have been working on. I do not wish to contradict you when you say that DAS I S no good for sculpting an creating good detail. I have a 35 cms tall ongoing Hulk statue on which, customer does not have a big budget for like sculpey. I learned to model it with several types of brushes and cheap slim plastic flat shaping tools on a good moist surface level... Let me know if you'd like to take a look... Too bad you can't add pics to comments over here
Id love to , this video is definitely Opinion based and i appreciate you taking the time to show me and help me learn as well , my Instagram is Mattie Creates feel free to message me on there and share your work id love to see it!
What about sculpey medium?
I've used so far sculpey primo which is great, sculpey III and a Michael's brand clay called craft smart.
I'm curious on getting sculpey original, sculpey firm, medium, and crayola.
I have Fimo and Kato polyclay. but haven't used them yet. I like having a variety of colors.
I Mainly use scupley firm it holds details the best but it can cause your fingers and hands to cramp as it can be REALLY firm , if you are going to use sculpey firm id recommend getting some sculpey softener
@@mattiecreates thanks. I'm looking for a clay that is strong and holds details well. I have very strong hands.
I want to make figure but I don´t know what clay is good for that. Do anybody know?
i would choose Super Sculpey to start out
@@mattiecreates Thanks!!
does it dry
Does which one dry? the Das clay is air dry , the super sculpey needs to be backed and the chavant and monsterclay harden when cooled.
Can u bake nsp clay , so will it be hard and can u Color it with acrylic paint
No, it would melt, the medium and hard versions are hard enough, you can just paint over them
@@badvibeslogan8047 so when i use medium, when i finish sculpting, it will be rock solid?
@@badvibeslogan8047 and when its hard , when u use ur hands to touch it, will it get fingerprints?
@@carlosart3611 I use the hard version and I don’t notice fingerprints, but before you paint it, I would let it sit for a couple days to make sure it’s fully cooled
@@badvibeslogan8047 then lets say that i finished sculpting and painting , it will be like rock solid like a statue rite?
Saya dari indonesia. Dimana dan bagaimana saya dapat membeli monster clay
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I'd like to try monster clay
DO IT!! lol you wont regret it
@@mattiecreates I have 2lbs of super sculpey medium, it's my first attempt at armatures/ sculpting. I've read/watched a lot of information, just need to figure what I am going to do & do it. I like that this clay won't harden so I can pratice everything I actually absorbed lol.. awesome vid, keep up the great work man!
Polymer clay is my favorite clay
it is a great clay to work with !
Thank you for watching
Aw I should've seen your video before buying the das clay. I've never used clay and i was curious about making small figurines.
hey it will still get you sculpting and some people can do some amazing things with Das clay. id recommend going super sculpey if you can find any for a good price
Omg me find modeling clay omgggggggggggg and it's just in the world but of the shop,,,, the clay is:in toy shop on) feet in less than a year for looking for to find
Tell me you don't work at ALL with air dry clay, without telling me you don't ever work with air dry clay...
i dont really work at all with air dry clay lol , its not my thing and thats very obvious by my videos, but the great thing about opinions is we all have them XD , thanks for watching!!!!
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