Sculpting supplies!

[Megatron0]

Well I am looking to try some sculpting BUT im having trouble finding some supplies :'O
What im looking for is the cork to hold your models on and armatures but where can i get these! is there a good website anyone can suggest?
any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[Carcharoth]

I went to the local home-brew shop.
A quick search on ebay (home-brew corks) brought up these, which are essentially what I use. Do buy more than you think you will need as it is useful to have somewhere to store all the half-finished projects...

What are you planning to try sculpting? What putty have you got? I would suggest you don't start with pure green stuff as it isn't the easiest to get the hang of.

[Brandlin]

My corks come in a large glass protective sheath with some very tasty liquid packaging to make sure they don't dry out.

It makes the cork a little expensive but you can recycle the glass bit and my wife likes the liquid.

[Megatron0]

Im not using green stuff its just silly expensive. Im using Miliput! Its alright actually and i was able to pick a fair amount up quite cheap at the Orcs nest.
Hmm I guess atm I would try and sculpt something within my skill range i.e Misshapen blobs. So voodoo dolls, creatures wearing big wooden masks. a ninja mouse?
Im just going to keep at it until something clicks! My only problem is that im really impatient! 

[Lost Egg]

Maybe try sculpting something in a large scale, perhaps a 54mm figure. As for supplies look at the Hasslefree site, they have heads and a male armature. Small clay shapers are very useful for smoothing, you can pick them up on ebay and at Hobby Craft stores.

HN

[Carcharoth]

I would also suggest you try sculpting something bigger - I sculpted the belan from fimo (but I gather Cernit is a bit easier to work with). Make a nice solid armature out of metal, then build a decent skeleton, then fire it before building up all the muscle and skin layers. You can get much faster results with something like fimo than two part epoxies, so less need to be patient

[Megatron0]

I ordered the corks! and some armature wire
But now i have to wait for it to arrive
I have just been sculpting some tiki masks in the meantime. Ill add these to the models I will hopefully sculpt

[Lost Egg]

Paperclips work well for armatures if you want to practice.

HN

[Brandlin]

I use standard paperclips for everything. They are strong and with 0.8mm drill make excellent pins.

[Klute]

You can get some decent deals for greenstuff off ebay. Most other stuff get from Heresy.
I love Milliput for dry sculpting (carving the cured putty) as it sets nice and hard. Green is alround my fave though and brown gets used a fair bit too. 50/50 green/brown is a nice mix to use btw.

[TheGremlin]

Heresy sell greenstuff at a good price. I like mixing procreate and miliput terracota. Scultping is a technical, fine art, and there are loads of techniques and methods out there.

And ditto Brandlin's comments.

[Megatron0]

Thanks for all the advice! I might try some of that dry sculpting with the miliput! sounds like good fun!
Well When i get some stuff up i will post up some pictures...if im not to shy :3

[Carcharoth]

Never use paperclips if you want models cast - cutting the models up is a nightmare. A softer wire also makes it easier to make fine adjustments to the pose.

Good luck, can't wait to see your first attempts