What is the best Polymer clay for sculpting small figures?

Question

I have used Fimo and Prosculpt, i like to sculpt with Fimo but i love the shades of prosculpt but its hard to find prosculpt in the UK. What is the most popular and best polymer clay to use for sculpts? (size about 5 inches, flesh tones)

Answer 1

I use a mixture of Proscupt and Super Sculpey.
I know some who use Puppen doll fimo. I am not overly keen on it but I have seen some beautiful sculpts made from it and it is pretty near the colour of Prosculpt. You will find it on Ebay. There is another Sculpey product called Living Doll. You can also find it on Ebay, at a very reasonable price.

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You will find that most serious sculptors use their own mix of clay. Everyone is different.

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Here are some of the best artists I know on polymer clay sculpting.

I think she uses Prosculpt and another clay to a mix
http://www.weefairytales.co.uk/index.htm

This lady uses Puppen clay and also sells it.
http://www.fairytasia.co.uk/Welcome_Page.htm

There are loads more I could put you on to but it would take up too much room. These are some of the best in the business that have their own websites.

Answer 2

Best Polymer Clay For Sculpting

Answer 3

Hi Baby,
I'm a doll artist and sculpter. To make very believable skin tones you can use Super Sculpey mixed with Premo glow in the dark polymer clay. The glow in the dark clay starts out a very white-yellow color, which adds a realistic tinge to skin tones, but the texture is the best thing. It's stiff, but not too stiff. Unfortunately, the Super sculpey isn't quite stiff enough for sculpting, so you will need to leech it for a day. Mix both, 1/1 mixture and flatten out like a pancake, then put a couple of sheet of white paper over the pancake. Put a couple of heavy books on top of that and leave for a day. When you get your clay out the next day, most of the plasticizers will have leeched out of the clay into the paper. You are then left with wonderful clay for sculpting.
Happy sculpting!
Crickette

Answer 4

I've bought Sculpey from The Polymer Claypit - it has a good range of different materials and moulds. They do have a website, and it's UK-based.

Answer 5

Try finding a brand called, "Sculpy." When I used to do craft fairs and art festivals, I noticed that many sculpted pieces, sold, were done in this medium.

It has been many years, since, so, I don't know if this is still made.

Good luck.