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soc_puppet) wrote2013-02-05 10:59 pm
soc_puppet) wrote2013-02-05 10:59 pm
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Feeling crafty
With significant progress made on my two trades, I've begun work on the Ship in a Bottle.
By which I mean I've melted exactly nine crayons in the base of the bottle. See, I'm using a bottle like this - I'd go so far as to say it's exactly that type of bottle except it's more than three-and-a-quarter inches tall - and I wanted to have a base in the bottom of it to raise the characters up a bit. Gives 'em a bit more room, see. And while the crayons initially looked like they'd be the perfect solution, well. Completely drying left something of a sinkhole in the middle of wax, which isn't exactly a solid place for two polymer clay characters to be standing, let alone in close proximity to one another.
My next plans are either MORE WAX or more polymer clay, but if anyone has a suggestion for how I can get the wax to not do that sinkhole thing instead I'd love to hear it.
By which I mean I've melted exactly nine crayons in the base of the bottle. See, I'm using a bottle like this - I'd go so far as to say it's exactly that type of bottle except it's more than three-and-a-quarter inches tall - and I wanted to have a base in the bottom of it to raise the characters up a bit. Gives 'em a bit more room, see. And while the crayons initially looked like they'd be the perfect solution, well. Completely drying left something of a sinkhole in the middle of wax, which isn't exactly a solid place for two polymer clay characters to be standing, let alone in close proximity to one another.
My next plans are either MORE WAX or more polymer clay, but if anyone has a suggestion for how I can get the wax to not do that sinkhole thing instead I'd love to hear it.
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Molding a little ball of it, then using a stick to squoosh it into shape in the bottom of the bottle, would probably work just fine - the only problem is, it is epoxy, and once it's dry, it's really truly permanent. I can imagine it being a real pain to clean up if one got it on the walls of the bottle.
It can be carved, sanded, painted, and smoothed when it's wet with rubbing alcohol, but it's generally wise to handle such products with gloves on, they can be pretty nasty.
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A hobby shop or craft store may have Green Stuff (another good 2-part putty) or something similar.
Hardware stores may have it, but I'm unfamiliar with brands they might carry. 2-part epoxies may also work, but are pourable instead of clay, and WILL stick anything they touch to anything else they touch, so they take some practice.