How To Create a Rigid Master Using Free Form® Sculpt

Step 2: Tooling Free Form Sculpt

Simple water is used to smooth out the Free Form® Sculpt and help keep anything from sticking to the dough. Free Form® Sculpt is easily tooled with a wet Popsicle stick. More Free Form® Sculpt is mixed and added to the armature for quick build-ups of material. A combination of water and additional Free Form® Sculpt are used to quickly smooth and build up structure on the armature.

The density of Free Form® Sculpt allows for the sculpting medium to retain shapes when heavily tooled with sculpting aids. Water from a mister is sprayed on a piece of cellophane to be used to create texture on the Free Form® Sculpt. The misted water keeps the cellophane from sticking to the epoxy.

The tool pressing into the cellophane over top the putty allows for soft natural looking wrinkles to be pressed into Free Form® Sculpt. Free Form® Sculpt reflects the detail captured with the tool.

Long potlife allows for further refining and addition of more putty without worry of the Epoxy hardening up while working it. Details such as veins can be quickly added by rolling up pieces of Free Form® Sculpt, attaching them to the sculpt and blending them in using water. More Free Form® Sculpt is mixed with water and added to the armature

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