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Re: Cosplay thread: seeking advice

[ginainthekingsroad]

It's called polymer clay. The biggest brand names in the US are FIMO and Sculpey. They'll be available in 2oz blocks in many colors in most craft stores like Michael's and Joanne's.

If you've never worked with it before, you will want to practice some before you make your final product. The clay is very hard out of the package (FIMO was usually harder and more crumbly in my experience, but had more translucence, which I liked for doll bodies/doll house food), you'll have to knead it/roll it to get it soft with manipulation and your body heat. Wash your hands (and nails!) before moving to another color, because particles of dark clay will transfer to light clay if you touch it after.

If your horns are very tall, you probably don't want to make them entirely of polymer clay because 1.) it's heavy, 2.) large things of clay will take longer to bake, and 3.) those little blocks are expensive! You'll want to make an armature of tinfoil and cover that in a thin layer of clay. Tinfoil is the safe thing to use because it can be baked in the oven with the clay. Hollow clay horns will not have enough structural integrity to be worn on a headband.

Although if they are more than 5 inches tall, I probably wouldn't do clay at all, I'd use papier mache.

Re: Cosplay thread: seeking advice

[diet_poison]

Oh I've used polymer clay before! I love that stuff. But not for anything that I wanted to look super good. I'd definitely make them around aluminum foil.

Leaning towards not doing it with clay because they are very tall and I don't want them to break.