Questions about Chavant

[Camara]

I´ve been looking around the Internet and I have seen that many people use Chavant Clay.I´ve watched John Brown´s DVDs and the material seem awesome.Now I am wondering if there is a way to make it hard as a rock,like Super Sculpey.If I want to paint it,do I have to make a mold and paint the copy or can I paint the original model made of Chavant?Which one do you prefer-Hard,Medium or soft?

Thank you!

[jlamarche]

You're out of luck. Chavant is an oil clay, and like wax, cannot be made permanent. You have to make a mold of it if you want it permanent.

Here's something I wrote a while back that might help you. It's an introduction to different sculpting media. There is a section on oil clay

http://isculpt.org/media/blogs/all/sculpting_media.pdf

[Camara]

You're out of luck. Chavant is an oil clay, and like wax, cannot be made permanent. You have to make a mold of it if you want it permanent.

Here's something I wrote a while back that might help you. It's an introduction to different sculpting media. There is a section on oil clay

http://isculpt.org/media/blogs/all/sculpting_media.pdf

Thanks,jlamarche!!!

[Randize]

You're out of luck. Chavant is an oil clay, and like wax, cannot be made permanent. You have to make a mold of it if you want it permanent.

Here's something I wrote a while back that might help you. It's an introduction to different sculpting media. There is a section on oil clay

http://isculpt.org/media/blogs/all/sculpting_media.pdf
You could use primer to coat the surface so that you can paint on it, but I wouldn't say that it's as permanent as baked polymer clay. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've seen people working this way.

[artisticdork]

I have a friend that uses oil based glay and then a thin coating of resin on top of the sculpt and paints the resin, I personally dont work in that manner but all of his stuff seems pretty good.

I sculpt in oil based clay and make molds and cast in various materials. I think that is the best way to work, for me atleast, because im not that great at painting so being able to make a dupe is good for me haha.

[Fovos]

coat oil base clay and paint on it, works good only if you want to make lots of sculptures for portfolio photos. in that way you can take it apart and reuse almost 90% of the clay again.
if you want your sculpture to last you better of with polymere clay or apoxie

[SolidCatTactics]

wow this thread is great! I have similar probs! do you think it s also possible to work with natural water clay and coat it then to make the sculpture permanent? if anyone knows wich material would you use?
thx
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