Whatwhat's greenstuff tips and tricks

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**Captain Solon**

well, I'm in the process of making a plasma cannon from 2 plasma guns and a missile launcher.

I'm using the greenstuffs.

I'll start a blog for it.

thanks for the tips.

**Gorechild**

Wow, I wish i could do that.
amazing work mate

**Owain**

Neat. The use of a solid base on which to sculpt the tabard looks worth trying.

**enmitee**

JUst an added note, you know those highlighters you buy at a book store? They can be used to smooth out surfaces and the "ink" in the highlighters act as lubricant!

**whatwhat**

Doesn't it get a bit messy?

**Bloodhorror**

looks awesome!
the best GS model i made was a big lump as a body and just jammed some legs in to show that My Sorcerer had a spiders body... with 6 legs

.

**enmitee**

whatwhat wrote:Doesn't it get a bit messy?

not really, a yellow highlighter's ink doesnt show to much on skin, plastic, or any other surface except paper.

**Wehrkind**

Hrm... that's an interesting idea enmitee. I might have to steal some of my wife's and give that a go. Maybe I will find where she hid my box cutters and hobby knives in the process.

**Sanctjud**

enmitee wrote:JUst an added note, you know those highlighters you buy at a book store? They can be used to smooth out surfaces and the "ink" in the highlighters act as lubricant!

Dude...that's the greatest thing I've read, right after the first post here.

**anooci**

enmitee wrote:JUst an added note, you know those highlighters you buy at a book store? They can be used to smooth out surfaces and the "ink" in the highlighters act as lubricant!

I can't imagine what that does to the actual greenstuff... o-o I usually go for lotion, and some others have suggested water. Those might be better, less messy alternatives. XD

**WvLopp**

all I have to say is thanks Whatwhat for the turorial. It was very helpful for some sculpting I had to do on my aobr dreadnaught. Lost the smaller peice on its cc arm so I replaced it with GS. Not perfect but looks good to me.

**micahaphone**

how long does it take for GS to completely dry? and how long before it becomes the "semi-firm" condition described in this forum?

**MajorTom11**

micaphone, from what I gather its 20 mins - 45 mins mark that is the semi firm stage, with it being effectively too dry to work at about an hour to an hour and fifteen...

someone should back that up though, i'm no expert, just been looking into this stuff.

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Speaking of which -

WhatWhat, first, thanks! Awesome info man.

My main question for you would be to ask you to describe the lubrification process a bit more. Many tutorials simply mention the use of Vaseline or water or spit, but don't describe the quantity, when to apply, whether cleaning it up is necessary before paint etc etc.

I have pretty steady hands and am confident with them, but the biggest problems I have encountered with GS is controlling what it sticks to consistently.

Any loob info would be great! lol

**whatwhat**

I use oil which is pretty much the same as baby oil or massage oil and I use it sparingly, you only need enough to let your tool run along the putty without gripping it. Same goes for vaseline but I find that too thick personally, and messy. You will need to rinse your model before painting it though since oil and vaseline tend to stick around.

**worldwarme**

I wish I had read this weeks ago....

**SkeTcHy LaRRy**

Amazing. Thanks for the time put into the turorial. Will put it to good use

**Lord of battles**

What a great tutorial!
also for any new sculptors, try using blue tac first so you can get the hang of it.

just my 2 cents

**Da Warboss**

im about to convert a warboss and thought of using green stuff but it looked realllllllllllly hard! after reading this i might try it since it's EXACTLY what i wanted to add to him (ropes/chains/robe). thanks a bunch.

**Ed_Bodger**

Thank you very much this has helped no end

**tough'norky**

All of it looks great. I like it a lot.

**Archibald Jack**

Tankin' ye kindly boss.

I have a handful of mods on my Necromunda gang that would have looked like Stevie Wonder had done them had I not read this tutorial.

Thanks

**OoieGoie**

Great work mate. Would love to see more tips. Maybe on styles of hair? Just a thought.

Love the the last tip with the star emblem.

**TheGreatHiveMind**

Well that helped quite a bit. Perhaps now when i fuse a guys head onto his body it will not look like everything he eats goes strait to his face.....

**BLACKHAND**

Great tutorial! this kind of thing is why I joined Dakka. Should help a lot with my GS cloaks and tabards( Ive been using peices of carved sprue as a seleton for them in the past :S ) Can't wait to see more of your tutorials in the future.

**kravus master of Horus**

Is it just me or is it anywhere I look on the internet this tutorials there

**oldkey**

what about creating your own weapons any tips??

**Brazila**

very very helpful stuff

**Krellnus**

oldkey wrote:what about creating your own weapons any tips??

Isn't that illegal because it is recasting?

**n0t_u**

If it is just copying them then yes, but if it's your own unique pattern of that weapon then it's fine. I could make a machine gun thing with a longish barrel and throw what looks like an exhaust at the end and call it the Dante pattern Meltagun and it would be all good assuming that they don't already make the exact same one with the exact same name.
But even then the name doesn't matter unless I was to sell it, but if I did I couldn't even call it a Meltagun, maybe a Magna-gun or something like that, but it would have to look nothing like any existing ones anyone has a trademark on. You're free to replicate your own unique ones though.

Also great tutorial whatwhat

**Rutteger1**

Excellent! This is the kind of stuff that can turn a marine into a chapter master.