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Help i need a cheap sculpting tool as mine has been stolen any ideas

How cheap? Colour shapers are only a couple of pounds each and turn you into a magical sculpting god! (well, I think they make it a lot easier)

Thanks but the only place that i can find that sells them is hobby craft at 9 pound each.

What about these?? 5.35 from Mealstrom games.

http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=pro&pre=prp_fp3_mod_tol_401_000

I picked up a couple of clay shapers the other day from Blackwell's Bookshop in Sheffield
Size 0 £2.50 each
Bestest thing EVER for GS etc in my experience
They are the rubber tipped things and easier to use than the wax sculpting type tools

I got a metal set for not a lot off ebay but they needed some refining - you gets what you pay for. They are okay to be fair but the clay shapers are superior


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ps the firm/extra firm would probably be best
shop around, the linky is for illustrative purposes
Am going to get a couple more

hth

Get you some sandpaper and a long piece of sprue. ;D

http://www.specialplasters.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=159

I like this set, reasonable price for a good range of tools

Sewing needles work great. ...so do small tipped firm paint brushes.

Yeah, ANYTHING that has the right tip can be used. This includes toothpicks, bits of plasticard, the tips of frames of reading glasses, sprue chunks, etc. etc.

Personally, the only tool I ever use for sculpting is an x-acto knife, whose blades are easily replaceable for cheap from the local hardware store.

The GW sculpting tool is their best hobby product. That tool is amazing and has so many applications. I highly suggest getting it whether or not you like GW.

i agree

Heresy do a 6 piece set for £6.00 -
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/tools.htm

Cheap as hell?

Use brochette sticks, just don't use it directly on the green stuff, but put some vaseline on it and then a plastic bag above it so you don't "cut" the clay.

I guess it cannot go cheaper than that.

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Games workshop sculpting tool is good but it was the one that was stolen best thing i owned sculpting wise but was strangely easy to lose as it took on the exact colors of its surrounding (also i saw it taken i didn't lose it)it was also a little pricey.


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See if you can find a dental supplier, or just ask your dentist if you can score some picks from him for at or near cost. Helps if you have a good relationship with your dentist, but it's easily the cheapest way to get a nice set of tools if you can pull it off.

Thanks people

sometimes nailcare sets come with this useless pick/shaper looking thing. and those are cheap *and* you can keep your nails trimmed!


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Sometimes nail care kits come with this useless little tool for trimming or shaping the cuticles or something like that. They tend to be very inexpensive and then you you sculpt *and* keep your nails trimmed!

Where cn you buy colour shapers in the uk cheaply not online.

squires (bognor regis) for variety -
look in the fine arts catalogue, the palettes & accessories.
http://www.squirestools.com/

Or try a good artist's shop.

I got the gw one called it Tim

Threadromancy, how do you stop the thing taking the colour of its surroundings i sprayed it but the paint chipped.

Edge of an exacto-knife and a flat piece of plastic. I don't use GS often enough to warrant actual tools.

I've recently started greenstuffing and am enjoying it thoroughly, but I do have a bit of a problem with keeping the greenstuff on the model and not sticking to the knife I'm trying to use (I'm doing very small details like blood drops and rivets for BA). Are these tools made to keep the greenstuff from sticking or do you still have to use water (I also keep hearing about Vaseline)? Are they just for making detail work easier?

Vasaline in my opinion isnt as good as water

Seconded. I always use solid vaseline (I get some on my fingers and I apply it on the sculpting tools.

Dark just in case you re read this thread i basicly said that water is better than vasaline also why is your writing blue

D'oh! I misread you, and I find vaseline to be better than mere water xD

And my text is blue because I commanded it to be blue or else I'd smack it.