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I'm out of two party epoxy putty, but before I go and get some more I wanted to check if anyone knows of any alternatives? I know of the Green and Grey putties that can be found in game stores, but can you get this stuff from like a normal hobby, craft or hardware store? There has to be some non-game company with a similar product out for like a fraction of the cost...

You can get modeling putty from any craft stores, but it's pretty damn hard to work with. You're best off using clay or something till you can get more 2-part stuff.

Milliput works great for things that aren't going to be super detailed, i use it for cloaks,and such and just use green stuff for the details. also you can get it at any craft store for cheap.

I bought a 36" long strip of green stuff on Ebay for less than $15 including shipping. That's not bad at all and it should keep you going for a while unless you're doing crazy stuff..

I managed to find Milliput at Hobby Lobby. Nearly all the employees had never heard of it and showed me the clay/putty isle, which is not where they keep it. They had it next to the resin casting stuff, which was on the same isle with the Woodland Scenic's stuff. It cost me $8USD for a 113.4g package, as opposed to about $10~$12 USD for a 20g packet of GW's Greenstuff, or roughly more than 5 times cheaper per gram.

You can get it at walmart. Look in the section (usually near paint) where they stock superglue. The brands they carry are usually Devcon or Locktite, but it's two part epoxy putty intended for patching leaky pipes and things. This is not actually intended for modelling of course so be aware of the difference. It dries fast and hard. If you want to use it for something that actually requires sculpting it's probably the wrong stuff, but I use it for the majority of simple gap filling and pinning I do building models. You only have minutes to work with this stuff, but once it's had a couple hours to fully cure you can sand it and drill it.
It's also pretty cheap, I use this for the quick and dirty work and save the expensive hobby putty for finer details

Swordbreaker wrote:I managed to find Milliput at Hobby Lobby. Nearly all the employees had never heard of it and showed me the clay/putty isle, which is not where they keep it. They had it next to the resin casting stuff, which was on the same isle with the Woodland Scenic's stuff. It cost me $8USD for a 113.4g package, as opposed to about $10~$12 USD for a 20g packet of GW's Greenstuff, or roughly more than 5 times cheaper per gram.

Milliput doesn't work anywhere near as well as a resin putty.

procreate is simialr to GS but it keeps its edges better.

BTW you can mix GS & milliput & get the best out of both!

Milliput works great for things that aren't going to be super detailed, i use it for cloaks,and such and just use green stuff for the details. also you can get it at any craft store for cheap.

Milliput doesn't work anywhere near as well as a resin putty

Milliput works fine as a GS alternative, for gap filling and detail work - it just requires a different skillset. The minis below (w.i.p, before anyone says anything) are being sculpted with milliput and a milliput/GS mix:



You just need to remember that milliput is not GS and needs to be treated differently.

Just my thoughts


Stuart

You get what you pay for - using cheaper alternatives is not always the best option.

Plumbers putty stinks to high heaven & I've been warned to always wear gloves when working with the material. Its a good choice to bulk out a large sculpt, but I can't imagine it holding detail.

I've seen picks of sculptors using Super Sculpy. It holds detail very well and is soft until baked. I just know I'd spend an hour on a bit, then stick a thumb in it....

Apoxie Sculpt and Terrain Putty are hobby quality terrain putties. Both work well on large objects and can hold a certain degree of detail. I would not trust them for fine detail on 28mm figs - but they do well for bricks, ruble, alien goo and such on terrain and bases.