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At work I'm developing a new putty, which is being designed for artists. I'm checking to see if there would be anyone interested in it for the hobby.

The putty is easy to mold and could be useful for terrain. The part that makes it useful compared to foam is that it's cure on demand. It is easily workable and never hardens until a spot is heated up. Once the spot is heated up, it hardens in a wave spreading throughout the whole of it. Once it finishes after thirty seconds it has a hard surface, that is good for painting, or flocking. It does rolling gradually sloped hills pretty well too.

Do you think its worth it to also market it for easy terrain building?

Sounds cool, but seeing is believing.

I agree with the gotta see it to believe it, but, yes, I would be interested if the price was right. Generally, I have found that new clay, putty, resin, etc. items are rather too pricey to be useful in the terrain sector.

does it require a direct flame (like a blowtorch or an open flame) for heating up?

because that would be a flat out *no* for me. I have enough flammable stuff on my table and in my garage as it is

It definitely sounds cool, but as above, I would want to see it in action before getting too interested.

And obviously price would be a critical factor, particularly if it's aimed at terrain building, since that would potentially require a lot of it.

How well does it hold detail?

Does it shrink at all when it harden?

Why is this focus-heated putty superior to simple over-bake clay?

Is it sandable?

Is it cheap?

Would it be easily primed with sprays? How many heat would it need to dry? Oven level or hairdryer level? Sounds pretty cool.

Just how hot?
Does it shrink?
How brittle is it after heating?
Price?

I will personally contribute nothing, but echo the concerns of the previous posters.

Osyr wrote:At work I'm developing a new putty, which is being designed for artists. I'm checking to see if there would be anyone interested in it for the hobby.

The putty is easy to mold and could be useful for terrain. The part that makes it useful compared to foam is that it's cure on demand. It is easily workable and never hardens until a spot is heated up. Once the spot is heated up, it hardens in a wave spreading throughout the whole of it. Once it finishes after thirty seconds it has a hard surface, that is good for painting, or flocking. It does rolling gradually sloped hills pretty well too.

Do you think its worth it to also market it for easy terrain building?

What makes it any different then Miliput, or two ply resin?

Sounds a little cheesy, but hey, Show me some specs and pm me the MSDS and lets see what you got.

Sounds cool,but as others have said, I would need to see it first.

Grot 6 wrote:

Osyr wrote:At work I'm developing a new putty, which is being designed for artists. I'm checking to see if there would be anyone interested in it for the hobby.

The putty is easy to mold and could be useful for terrain. The part that makes it useful compared to foam is that it's cure on demand. It is easily workable and never hardens until a spot is heated up. Once the spot is heated up, it hardens in a wave spreading throughout the whole of it. Once it finishes after thirty seconds it has a hard surface, that is good for painting, or flocking. It does rolling gradually sloped hills pretty well too.

Do you think its worth it to also market it for easy terrain building?

What makes it any different then Miliput, or two ply resin?

Sounds a little cheesy, but hey, Show me some specs and pm me the MSDS and lets see what you got.

You mean aside from staying workable for as long as you want and haivng trying triggered by heating any small spot? That alone sets it apart from self curing products like milliput/green stuff and puts it in with bake-clay. Except you don't need to bake it, just heat a part of it.

Is it eatable?

But really as long as it drys looking classy and is a good cost I would be interested

What does it smell like?
Can I store it in my mouth like a squirrel?
Can I wear it?
What flavor is it?
What, if any, celebrities currently use it, and for what?
If possible, please answer all questions in the form of a limeryck, sonnet, rondell, haiku (bonus), or beat poem.

I'd definitely want to see it used before I committed to it.

Sounds intriguing. Youtube a demo maybe?

should be cool to see how this goes.
good luck

While it wouldn't be as much of a concern for me, I imagine plenty of folks out there would also want to know how pet-/kid-/user-friendly this stuff is, as far as staining, odor, harmful chemicals/vapors, etc. are concerned.

I also wonder not only how much heat it would take to trigger the hardening process, but what would happen during it. If it's exothermic in any significant degree, for example, the benefit over polymer clays (being able to harden it without melting embedded plastic/resin pieces) is negated.

Personally, I think it sounds like a very cool product, but one that I would likely pass over in favor of cheaper materials that can still do the job, even if they're harder to work with.