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Hi Dakka

The other day i was trying to fill a hole in my bloodletter with greenstuff. It was my first time using GS properly, and i made one hell of a mess.

Does anyone have any hints / tips when using Green stuff?
If anyone knows of a good tutorial, please post a link.

Cheers, Zambro

Good tip would be to wet the tool your using to place the GS, then it wont stick.

Also if your just plugging gaps the liquid GS is actually pretty good.

If you make a mess you can always wait for it to dry and fix it up with a sharp hobby knife.

Vaseline is your friend. It works better than water as it sticks around when water would evaporate or get absorbed. Just remember to wash the model down agin before trying to paint it!

I agree with what xeriapt and flinty said. One tip I learned is that before the GS completely sets, you can dip your hobby knife in water and slice away what you do not want without distorting to much detail on the parts you left.

Lubrication is the number one piece of advice given for new GS users and with good reason. If the GS is sticking to everything in sight, it becomes a nightmare to work with. As for how to lubricate, you've already seen that there are different options.

Water works without needing cleanup, but is is limited in its lubricating abilities. Vaseline or oil works better and won't evaporate, but requires more cleanup. Personally, I use the middle ground - a water-based personal lubricant (something like KY jelly) thinned with water. It behaves more or less like water but evaporates somewhat slower and lubricates better. Cleanup is simply a matter of rinsing off the residue - no scrubbing or soap needed (for small jobs, a wet brush suffices).

Most of the other advice applies more to sculpting than (ideally) simple gap-filling. Just to paraphrase a less than exhaustive list: lubricate (it bears repeating), work in layers, use the varying firmness during the curing process to your advantage, a variety of sculpting tools is helpful but one can get by with nothing but a finger and a damp toothpick, and practice, practice, practice!

There are hoards of tutorials out there, but most that I can recall are for specific sculpting tasks (how to GS robes, ropes, etc.). Identify the task at hand, then make friends with Google.

Ahh sweet, i need more lube!

The GS was getting everywhere cause it wouldn't come off the tool and model. I'll be sure to use some water next time.

Cheers folks