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I used the army painter metal sculpting tools as well as my extra firm clay shapers. But as the metal tool i mainly used broke today and i need replacement i'm interested to hear what tools you prefer to use for your putty work.

Old pair of tweezers that i snapped and then shaped the end a little bit., old flies, safety pins heated then bashed with hammer.
I'm a cheap ass..

Dedicated metal sculpting tools are probably my least used implement, actually, falling behind my clay/color shapers, hobby knife, and ball-ended metal burnishers (in that order, more or less).

Of the heads that do get used, though, I have three favorites: The first is football-shaped, with reasonably rounded ends, which I use for working the inside of smooth concavities. The second is like half of a teardrop - similar to the half-football, but with a tighter radius on the round end and the ability to work into corners. The last is a curved, double-sided blade. It's not actually all that sharp (well, the end is rather pointy), but the edges are fine enough to allow me to work lines into the material. The curve of the blade and height of the spine (cross-section is a rhombus) is the key, really, as it lets me work with the both the edge and face on concave, convex, or flat surfaces with equal ease.

If I could only use one metal tool, I'd want one that had both a hooked blade and a spoon end.

A set I picked up from Hobby Town USA, some crochet stitch removers, and the GW tool. The GW tool is probably my most commonly used one to be honest.

 oadie wrote:
Dedicated metal sculpting tools are probably my least used implement, actually, falling behind my clay/color shapers, hobby knife, and ball-ended metal burnishers (in that order, more or less).

Of the heads that do get used, though, I have three favorites: The first is football-shaped, with reasonably rounded ends, which I use for working the inside of smooth concavities. The second is like half of a teardrop - similar to the half-football, but with a tighter radius on the round end and the ability to work into corners. The last is a curved, double-sided blade. It's not actually all that sharp (well, the end is rather pointy), but the edges are fine enough to allow me to work lines into the material. The curve of the blade and height of the spine (cross-section is a rhombus) is the key, really, as it lets me work with the both the edge and face on concave, convex, or flat surfaces with equal ease.

If I could only use one metal tool, I'd want one that had both a hooked blade and a spoon end.

basically this ^^^^

I make most use of one thats basically almost a spoon (the tear drop sorta one) and a slightly curved blade. I like having the curved spoon for organic shapes and find I can get most else with the blade tool. Although at times I use the others too.
It came from amazon for probably about a 5er.