Post #575680 by TikiKIrby on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 2:22 PM

Mahalo Atomicchick, that's very kind of you..

Wendy, if you're going to cast (like you have been) I'd recommend chavant (NSP or reg) I like the hard (insert Grog comment here :D), but there is a slight "getting used to" period with this. I think the oil based clays that are softer out of the box are way too much work for this sort of thing. If you can leave an impression with your finger, I think it's too soft. With the harder clays, you nuke em to soften them up and block out your piece, then as it cools you add the sharper details.. I'm guessing the roma is a bit soft (I've never used it)..

As for water based clays (what I used on these) I have no clue what's good.. Babalu would be the man to ask.. I used rovin ceramics RO-14 on these (I don't know if that's a local or national brand)... I'm using it to learn and they gave us 50 pounds of it for class so I gotta use it. I am learning to really enjoy it's limitations, I'll have a better idea when I do a few more... I do spend a good amount of time smoothing it out though, I'm not sure if I'm working the most efficient way at the moment...

Hope that helps... Btw your tiki bob looks smooth to me...