What is the best technique for greenstuff.

[Dargrin]

So I dented a fig of mine and I am on my 4th attempt at fixing her up. The problem is that I have little to no experience fixing anything with green stuff and the past attempts left me with unsmooth results.

So my question is what does an expert like you do in my situation. I have a flattened area that needs to be re-rounded.

What to do next...

[mahon]

apply a blob of greenstuff and shape it roughly iwth your sculpting tools. remember that as GS gets more and more cured, it becomes harder and it works a bit different. it becomes more and more resistant to pressure, so it's best to apply bigger changes first, and then go into smoothing. the more cured it is, the better for burnishing (in my opinion) as you can dent the surface so easily.

so you need:
- mix some GS
- apply it in the right place
- shape it generally, it's pretty soft now
- wait a bit, make it a bit smoother, apply other changes
- if it's not very smooth yet, wait a bit more then return to burnishing
repeat until satisfied

remember to work in layers - if you try to do too much in one go, you will easily damage what you already did but what hasn't cured yet. so sometimes it's better to create a rough shape, leave to cure, then apply some more GS and sculpt details in the fresh layer - not having to worry about the previous one.

[Demi_morgana]

sharper is good investment - I have 2 such tools and find them very useful and helpful

[mahon]

i believe you mean a 'shaper'

[MiSiU]

Clay shaper as it is commonly known. Great not only for sculpting, but also for modelling GS to fill gaps in models etc.

[Demi_morgana]

i believe you mean a 'shaper'

of course

[Skrit]

Clay or colour?! I have colour shapers which work very good!

[Nameless]

from what I know (just a theory, never used any of those) clay shapers are for sculpting purposes (work with putties etc.) while colour shapers are softer and are used for work with paints.

[Skrit]

Lol, to me in the artshop it was explained just the other way around. The Colour shaper tips are softer, while the clay ones harder so easier to push paint.

[Nameless]

don't you love theory?
anyone here used both types of shapers to clarify this issue for us?