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Holy crap! Thanks for the very detailed procedure, Shinnentai. I think you lost me after the first paragraph, but I will definitely print this out and study it before I cast my sculpture.

I'll have to try that Magicsculpt. I've been sculpting all my life with regular old clay, and when I tried Sculpey it was just too slick and sticky and weird. I like to work fast, and it's hard to work fast with that stuff (you have to knead it to death first, for one thing). Or maybe I just need mo...

Thanks, I'll have to look into the polyfoam thing. All I'm looking for is a lightweight shell (the harder the better) that I can paint, insert acrylic eyes into, and add wires and doodads coming out of the neck. I'll have to experiment with different techniques on some other sculptures I have lying ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I wonder if I'll need to fire it first, or will the dried clay be sturdy enough to hold the various molds? I'm worried if I fire it it'll shrink too much, and on top of the shrinking resin or plaster, I'll have a shrunken Data head on my hands.

Hi, I was just wondering the best technique for making a mold of a clay bust: http://img188.echo.cx/img188/4145/data21ht.jpg http://img188.echo.cx/img188/9442/data7zh.jpg Obviously it's not finished yet, but ultimately I'd like to create a lifesize replica of Data's dusty, severed head from Time's A...