Return of the adept

Hi all,

So this blogg post is long overdue!   Somewhere between here and the real world I’ve found myself lost for a number of months and alas…. Hobby time has taken the brunt of it.

I know I promised some mad comparisons of different types of poly cements and to tell you the truth I did the experiments, filmed them…. And then forgot about it…    but just so you know… the Revel won!

So most of the little hobby time I have had of late has been spent building a number of conversions and working on my sculpting.   I’ve recently discovered a new putty pro create (Ordered mine from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Procreate-Putty-Profesional-and-Sculptors-Putty-Warhammer-/281150993451?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4175e7b42b) You can clearly tell it apart from the Green stuff due to the fact that its grey!  Very much so….

So having had a few chances now to use the Pro create putty I can confirm that it’s wonderful stuff!   Slightly easier to work than Green stuff (better for detail), cures a little faster than Green stuff and cures much harder (oh er!!).  But before you run and throw away your Green stuff…   I can already see the benefit in having access to both.    Procreate as I have said is great for fine detail or doing small quick jobs.   However Green stuff is still great for things like cables etc… basically anything that requires the putty to be a little bit tougher  (So things you need to handle more) or things you don’t want curing as fast (cables, armour plates & the base for scratch built areas).   I will certainly be using Procreate for majority of my work, but I won’t retire the Green stuff yet!

Another key difference between the two worth noting is that pro create doesn't have that ‘stickiness’ that most Green stuff users are all too familiar with. Don’t get me wrong you still need to lube up your tools but in no way to the same degree as you would when working with Green stuff. Now this probably sounds like a great benefit… and in many situations it is.  However when you are sculpting directly onto a surface (or onto the model) the pro create has a tendency to slip away or move….  More often or not this is resolved by either physically sticking the putty to the model, I use a small (like tiny tiny) dab of super glue to do this, or sculpt the detail, trying your best to apply pressure to squeeze the putty into the groves and then attach with super glue (I’ve even tried sealing with super glue) once cured.

Anyway, enough rambling here is my most recent model -  Dark Mechanicus Magos