Is it better to bake each body part seperately? Or put the whole figure together and then bake?

So how do we decide wether to use fixit/apoxie, or Sculpey and for what purposes?

Sculpey is what people start out with to practice sculpting. It doesn't harden until you bake it so you can keep refining your work until youre happy with it.

Apoxie Sculpt hardens on its own, you have like an hour to work with it. It holds detail a lot better too.

You can't bake figures, theyll melt, so Sculpey has a huge drawback. It's also more brittle. Its better for full sculptures, not small mods to figures.

How about Gundam marker GM301 & tamiya paint marker. I'll try to touch up with both but still sticky till todate..

Never used those. If they're enamel and your using on a soft plastic figure, it's not ever going to dry.

I have a question why shouldnt you use craft store paint if it says acrylic is it ok

Actually, if you use proper prep and sealing, craft acrylics can work okay.

Hi, I'm new to this site, I have picked bits of information here and there. A recent problem I have been having is shiny paint when applied and dried, that rhymed huhu, I'm using testors but it doesn't say on it anything about the finish. Is there a certain type of paint that gives a dull finish? I have also experienced a tacky feeling to the applied area, and it doesn't go away ever. Also can anyone tell me where I can have custom heads made. I only customize 3 3/4 (1/18 scale). For instance I'm in the process of making my son Little Mac from Punch Out, I got lucky because the Miz figure from Jakks 3 3/4 Build and Brawl looks a lot like Little Mac, at least enough to please my son and I. I thought about and decided it would be the bees knees if I could find or have made, A Tyson head, it's beyond my ability to sculpt one myself, therefore I seek a place that takes requests. If anyone knows anything, I would for ever be thankful

"Shiny" paint is called "Gloss". What you want is paint that says "Flat" or "Matte" or "Satin", you can just ask the people at the hobby shop what kind of finish the paints have, they usually know. You can also buy Matte sealer, you spray it on to make shiny things duller.

Enamel paints are usually always glossy. Don't use these to paint action figures, they tend to react badly with the plastic and make it sticky forever.

Use acrylic paints instead, Testors also makes them and they will say Acrylic on the bottle.

nice guide but can you use enamal for toys like transformers I went in to hobby craft and they said it was pefect but whats youre veiws on it

Can Sculpey be hardened with a heat gun? Thanks from a noob, both to this board and customizing in this style, to everyone for the helpful tutorials and tips .

I'm not sure that using a heat gun would be a good idea. There is so much heat generated by one that it would probably warp or melt the figure underneath.

Hm. Thanks, I won't try that. I'd used it to swap arms and legs but hadn't tried on putty.

I think I am going to try a normal hair dryer. It's not enough to melt but should be hot enough to set. Anyone else tried this??

Thanks for the tutorial!