Goodbye Greenstuff?

https://sylcreate.com/ sell directly and are the best value since they import it (or did!) directly. They only have tape in stock at present however. Army Painter stuff will have come from the same place. Alas some curing at the joint is always likely to occur. Apparently when they start producing their own they are going to only do separates much like milliput comes so that's a plus.

@Fimm McCool do you pre-cut yours before freezer storing or does it snap okay when you need to retrieve just a small section to defrost and work with? I've always pre-cut mine into smaller pieces in the past before popping it away, but suddenly wondered if that wasn't necessary.
 
Eric said:
https://sylcreate.com/ sell directly and are the best value since they import it (or did!) directly.

@Fimm McCool do you pre-cut yours before freezer storing or does it snap okay when you need to retrieve just a small section to defrost and work with? I've always pre-cut mine into smaller pieces in the past before popping it away, but suddenly wondered if that wasn't necessary.
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That's where I get mine from. I've never actually frozen any before, just kept it in the fridge. It can be cut ok with scissors once chilled. I prefer to buy strip as it's easier to cut a bit off when needed. Yes, you lose a bit of workable putty in the middle, but it can always be used for bulking out, filling bases etc.
 
yeah, but they aren't really a thing either. Milliput is another putty which is mentioned before but it's not a replacement for greenstuff, but more a different putty for different things. I've not ever heard anything good about beesputty. maybe some people use it but.. out of all the putties around, I've never heard anything good about that.. and the writer of this piece who appears.. just some modern GW fanboy, doesn't even know anything about it so proposing it as an alternative isn't really a thing if you have no information on it. then be briefly says about some of Tamiya's stuff but.. who ever was writing this (some guy called Ben Sledge) doesn't appear to.. well, know much about what he is talking about or the editor completely re-wrote this to be written pretty poorly.. Okay, I'm not a great writer, I ramble too much, but I'm not writing for what is meant to be a 'respected' news source.. The news in that is weak to non-existence, then saying about alternatives isn't even him spending five miniatures looking around but appears to be a 5 second websearch or 'sculpting putty'.

nothing against you of course, just that is... yikes..
 
ManicMan said:
yeah, but they aren't really a thing either. Milliput is another putty which is mentioned before but it's not a replacement for greenstuff, but more a different putty for different things. I've not ever heard anything good about beesputty. maybe some people use it but.. out of all the putties around, I've never heard anything good about that.. and the writer of this piece who appears.. just some modern GW fanboy, doesn't even know anything about it so proposing it as an alternative isn't really a thing if you have no information on it. then be briefly says about some of Tamiya's stuff but.. who ever was writing this (some guy called Ben Sledge) doesn't appear to.. well, know much about what he is talking about or the editor completely re-wrote this to be written pretty poorly.. Okay, I'm not a great writer, I ramble too much, but I'm not writing for what is meant to be a 'respected' news source.. The news in that is weak to non-existence, then saying about alternatives isn't even him spending five miniatures looking around but appears to be a 5 second websearch or 'sculpting putty'.

nothing against you of course, just that is... yikes..
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On beesputty (polymer clay?) mentioned in that article, think Trish Carden uses it to sculpt. Seen her harrowhyrst armatures with it and various stages...
 
Fighelm said:
On beesputty (polymer clay?) mentioned in that article, think Trish Carden uses it to sculpt. Seen her harrowhyrst armatures with it and various stages...
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.... mind it is baked for those minis and it seems she uses all sorts of putties incl wood putty in her sculpts. Obvs not a replacement for green stuff...
 
Beesputty is really nice to work with. But you have to bake it and resin master everything. I don't like to work that way. BUT, if added in small quantities to GS or other epoxy putty it does get rid of some of that horrible bubblegumminess and doesn't cause problems in a vulcaniser. Thanks Kev White for that ace tip!
 
ManicMan said:
who ever was writing this (some guy called Ben Sledge) doesn't appear to.. well, know much about what he is talking about or the editor completely re-wrote this to be written pretty poorly.. Okay, I'm not a great writer, I ramble too much, but I'm not writing for what is meant to be a 'respected' news source.. The news in that is weak to non-existence, then saying about alternatives isn't even him spending five miniatures looking around but appears to be a 5 second websearch or 'sculpting putty'.
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Indeed. Ben himself has a website just his name .co.uk if you want to check out the resumé, the original article that MSN borrowed can be found at https://www.thegamer.com/warhammer-green-stuff-putty-alternatives/

I'm going to side with Manic somewhat on this one. Had they done more than just repeat what Drew said in his video I'd be more interested. They evidently didn't get in touch with Sylmasta (unlike our good Manic here) otherwise they'd know of their plans for UK manufacture (time will tell on how that works out of course) and the alternative options list does seem a bit google search like, although he says he's been sculpting for 22 years (going off linkedIn he's about ~30ish) so he might actually have quite a bit of experience with various putties over the years?

As an aside I'm not even sure GW even sells Green Stuff anymore does it? The article was illustrated with Liquid Green Stuff, which is so not the same thing... it's been a good while since I went into a Games Workshop Warhammer store, but it's not listed on their website as a product, so possible adding the "Warhammer" to the title for extra clicks! :)

The Beesputty reminded me - Cosclay is another baked polymer clay that a Youtuber (North of the Border) my daughter watches from time to time uses although his stuff is generally quite large. Anyone ever tried that? Although I would imagine much like the Beesputty you might need to do resin masters prior to production moulds.
 
My understanding of cosclay is that it's designed for use alongside zoteform foams (evo etc). I'm not sure you actually have to bake it? I don't think it would work well for small sculpts. If you're a fan of polymer clays Super Sculpey is still number one in my book. People swead by Fimo too, and I have seen beautiful things sculpted with it, though I find it too prone to disintegrate. Perhaps I have only had access to old, gone-off stuff?
 
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