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Posts: 751Hi there
Does anyone use "air drying clay" for noses and eyelids?
Posts: 52I've found most air drying clay to be not durable - HOWEVER there are clays out there which air dry and are FANTASTIC to use, and extremely durable. I'd try the following:
Epoxie clay
Epoxie sculpt
They dry incredibly hard and are easy and not messy to work with. You do have to work a bit fast as they are air-drying though. From there you can sand or paint the material as you like - sanding will not make this stuff fall apart. You can get these two clays for a great price at most taxidermy supply shops; I get mine from Van Dyke's taxidermy supply: http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/
(to give you an idea of what can be made with this stuff, I made a werewolf mask for myself for halloween last year. The nose, face sculpting under the felt and the teeth are all made with epoxy clay/sculpt: 
)
I use Milliput. It stays workable for about 30 minutes and is extremely strong.
Feather Heart CreationsI use magic sculpt which is an epoxy clay. It comes in 2 parts that you mix together and then you have about an hour before it's dry. You can add a little water to it and it works just like clay 
Once it's dry it's like resin and very hard. It can be sanded, drilled or have what ever done too it. I've used it for eyes, noses and horns. But I still mostly use good old polymer clay because of the price ^_^
YorkshireI was wondering about this too Karon (after a particularly bad experience with fimo and my oven 
) so on Sue's advice, I brought some Milliput (from ebay). Hope to have a play sometime soon!
