The liquid Sculpey won’t be here until tomorrow, so I figured maybe I’d mix in a little FIMO white. It’s opaque, but I figured a little loss of translucency would be worth having workable clay. Yeah. Not so much. Deja moo.
I stand corrected. Acquiring workable polymer clay is entirely too fussy for me. The crackle paste can stay.
Twelve hours later, the DAS air-dry clay was still flexible enough to form, but firm enough to hold the texture without distorting. I may be in love. It took about 36 hours to fully set, but was probably the plastic I had it sitting on. At 24 hours, there was still a wet spot on the back, so I flipped it. This morning it is fully cured. There is a little ripple warping, but nothing excessive.
Finally found my spare LED power supply. I forgot that I plugged it in next to my PC to test the lights. I must have gotten confused; it ended up plugged into my pencil sharpener. Which I discovered when I knocked said sharpener over and dumped sawdust everywhere. At least I got my test kit back.
The acrylic canal lids had to be airbrushed on the lightbox to prevent a repeat of the blue light deluge. I got lucky with a weather break and managed to get them finished without getting soaked. With the last holdout done, the lightbox was ready to be assembled permanently.
I sealed any chips in the foam, and washed everything. I knew I’d find a use for that size 22 watercolor brush eventually. I was able to load that freaking monster with like an ounce of wash. A couple layers of dry-brushing to pick up texture, sealed and taped.
chaotic
The LED remote sensor is still picking up the signal through the lid and the translucent clay. All that’s left now is to add the crackle to the surface of the clay. Potentially screwing it up permanently. But no pressure. Maybe limber up with the cap stones for the canals first; still plenty of foam to seal and paint.
