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got some chavant for christmas, just now trying it out!Related content
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Totally badass as per usual, I still hear rock music every time I see your work.
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I LOVE this stuff, but I'm not sure how to make a cast from it, as it can't be baked. If you make a cast from this, let me know how you do it. I could actually get back to working on my first BJD, as he is sculpted from this stuff.
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So long as it's the sulfur-free formula it's pretty easy to make a mold of. What I'll do is anchor it to a piece of cardboard, build a wall from another piece of cardboard and hot glue that together so it makes the shape of a cup(you could just cut the bottom off a cup and glue the cup down too). Then i'll pour Oomoo silicone over the top. When that sets you pull the outside off, cut a slit down the back into the silicone and pull out the original(it'll probably be destroyed). then you rubber band the mold back together and pour resin into the top. It's super easy compared to trying to do a BJD cast. Smooth on and alumulite and brick in the yard all have some great tutorials on basic mold making from silicone like that!
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i love the facial tones in his face. very cool
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Just wondering how you liked working with the stuff? Im thinking of switching mediums to either something like this or maybe even wax. Have no clue what either is like to work with, how did you find it? Was the consistency kind of like super sculpey? Or more like a wet clay?
Anyways, that head turned out really good!! Love the nose
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it's somewhere between SS and water clay. it's a non-drying clay, so unless you cast it there's always a risk of it getting smushed. i use the soft and it's about the consistency of SS firm. the medium and hard are more damage resistance but it hurts my wrists to sculpt with it. I do like this for quick sculpting and screwing around tho.
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I've been working with Chavant also. I have the soft, medium and hard. I made a heat oven out of a file box and lined it with aluminum foil. It has a fitted lid that came with the box, that I lined with aluminum foil also. I cut a hole at the top of the lid to allow a 60 watt utility lamp, from a hardware store, to sit over the hole, to keep the hard stuff soft while I work with it. It works really well. It hardens back when it cools off. If you would like a diagram of how to make one, it's pretty easy to do. Just note me and I will send pics of it. It has been very helpful for me, so maybe you could benefit from it too. I am making plaster molds of my Chavant BJD to make porcelain. I am just learning how to do that part. A challenge for me but not impossible for me to grasp eventually. 
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Ohhh~ that's a good idea! My friend had suggested something similar but all my lights are green bulbs that give off very little heat. I hadn't thought to get a utility lamp! it's like a magic bake oven!
Any ideas on how to get it really smooth? I tried turpinoid but I didn't like the effect. it didn't really smooth it much, just made it goopy.
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Yeah, the utility lamp is pretty cheap at Lowe's for about $8.00 or less, and whatever cheap 60 watt bulbs costs. The foil lined box is really good too.
For smoothing the clay, you can try just using water or I've used "ArmorAll" Protectant-Original spray for cars. It protects vinyl seats, dashboards, consoles, door panels, etc. You can get that at Walmart or a car care store. You don't need a whole lot depending on the size doll you make. Just experiment with it little bits at a time. Chavant will get a little dirty looking, and the Armor All will help clean it a bit as well as smooth it too. Good luck. I hope it will work for you. Let me know if you decide to give it a go. :0)
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i'll probably pick some up today then. I want to cast this guy... but i don't want to have to do a ton of clean up to him after he's cast. trying to sand the inside well of an eye is a special kind of nightmare. next time i'll use the medium chavant and melt it as you say. i think warm clay will probably feel pretty good on my poor hands too. XD
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I found that mixing the medium and hard Chavant is a pretty good mix if you warm it. Make sure it is the NSP (non-sulfer plasticine) I forgot to mention that part, just in case you didn't know. Sorry. Then when your sculpt cools it is a bit more durable. The warm clay does feel pretty good. But be careful that you don't heat it too much. Make sure it isn't too hot for your hands.
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yea, im horrible at not wrecking one side while i work on the other which is why im constantly putting my sculpt in the oven after i finish one part before i move on to the next. Maybe i should give wax a try.. Then again, i guess there's nothing wrong with la doll 
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This looks like carved clay--but--its actually put in a mold you made? Its amazing. Who is this going to be?
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it ended up looking a lot like my character Grey from my comic, but i don't think i want it to be him... I'm going to just cast him as a bust and then try maybe recasting him into a doll head. we'll see. :3
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thnks! I haven't just sculpted without a purpose in a long time. it felt good.
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ooo! we use this in our arts and crafts club.
sadly found out people were using it horribly before I took over the place 8I
they were melting the stuff inside an oven....suffice to say we found many things that should not be in that thing...
its awesome stuffs for pratice though 8B and you dont even need to buy more, just melt it and use it again 8 D
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one of the first mold making techniques I learned was how to make molds from plastilina(in plaster) so I'll probably be making a mold off him. :3
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hmmm I havent tried that yet to see if chavant is mold friendly. as in, if its re-usable after that.
if you find out please do tell me
right now we're working with super sculpey to avoid that problem and I still gotta find a good mold making material that isnt overly expensive and can be bought in large packages
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It's definitely mold friendly if it's the NSP version. The regular chavant has sulfur in it which will prevent silicone from setting up- so you'd have to use latex to cast it.
For mold making there's always plaster, but you have to make sure you have no undercuts. You can cast flumo into plaster and it goes pretty well. You can cast hydrocal in there as well. There's also alginate- which is pretty inexpensive, but you have to cast pretty quickly as alginate will shrink and warp a bit as dries.
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confusing... yet informative 8D
ty so much for the info.
I'm not sure which version of the chavant we have actually... I'll have to check it out as we might order a batch for ourselves soon.
but still, thank you
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If it smells a little like rotten eggs, it's the regular stuff. I haven't used the regular so I'm not sure how strong the sulfur smells. Roma Plastalina has a lot sulfur and it's pretty overpowering.
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hmmmm... not really, its pretty odorless...you have to really stick your nose in it to smell it.
if you heat it it gets to the point of melted wax but it still won't smell.
the one we got is a grey-saturaed green-ish colour.
I'm not sure which one it is cuz I'm not the one that ordered that shipment.
I know its oil based and thats about as much as they told me
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yeah my NSP is orange and it smells like old lady soap... so I'm not sure. o.o;
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yeah... I guess it kinda does smell like traditional soap.
must be the oily stuff. can never fully get rid of that smell I guess.
definetly didnt smell of sulfur though...but these things can be disguised pretty easily these days.
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