I want to make a dragon out of sculpey, but I don't have a lot of it, and I don't have the time to make a base. Could I just use an old plastic toy (It's a Jurassic Park Raptor) and place my Sculpey over it? Or will the toy incinerate? What if I baked it at a lower temperature for shorter periods? Any help is appreciated.Can I use a plastic toy as a sculpey base?
Actually, to add on to the first answer not only will the toy melt in the oven, but sculpey actually melts plastic when left in contact for too long before baking. It's some sort of chemical reaction. I discovered this recently when coming across another Yahoo! Answers post... Your best bet would be to make a armature. Take some news paper (or any paper) and crumple it up loosely to make your base. If it's too tightly packed your Sculpture may brake are all clay shrinks slightly when firing (baking in this case). Make sure there is enough room for baking. If the paper doesn't hold study enough you can put a wire model inside of it to make his limbs and whatnot sturdy, but wrap those in paper to allow for shrinking as well. Sculpey is strong enough that it wont matter that it is hollow. Most sculptures are.Can I use a plastic toy as a sculpey base?
If the toy is going to soften and melt, it will do so before you get the sculpey baked out to PVC, which won't happen properly at lower temps which would take longer, not shorter cooking time.
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