way back in (i think) 2024 i made a life-sized golb “relic” from fionna & cake, aside from the fact that i bought all my clay from overpriced craft stores and it was well over 60 dollars in total, it was a pretty good time. Nowadays it sits decrepit and disgusting because the paint i used dried sticky, so there’s an even carpet of dust and debris covering it, which, i guess is somewhat accurate to reality.
anyways cutting to the chase, the itch to sculpt is back and i want to make a relatively large figure of apollyon from tboi. i don’t necessarily need any advice on the actual art aspect of the sculpt, as i do a metric fuck-ton of blender modeling anyways, but advice on what tools to buy, what type of clay, paint, sealing, etc, would be dope. I want to be able to keep him fairly rough looking and use some sort of knife to chisel some cracks into his skin when everything is hardened. What type of clay should i use for that? and does anyone know any paint sealers that might not be as shiny? since he’s meant to resemble a stone statue. any advice would be VERY appreciated, since other than the basics of using water to smooth things and tinfoil to keep costs/weight down, i know nothing.