green stuff

[zain]

Does anybody know how to make GS set? dry quicker

[Ahmato]

A hairdryer perhaps? But that may cause it to crack... :blink:

[khornedog]

you can't speed the drying because it doesn't drie persay. It doesn't harden, by the water drying out of it it sets through a chemical reaction, so you can't speed it up.

 

you just hafta wait.

[-Q-]

You can speed it up by keeping it under a hot lamp. I think pros put the mini in a coffee can with a 100w bulb on top. I just use a halogen reading lamp. The ones with little 'positioning bars' underneath are generally good and hot, thus requiring a bar to move the light so you don't touch the hot area around it.

 

Don't use this method to get something ready to paint though. It's good to harden a part up a little so you don't screw it up when sculpting another area of the mini. Let your mini sit at least 24 hours before prime and paint. Also, keep an eye on your detail, if you sculpt with GS too early in the setting process it may round off or droop since it's still closer to liquid than solid form :blink: Go back and sharpen it up before it fully sets if you have to.

[Penitent Dreadnought]

Just work on something else in the meantime. Patience, Brother.

[mario]

Heat helps but be careful if your Green Stuff work is near plastic parts. That stuff could melt.

[Masked Thespian]

I am assuming that you use the standard mixture of 1:1 yellow to blue - if this is the case, then simply adjust your ratio.

 

The more yellow you include, the longer it takes to harden, thus allowing you to take more time over sculpting delicate details.

 

However, the more blue you include, the quicker it hardens. It means you have less sculpting time, but it also means you can get on quicker. The more blue you add, the harder the final result becomes, so it might also be an idea to do a blue-heavy mix for weapons and other sharp edges that you want.

 

Hope this helps!