I'm always glad when people tell me that they used my tutorial :D
paperclay'll definitely be easier to smooth/sand. michael's will take joann's coupons, so if you have a spare, use it on your paperclay. or buy it in bulk from the manufacter if you ever need a lot of it, since it'll be $5-6 for a 16 oz brick instead of $6 for a 8 oz brick. (minimum order is $50, but you can group order if you don't need as much) anyway, when putting paperclay on, if you take a cup of water and dip your fingers in it from time to time, or otherwise wet the paperclay and rapidly rub your palm/fingers over it, you can smooth it really well without sanding. you'll still need to sand a bit, but it cuts down on the work quite a lot.
I also usually sprinkle a little extra water in my paperclay ziploc baggie when it goes in (to help keep it from drying out). then I put another ziploc baggie around it as a second layer to protect it, just in case the first one isn't airtight.
if it's for FFVII cloud (still catching up on lj backlog, forgive me if it's written somewhere before), the belt should probably have a bit trimmed off the bottom. when I did my room mate's zack belt I just cut out multiple layers of pleather (to add depth) and carefully glued them on with e6000. if you seal them properly foamies might be all right as well, although it would be harder to match the silver of your bias tape exactly.
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Date: 2009-06-21 09:32 pm (UTC)paperclay'll definitely be easier to smooth/sand. michael's will take joann's coupons, so if you have a spare, use it on your paperclay. or buy it in bulk from the manufacter if you ever need a lot of it, since it'll be $5-6 for a 16 oz brick instead of $6 for a 8 oz brick. (minimum order is $50, but you can group order if you don't need as much) anyway, when putting paperclay on, if you take a cup of water and dip your fingers in it from time to time, or otherwise wet the paperclay and rapidly rub your palm/fingers over it, you can smooth it really well without sanding. you'll still need to sand a bit, but it cuts down on the work quite a lot.
I also usually sprinkle a little extra water in my paperclay ziploc baggie when it goes in (to help keep it from drying out). then I put another ziploc baggie around it as a second layer to protect it, just in case the first one isn't airtight.
if it's for FFVII cloud (still catching up on lj backlog, forgive me if it's written somewhere before), the belt should probably have a bit trimmed off the bottom. when I did my room mate's zack belt I just cut out multiple layers of pleather (to add depth) and carefully glued them on with e6000. if you seal them properly foamies might be all right as well, although it would be harder to match the silver of your bias tape exactly.