+Kit Silver thats how "free" stuff works

+Kit Silver He has a rubber paintbrush. How is that not an all encompassing, comprehensive introduction to working with clay, including the various techniques for sculpting and other uses, and pointers that might actually be useful.

+girass as a person who is relatively new art of clay, i was just kinda hoping for more information, i love these guys and i wanted a good half hour video.

+Kit Silver I thought this was a pun

+Misha K holy fuck i can see it now, i honestly wanted to know more about clay.... my idiot fingers are funnier than i am... that is cool.

+keith lavin Search the channel for "How to Mold and Cast a Lightsaber!".

+keith lavin Head over to Bill Doran/Punished Props KZfaq, he did the District 9 rifle for the guys and has a great series about mold making.

Katherine Hannaford keeping the white clay wet while working is easy. just have a spray bottle with water handy and spray it in between when it starts to dry out. when you have to leave it you spray it liberally with water and cover the project in a plastic bag. cleaning the tools use a regular scotch bright to clean them and as for getting rid of used clay. you don't. Throw it in water and leave it to soak it up. it will become malleable again or you can use it to make slip which is one part clay one part water mixed into a paste which allows you to put separate pieces like an ear or a nose onto a larger piece so that it stays in place and essentially becomes one piece. I learned This at school hope that helps

Katherine Hannaford PS under no circumstances do you want to breathe in the residue its bad for your lungs so once your hands get too white wash them off and start again or spray your hands with water. thats also a good indicator your clay is drying out

Diresta's Tips videos are all about his preferred methods as well, but they are about 10 times as long, so they do feel more in depth. I think working with water-based clay is probably far more intuitive than some of the tricks Diresta comes up with though, it was probably hard for them to pad it out much longer!

It's WED, not wet.

+NinjaNerd oh well

lol

+cmb6062 profile pic checks out.

good, that's the way i like it

+topbob XD best comment answer ever...

To be great at anything one must first learn the basics. Let's use a sports illustration shall we. Even in the NBA each player on every team spends about the first hour of practice in basic dribbling, passing, and shot taking.

thats all basketball is

I don't expect Tested to release an hour long clay basics course, but they've skipped some essential tools for even a summation. Loops, awls, sponges, slips, buckets, bats, storage bags, spray bottles. Maybe Frank doesn't use these things, but he's definitely got more helpful tips than cutting even slabs and smoothing clay.

+Ray Manning The thing is this is a shop tips video, I expect a guy who's worked with clay for years to give me some information he's picked up along the way that's not already readily available on the internet. A kind of time saver or easier way to do something. Don't even get me started on the video about pouring.

Chris Kyle died in the united battle rip

The Laguna website states this.

+Tarukai Samurai Nope, this is more a channel for those interested in making things.

You'll probably want it to dry a bit more. Allow the pieces to get closer to a "leather-hard" consistency, then try to build with it once its more sturdy. Dry enough to be sturdy but not too dry that you can't carve or manipulate it .

Those are mold spots. Some sculptors add a splash of bleach to water to spray it with (or dunk), some cut it off, some throw it out and get new clay. I believe it's actually glycerin, not oil. The Laguna website has an SDS sheet with more information.

My clay is cracking when it starts to dry too (it"s a nightmare). Did you find a way to prevent this from happening?

You might be getting cracks because of what the clay is made out of, if you have to money to invest into buying premade clay, that will probably help you prevent cracking. Otherwise, I would research more into what "professional" clays are made of and try to incorporate those into your own clay. I hope this helps

Thanks. I appreciate your advice

Hi can you please tell us ingrindients to make water based clay? I did dug and make my own and it did crack too much

what?

+danielpants The last one. He made the clay figures from the gaming table in the falcon. www.tested.com/art/movies/558053-making-stop-motion-holochess-star-wars-force-awakens/

Water based clay...

Wrench said it in 3 words, while they're didn't manage to do it in a 7 minute video, gg

Agreed. The only thing preventing this from being a big waste of time was its brevity.

You are the first!

What the hell do you expect from clay tips?!?! A bloody circus?