milliput v green stuff

malki · Post by **malki** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:15 am

What is the differences between these two. I'm planning on converting a troll slayer into a dwarf bombardier, and I'm wondering whether to buy some green stuff, as i already have some milliput.

Musta Surma · Post by **Musta Surma** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:51 am

This information is taken from the articel below, I hope that this might give you a hint.

The Art of Miniature Sculpting the basics and techniques. By Ramon Laan

Green-stuff cures flexible and â€˜rubbery â€˜, but sometimes you want a rock-hard finish. Some hard-curing putties are: â€˜Magic Sculptâ€™, â€˜Milliputâ€™ and one of my favorites: â€˜Brown-stuffâ€™.

Tojurub · Post by **Tojurub** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:57 am

I haven't used green stuff (yet), but I found Milliput is fairly tough to kneed. It's like clay, especially when you use some water on it to smoothen the surfaces.

Oxinotl · Post by **Oxinotl** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:59 am

Try doing a seach for it. There are very good guides for sculpting and what material to use.

If you are looking for a shorter answer:
For detailed work, like facial features and such greenstuff works the best. Milliput is cheaper and comes in different qualities. THe rougher material is best suited for scenery building (such as craters). The finer can be used to sculpt, but "behaves" differently than green stuff. Green stuff is more "gooey" and you can pull and stretch it.. Problem with green stuff is that since it behaves slightly rubberyish it is hard to get sharp edges with it, swords are really hard for instance.
You can also mix the two for something in between, with the best of two worlds.

Fubar · Post by **Fubar** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:38 am

As has been said, they are just very different materials to use! Green stuff is a great material, but takes a lot of getting used to. Milliput is in some respects easier - it holds the shape you give it and so on, but you will be hard pressed to get the sort of results that are possible with green stuff!

Experiment with both for a bit - see which you like using.

Tritex · Post by **Tritex** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:38 am

My old friend is milliput, you can get some nice detail but just need to work with it quickly and keep plenty of water handy fo smoothing out and some of the finer detail work. It really depends on the consistency of mix you use - 50/50 is harder and sets quicker but if you go lighter on the hardener you have more time to work with the detail - it is softer to work with but will take quite a while to set (actually was working for 48 hours on one piece)!

Not used green-stuff myself (and don't like the sound of brown-stuff - bizarre fettish?)

but I understand green stuff is more like a fine clay and seen some great facial detail done.

I agree with costs - I used to get some industrial type milliput from some DIY stores for big projects and there is a huge cost saving.

Good luck!