Monster Clay Premium Grade Modeling Clay (4.5lb)

love this clay/wax! its more like a combo between a aculpting wax and a firm clay. It holds details really nice and I really love how firm is is and how its nice and hard until you work some in your hands. A fellow sculptor had bought some and sent me a small peice to see if I liked it as I can't afford to be buying clays I can't use and I just wasn't sure I'd like this. So she sent the little sample and I just fell in love with how it works in your hands and I ordered this right away! I also found the price here to be the lowest I could find online and I did search for the lowest price. I had thought that like other types of cly or wax clay which is what this feels like I'd need to heat my tools to sculpt the fine details but you don't need to! I do use a solvent though ( goo gone) as a smoothing agent after I have smoothed with my fingers whch only takes a very light touch.. its not quite like a clay like plastalina at all so if thats what your looking for this is a lot different. And I also use the agent to dip the tip of my tool into to make it glide across the clay better to make sculpting hair or making a smoother area eaiser to sculpt. I also like how you can just melt it down over and over again or heat it up to get it really loose and soft. You can also microwave it ( follow directions if you do!) or put it under a heat lamp which is what I do. I have a small halogen bendy arm desk lamp I use just for heating sculpting waxes and I used it for this too. If I put it really close for very long it will melt it to a liquid which you don't want or hold it a bit farther away it keeps it perfect! Just warm and easy to pull off a small clump to sculpt with and stays nice and malleable and warm. If you do small work you will love this suff because it holds tiny detail and you don't necessarily need an armature. If its really thin like legs you can put it in the feezer to firm it up so it holds its weight. As long as the (legs) don't get too warm again they will hold up the weight of the sculpt if its not too large ( lets say a dog or horse) perfect for micro sized sculpts too!

This clay is Awesome!!! Aside from 1 sculpting class I took many years ago when I was in junior high, I am a complete newbie. But with nearly no experience, I am able to sculpture any pose I want! This really helps for an artist who needs poses that Manikins simply aren't capable of doing due to certain joints not being able to completely fold. I was uncertain about what softness to get, but I definitely recommend the Medium one if you're new to Monster Clay like me. It might feel a bit hard when trying to get the clay out from the container, but when you do get it out and start shaping it with your hands, the clay softens up immediately. No need for a microwave in my opinion. I was using a small coffee spoon to scoop it out and with my hands and tweezers, I was addicted! If the clay was any softer, I feel like the sculpture wouldn't hold so I am very pleased with the Medium Softness one that I got.

Had a shipping issue, the seller was very patient and courteous. 5 star customer service. Product is great, too "MEDIUM" may be a touch misleading- I heated this up in a crock pot to make it liquid, then let it set a bit and it was PERFECT, but in the cold it turns into a brick. Perfect for fine detail capture and multiple textures to work through. Not too-too sticky even after liquidating.

I love this clay so much, it lasts forever.

I do ceramics, so this was exciting to try, very different for sure. It has taught me some bad habits, such as not caring about air bubbles or thickness in the sculpture, it doesn't matter. Getting the large clumps ready to place were a bit messy like chocolate but came right off hands, mounted it all quickly into place. It hardens up fairly quickly, which made me nervous at first. I would use a heat gun to heat up, then work it with a ball of clay in one hand the whole time keeping it hot. But that wasn't the best way. Started using a heating pad, and that was the perfect way to heat it up evenly, placing the heating pad on top for 5 min or so and it was ready to sculpt. Best thing about it is it doesn't loose moisture ever, and it gets super hard when not sculpting so I wasn't worried about the cat jumping on it, or it breaking brittle like dry clay. Stuff is just AMAZING.

El producto vino en tiempo y forma pero el embalaje no fue el mejor ya que vino roto pero fuera de eso todo llegó bien pero para el precio del producto si es una lastima que su embalaje sea tan ineficiente pero supongo que lo importante es lo de adentro 🫠

One of the best clays to work with. 100% reusable if you wish to melt down a previous model and use on another model.. etc . Can be a bit of pain to heat up the clay but the best solutions I have used at either a warming tray (food one) or use a cardboard box , cover the inside with tinfoil and use a 60-75 watt lamp over the top of the box with the clay at the bottom of the box. These methods I find are a bit safer then a low heat microwave and will make the clay useable for a longer period of time.

Good clay. I like super sculpey also but this stuff worth price. It dries fast so you have to keep warming in the oven to get more soft use.

Fantastic, reusable clay. Perfect!

Love it.