AMACO AMO41821 SC3 Sculptamold Modeling Compound, 3 lb.

This stuff is GREAT! I’m a beginner sculptor working with just 1 side sculpts at a time .The picture I put is how it looked before I sand! I will put a picture with the final smooth product . I use it to cast my sculptures . Yes I am not talking about terrain stuff, I mean actual sculptures where I need a smooth surface! I let it dry for a couple days, 4 days at least . And then I sand it, apply more sculptamold to fill any holes, then let it dry again and sand and apply gesso let that dry and re sand /Top with gesso. Yah it’s more work than just using other stuff to cast in, but It works beautifully !! I didn’t want something super heavy , so this sculptamold works great, it’s cheap, study and it’s naturally white so I can paint it easily.I tried dropping my sculpture a bunch to see if it would crack, (it didn’t and all!) but I think I’ll do a better test with a sculpture that I wouldn’t care if broke or not so that I can fully see how it would hold up.

I love the use and ease of this product. The texture, quality and durability is excellent for the project I used it for and it turned out excellent for a first time beginner like me. I most definitely will be buying it again. Oh, and another thing it doesn't have a smell at all.

We used this for my son's biology project - a diorama of a cheetah habitat. It was easy to use - just add water and mix, and then smear it onto your mold (you can just use your hands). The results were amazing. It looks REALLY good! It is white and then has to be painted but we were very pleased with the results. We would definitely use this product again and will recommend it to anyone making a diorama. You should only use scupltamold!

If you're looking for something that dries to a smooth finish without extra smoothing work when close to dry, this is not for you. It has cellulose bits in it that are clumpy. When used in a mold (one to one ratio with water), it seemed to never dry (but mixing for 4 minutes made the clumps less noticeable). It dries fast in a 2 to 1 ratio (product to water). So, I use this as an underlayment to my pieces to bulk them up before applying a smooth clay over them. Once dry, thick parts (over an inch) are pretty heavy. Still a good product. Remember using this when I was a kid. Barely an odor. Good for children's crafts and skulls.

This stuff is a wonderful. I can't imagine a diorama with out it. BEWARE Mix small batches- like, a cup of compound with half cup water. It sets- becomes impossible to work- in less than 5 minutes.

Works get for my operation

Easy to work with and creates a great effect. It sets fairly quickly so I mix only 2 cups at a time; 2/1 product/water

I am a novice at doing scenery for my model train layout and have struggled to find a product that can be used conveniently to mold into shapes that look like rocky terrain. I have played around with plaster of paris and Hydrocal, both of which work nicely for pouring into molds, but kind of ooze all over the place when trying to make rocky terrain. Sculptamold is fantastic stuff! It is much neater to mix with water than the other products and is very easy to apply to the layout with little mess - it stays where you put it and doesn't flow somewhere else. It takes more time than the other products to set up so it is more forgiving in that regard. The terrain that I have made looks much more realistic than I was able to achieve with the other products. It is fun to work with and I will be looking for other new ways to use it for my train layout.