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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jerry Han wrote:

> On a FT note:  does anybody have a reliable way of carving 'decking' 
> details into things like hardened Sculpy?  (By decking, I mean to add
texture
> so that it looks like armour plate, as opposed to a solid block of
clay. 
> (8-) )I built myself a bunch of Bolos from extra Renegade Legion tanks
and
>  Sculpy, and put it all together.Unfortunately, I have this nice
sculpted
>  chassis, and a big square block on top for a turret.  I've already
resigned
>  myself into sanding the block on top into something a little more
angular, 
> but putting some texture into the surface would be nice.  I'm aware
that 
> since I've already fired it, it's probably too late.	Then, however,
if 
> people have ideas of how I can add texture that looks like plating
before I 
> fire it...
> 
> Thanks,
> J.
> 
If you have access to a workshop that has one, use a sand blaster to
etch
a rough surface onto the sculpey.  use masking tape to cover the areas
you
don't want etched.  Then carve in plate seams with either wood carvind
tools or the specialized x-acto blades.

--Binhan