Milliput vs Aves Apoxie Sculpt: My Thoughts

[chargrove]

Hey guys, so I've been customizing for about 2 years now, and like to think that I've tried basically every medium available when it comes to sculpting and painting. Basically, when I started making customs, I used Super Sculpey for all of my figures. I would sculpt whatever necessary, and then toss the fig in boiling water for about 40 seconds to achieve a hard finish, or what I thought was one. I would sand and at time dremel at the cured Sculpey, at this point is when it would crack and/ or break off. So now I'm here, still a novice or beginner sculptor, looking for the next best putty for me to use on my figs. Enter Aves Apoxie Sculpt.

So my initial thoughts on Aves, excellent product, some of the most durable stuff I've ever seen/used bar none. I take it out of the tubs as it comes in two parts to be mixed and kneaded together to form one uniform workng putty. It is some of the hardest (texture wise) stuff I've used, thus making it very difficult for a beginner to manipulate. Curing time is about 12-20 hours to a rock hard sculpt, can be sanded or drilled once hardened which leads to a very smooth painted finish. Once again, my only gripe with this stuff is that I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner in the world of sculpting. As far as price, it is a bit of a stretch as well at about $26-$34 per pound. Overall, I rate Aves Apoxie Sculpt at a 7/10.

Onto my most recent, and most favorite thus far sculpting putty, Milliput. I watch a lot of YouTube channels for custom inspiration and tips, one of my favorite customizers is Glenn Webb. I was turned onto the use of Milliput through Glenn and I must say, it is the best overall sculpting putty I've ever used. It comes in a smal box, about $6-$10 for what will turn out to be months of use for me. Very soft stuff, again having to be mixed and kneaded into a uniform putty. Is a bit on the sticky side, I'd advise molding and working with it with moistened hands and tools because of this. Cured rock hard in about 6 hours, sands and holds paint perfectly. My only issue here is when I started sculpting onto a Mattel Elite body, it took a second to get the Milliput to adhere and bond to the figures body. Once this had been done, it was a very pleasant first experience with this stuff. All in all, I rate Milliput at 9/10 and can confidently say that I will be using this for all of my future projects. Hope this review/ comparison helped anyone with questions about sculpting clay

[legendsguy]

i got my box coming today.. cant wait to use it.. thanks for the review man.

[garose74]

I use Super-Fine Milliput for my customs. It's good stuff.

[Juicedmachine]

Glenn is one of the best. I've found his tutorials online to be top notch.

[The Assassin]

Interesting to hear your thoughts, I don't customize that regularly but am still fairly experienced. Like you I started off with a sculpey type material then I moved on to Milliput, which is vastly better than sculpey all around. I have never tried Aves but had heard it was good so have considering trying it.

My main issues with Milliput are it's stickiness and sometimes it doesn't stay adhered to the figure as well as you'd like when you're working on it. Plus sometimes I feel like it doesn't hold small detail quite enough. Like you say, water can help avoid the stickiness but on the other hand water does seems to make the other problems I listed worse.