Sculpey
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Sculpey (often misspelled as Sculpy) is the brand name for a type of polymer clay that can be molded and put into a conventional oven to harden, as opposed to typical modelling clays, which require a much hotter oven, such as a kiln. Until it is baked, Sculpey has a consistency somewhat like Plasticine. It is sold in many colors, though it can also be painted once fired. It has become popular with modelling artists, and was used in the production of the The Lord of the Rings movies to sculpt test armor and the character Gollum. It is also sometimes used for claymation. Sculpey closely resembles the better-known FIMO, another brand of polymer clay.
Many techniques exist for modelling clay, and some even use small wires, similar to how rebar is used in concrete, for finer sculptures.
