Thought foam clay was a waste of money until I made a full Iron Man helmet for $8

I always figured foam clay would just crack and look terrible, but after 3 tries with paper mache that kept flopping, I grabbed a $4 pack from the craft store and sculpted a wearable helmet that actually held its shape. Has anyone else found a random material that totally saved a build?

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robertsmith5d ago

Foam clay would just crack" - I used it to patch a hole in my drywall, worked weirdly well.

lilyfisher5d ago

Oh wow, that's interesting. What kind of foam clay did you use exactly? I ask because I tried a similar thing on a small crack near my baseboard and it shrunk a lot as it dried, left a little dent I had to fill again. Did you have to sand it down a bunch afterward to get it truly flush with the wall?