This is not the best technique, but I have used it in an emergency. The clay puppet can be painted with a mixture of acrylic paint and liquid latex.

It is not a good idea to make a ridgid mould (plaster) with which to cast a soft material clay. A silicone rubber mould is usually made of the origional head and then copies are cast from this. Sometimes for a limited run of duplicate casts dental alginate is used to produce moulds. Whatever the choice of moulding material, the oil based clay is melted down in an electric pot and then poured into to mould. I have seen that Arrdman sometimes press the clay into silicone moulds, but they also make their own special clay formula. Try looking at industrial rubber merchants. They may have liquid latex. Sometimes it is sold as " Latex Adhesive." But generally as for as mould making supplys are concerned Barnes is a good place to start.

Thanks Durand for the information you provided. Sooner or later I will figure out what works best for me... but if I can save $50 in the process then I won't be homeless $50 sooner. I'm going to the hobby store later to look for a mold-making substance and some liquid latex. I have experience with liquid latex from back in my high school years when I took up the wonderful hobby of making special fx makeup - mostly zombie and injury related parts.

I spent several hours last night working with super sculpey and noticed on the box that "after baking it can be sanded, carved, drilled" and thought, well maybe I should wait until I bake this material and then see how easy it is to add all the details. BIG MISTAKE! This sculpture wasn't something I was serious about, so no hard feelings. I was just playing around to see what the clay was like to work with, and now that it's baked, I will test out the liquid latex/acrylic paint mix on it before I apply it to something I have many more hours invested into.

Thanks, but from head to toe it is as solid as rock. No moving parts here. It could function as a prop? We will see