Best Method For Coloring Sculpta-Mold

[BCR751]

I'd like to add some dirt color to a thin layer of Sculpta-Mold I'm putting over a foam base.  What would be the best additive to accomplish this?

Doug

[wazzou]

I've just added paint.

[Tom L]

I like this cement coloring stuff. It’s super flat and earthy. It comes in a few colors, I use brown and black. It’s like $5 for a bottle that will last a long time, as only a few drops per cup are needed and it’s usually in stock item at HomeDepots.

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Tom L
Wellington CO

[nscalbitz]

Any cheap water colour artist/ childrens paint will suffice.
Mix a couple of shades if necessary, or dry brush a second layer when first is 99% dried.

I also applied while ground cover is still wet a gravel, ballast or sometimes grasses as a base for future work, depending upon 'where' on the layout scene you are applying this. One side of 'urban' gravel, the other grassy field?
1- it eliminated the need to go over it second time; looks acceptably 'complete' to not bother with for a few months, and
2- sets the scene for realism for what 'grows' above ground (natural or not)...
cheers 

[LIRR]

Best method I’ve found was wait till it dries then paint it

[greenwizard88]

A gentleman I saw on YouTube used India Ink mixed in to dull it, and then would go over it with some paint.

[packers#1]

Cheap acrylic paint from a local big box store has worked well for me. The cheaper stuff usually breaks up a bit better in water than the nicer stuff.

[CRL]

Agree on the cheap paint. I use a 50/50 mix of cheap latex house paint when mixing sculptamold or celluclay. That way the color is all the way through so if you chip or carve it, the base color is still there.

[BCR751]

Agree on the cheap paint. I use a 50/50 mix of cheap latex house paint when mixing sculptamold or celluclay. That way the color is all the way through so if you chip or carve it, the base color is still there.

That's exactly why I want to color the sculptamold, to make sure if it chips, it won't be as noticeable.  I have some "dirt color" latex house paint I was going to use to just paint over the sculptamold but I think now I'll mix it in when mixing up  the sculptamold.  Thanks for all of the suggestions.

Doug

[Dave V]

I use the crappiest flat latex paint I can find...a little goes a long way.

But I also mix my Scupltamold with plain Hydrocal plaster as well as tan latex paint, and that's my all-purpose goop for ground contouring and rock carving.

[CRL]

Hydrocal plaster is a very hard plaster. The plaster in Sculptamold seems to be a softer plaster, so if you mix the two, you’ll probably get a medium hard result if that’s your goal. Celluclay has some kind of powered glue as a binder, so it remains softer and more flexible, but it can’t really be carved since it’s more of a paper mache product which is great for dirt based scenery.

[MK]

I add in some Oops! paint from Home Depot.  People mix the crappiest colors and I get them for $1 a pint/quart.