Materials for a foreigner?

Rick Barker

Hey everyone,

My name is Rick and I'm a complete and total noob when it comes to monstermaking. 
Its not that I lack the skill or the enthusiasm. The problems I tend to run into is the materials. Seeing as I'm Dutch it's I'm having a really hard time to find even the simplest of things like the right kind of armature wire (I get really weird looks when I ask for 10mm thick wire).
So my question is: is there someone out there with a solution or is it possible to come up with alternatives? 

Thnx in advance 

Stuart Mcconnel

I face similar problems in the UK; I can't find most of the materials used in the tutorials here. With a LOT of googling, I can normally find an alternative though.
As for the armature wire, try searching for something like "10mm aluminium wire".

Thomas Weber

Hello Rick,
I'm from Belgium and i also have the same problem. Sometimes you just have to look for alternatives. I found different kinds of wire in DIY shops and i used about everything from very thick gardenwire, armature and modelmaking wire from art and craftshops (like messing) and in school we even used iron pieces for concrete (betonijzers)...
 as for other materials like sculpting clays, silicones, rubbers etc. there is a great company based in Amsterdam that delivers in Belgium and the Netherlands( i don't know if i can share the name here, but it's worth a look on google ) In Europe there is also a great (French) brand of oilbased clay for sculpting called plastiline that is available in most art and craftshops

Rick Barker

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Rick Barker

Thank you guys, I did figure out that in some cases you have to just wing it. Google is your friend right? I'm about to catch up on the difference between the various kinds of clays. It should help me make my shopping list a little easier and focused on what to buy