Log of a wax sculptor wannabe

I will try to update this as frequent as possible, just want to share what i learn about Gary's FUSE wax from day-1 to day-N, where N could be :
1. the day i finish the sculpt, or
2. end up i keep the wax in the fridge :-).

Below is the wax warming box i made from a carton box. I add a 100°C termometer to the warm box, try to get the temperature at which the wax is workable for me.



I find that when the termometer shows 45°C on this warm box, the wax is very soft. Ofcourse the wax might not be 45°C because the termometer is place at the corner of the box while the wax is at the center. Here the thermometer is showing 37°C after i turn the bulb off so i can snap a photo.
I experiment with a few bulbs, and find that using a 40W on one side and 25W on the other side work best.
I put the wax on a candle plate from Tesco, so the wax stays in the plate incase they get melt. The ceramic tile help to distribute heat evenly.
Big piece of wax take longer to warm up, so i use the slicer to get small strings of wax. I use the same tool when conditioning age old SuperSculpey. It works for both medium.
here come the fun part. try to sculpt something totally from wax. this is Fuse and i wouldn't even call it a sketch yet, it is just some blob of wax covering the bonsai wire. I am one sturbon head and i want to sculpt the whole project-"H" from Fuse. Fuse doesn't require amature wire, but i use it anyway so i can play around with the pose easily. I didn't add wax on the joint area, this allow this fella to alter his pose easily.



Haven't got a clue how to clean up those tiny area like ears. Tried the alcohol torch it melt down large area. mineral spirit could be my better bet. here i repeat the same bad habbit again, going in detail too soon.

here is the Fuse "blob" standing beside his far relative made from Super Sculpey..
sshhhh.. the SuperSculpey tempting : "come to the FUN sculpey side"..
"Dang i hear no evil :-D. I will come back to deal with you after i am done with the wax!"