[Vodkaman]

It seemed such a shame to just roll the snake up for the next job, so I went ahead and poured some PoP over it.

While juggling with everything, I forgot to grease up the plasticine snake, consequently I couldn't get it out. I had to bake the mold, which absorbed the moisture out of the clay and picked it out with a tooth pick. It took about an hour! Another lesson learned.

I use this clay for lots of jobs, like vent channels, locating holes, sprue funnels etc. It works really well with RTV. In hind sight, a meltable clay may NOT be the best solution for a long thin pattern like a snake in PoP.

I added 5% Elmers to the PoP. With all the scratching with the tooth pick, I think it made a big difference by giving a hard surface to work with. No damage.

I cut the scales with the tool shown. I cut them at varying depths and severity, to see the effect. Some look OK, others, a bit deep or undefined. It was a useful exercise, now residing in the BIN there, done that.

Well, it gave you all a laugh, so it was worth it.