Hi again,
here's the 4 tools I NEED to sculpt. I always use them.
The best tool I've got is the "spoon" one. If you can find one, buy it, don't hesitate. It's the best tool to smooth edges or create hollows. Very all around tool. the other side of the tool is a usefull "arrow like" all around tool.
The xacto knife, of course, for hair especially, or fine details. Often I start with the wacto, then I use a bigger tool (or rubber tool) to smooth the surface I prepared with the xacto.
2 rubber tools : a round one (usefull for face details, smoothing hair, muscles hollows, clothes, etc...) , and a sharp one (armor plates, for example). If I had to choose one, I 'd choose the round one.
Notice that my rubber tools are really small :
the rubber tools are size 0.
THe 3 other tools are the most usefull SECONDARY tools I've got.
a round blade : usefull for hair and regular cuts. Since it's round, you can sculpt lines without removing putty.
a big "spoon" tool : usefull for chest armor plates, and all "artificial" things I add to sculpt.
Last but not least (in fact, I put it on my top secondary tools) : the dart !
a nice chrome plate round pick. You'll find many use for it.
I've got about a dozen of other tools, very specific, wich I use a way less.
Don't hesitate to sculpt your own tools, or find some stuff usefull in the kitchen, etc... When you want to make something, and you can't, try to think "wich tool should help me for that purpose?" and find it, ot create it.
good luck, et congrats for your progress
