Dealing with only one point in your hope list: Consider the contradiction between your desire for flexibility and your desire to sand. Flexibility implies that the molecules are loosely attached and can be shifted with respect to each other. Sanding implies a hard surface that can have molecules dragged off it leaving similar molecules behind. You are asking for a substance with two opposing characteristics. You may need to invest in an expensive derm-abrasion tool used on human flesh.

no, corn meal won’t work,.. if you have corn starch. use that, otherwise you might want to go to the store and buy some flour

I really like the foam idea too, but if it’s easier to use household items due to time or money you can make an island from newspaper, flour, tape, and water. Ball up pieces of newspaper to make a basic island shape-you should probably do this on a piece or cardboard or wood to have a base for your project. Use tape to keep the newspaper in the shape you like. The newspaper does not need to be crumpled tightly-you just want the surface you end up with to look the way you like. Then mix flour and water together until its the consistency of elmer’s glue. Cut or rip strips of newspaper and dip each in the homemade papier mache mix. Lay strips across the island and repeat until you have at least 4 layers. You may need to let this dry and add more layers if it does not feel solid enough later. Once it feels solid enough to you, you now have a nice, paintable surface that you can decorate and add flora and fauna to to complete it. This is your very basic, at-home, cheap and easy solution!

Mossberg and Remington offer combo versions of there shotguns BUT Mossberg is the only one of the 2 that offers a field barrel and a short home security barrel in there combination models…..

Remington doesn’t offer a combo with a short security barrel…. BUT theres a way around this…. Purchase a Remington 870 Express 12 guage shotgun….

Then purchase a separate 18 inch security barrel…. Pay close attention — Its a Remington 870 barrel made by Mossberg —

Both Mossberg and Remington shotguns are fine shotguns and you are going to get a lot of chevy verses ford arguments…. For general duty or hunting I say both are an excellent choice….

But But But ~ since you mentioned home protection I will recommend the Mossberg 500 over the Remington 870 — Heres why….

It does not matter because any shotgun can be used in all the ways that you mentioned.* I prefer the Remington, or Mossberg Brands.*

Definitely the foam idea. It’s easy to press in a wire mesh pieces over parts of /on the surface, then finish with a concrete patching waterproof compound, this you mix in sand and fix small rocks, twigs etc for a realistic appearence. You could also carve out areas or work around small 4″ pots and even buy yourself a small bonsai tree. There is also a very great product called winterstone, look it up on google search. Awesome. Good luck with the project.

This sounds like a terrible course I’m sorry to say. If you want to be a 2D animator, you need Much much much more traditional drawing experience.
6 weeks of drawing to become an animator? Total joke.
2 Months of illustrator and photoshop… for what purpose? will they be teaching you digital background painting, illustration, or just how to use the programs?
2 months for the other 5 programs seems short.

This seems like a preview into some animation stuff. You didn’t say if you wanted to do 2d or 3d but for 2d you want no less then courses on: Life drawing, Anatomy, cartooning, charcter design and classical animation. you’d also want a course in Flash and/or toonboom because they are the 2 most popular programs being used.
3D I’m less familiar with, but you’d want a full year at the very least deticated to learning the software, buliding and rigging characters and animating. These are the absolut minimum requirements you should look for in an animation program.
The course your describing will not give you enough time to build a solid portfolio for applying to get a job unless you are already very profficiant in drawing skills already, and you just need to learn some software.
this is my school which I love. in the classical animation program there are 3 years of life drawing, courses in anatomy, hands and feet, heads and features, animal drawing 2 years of classical animation, courses in cartooning, character design, layout, storyboarding, background painting (traditional and classical) A course in flash and toonboom and we spend 4 weeks animating a short film.

Thats a great question! I would use Hot Glue Sticks…lol…stop laughing, go to
I make all kinds of crazy things with hot glue sticks. If you like what ya see, write me. If I get enough people to try. I can teach you how. I invented this art form and am doing very well. When you are done, your little boy will look like he’s made out of stained glass! ANyway, it’s a little hard to learn, but not bad and it’s only five cents a glue stick!
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You have probably used the wrong Sculpey Clay. Sculpey is a ‘brand’ name of polymer clay. SculpeyIII (which is probably what you were using) is quite brittle after baking. Not suitable for thin areas. It is mainly for children’s use. Super Sculpey, which comes in a beige colour is used by doll artists, but it is still very brittle. My choice is Premo (another Sculpey product). Premo can be used in thin areas and remains slightly flexible after baking. It is very strong and durable.
I use it exclusively in my classes. I’ve dropped pieces and have had small pins go through both the washer and dryer without a chip. Fimo and Kato are other polymer clays that are also strong.