0 a soft substance like clay produced in different colors, used especially by children to make shapes and models --
Grossman sculpts these in red modeling clay, then brings a painterly understanding of color to their multi-hued veneers.
The final material is a solid with a dirty white to light brown color, a putty-like texture similar to modeling clay, and a distinct smell of motor oil.
C-4 has a texture similar to modeling clay and can be moulded into any desired shape.
This modification of backswamp clay - particles now clumping instead of constantly slipping - into a well-behaved modeling clay would have been immediately noticed by the experienced prehistoric potter.
This plasticity is what makes it useful as modeling clay as opposed to putty or paste.
Traditionally the material used in modeling clay, but plaster is considered a less desirable but also less expensive substitute.
The models, usually made of plaster or modeling clay, may be fully the size of the intended sculpture and fully detailed.
Plaster nests can be made by placing modeling clay on a glass panel in the form of tunnels and chambers.