0 a soft substance like clay produced in different colors, used especially by children to make shapes and models
A dam of modeling clay was used to allow the shear testing to be conducted in submersion.
From this point on, all features are added using modeling clay.
Plaster nests can be made by placing modeling clay on a glass panel in the form of tunnels and chambers.
The models, usually made of plaster or modeling clay, may be fully the size of the intended sculpture and fully detailed.
Traditionally the material used in modeling clay, but plaster is considered a less desirable but also less expensive substitute.
This plasticity is what makes it useful as modeling clay as opposed to putty or paste.
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.
C-4 has a texture similar to modeling clay and can be moulded into any desired shape.