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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nyrfherdr" data-source="post: 2326572" data-attributes="member: 3394">Valanthe,The clay sculpting tools at Michael's and others are usually too big.You have to think small.Games workshop sells a sculting tool that is OK.  It has what looks like a dull knife blade on one end and a flat spatula like thing on the other for burnishing.  It is one of the tools I use.I also bought a set of tools at HobbyTown USA (they look like Dental tools, but not all bent)They work pretty well too.Think about 3 of the four tools I use the most... They are all improvised:An X-acto blade...  It can do a lot. (always with care. It is SHARP of course)A frisket blade held in a pin vise (basically the same shape as the X-acto blade but smaller (AND SHARP)).A needle glued into the handle of a paintbrush.In the book on Sculpting Miniature Military Figures by Kim Jones, he describes shaping the back end of paint brushes and then coating them with Glue or Varnish (to keep putty from sticking).A sculptor I know in Portland almost universally uses the X-acto knife blade.The main reason I use the GW tool is because the 'blade' end is dull (no chance of harm when I'm sculpting in the living room with my wife talking to me, my son showing me his latest Lego creation and the news running on the TV.  I really don't want a sharp blade in my hand and because of the spatula/burnisher on the other end.  I use that a lot.I hope that helps.Nyrf</blockquote>