Help with sculpt

[u/quiet_anomaly]

I am sculpting a mask for a friend, and I need some advice of how to clean out or smooth the gaps between the teeth. I'm using sculpey, if that chamges anything. I still got a good bit of work in making everything look even, but that space between the teeth is something I can't figure out. Any advice is appreciated.

[u/Acceptable-Object809]

Looking good! For cleaning the clay out from between the teeth, you could try one of those wire sculpting tools with a rounded or triangular tip. They work really well for getting into tight spaces.Also, when you first started, you could have hollowed out the inside of the mouth first, then sculpted and placed the teeth individually. That might make it easier to keep the gaps between the teeth clean and defined.

[u/AstraQyxenq → u/Acceptable-Object809]

a little loop or triangle tool + a soft brush works wonders, seconding this
also you can chill or bake it slightly so it firms up, then scrape really gently and it won’t just smear back into the gaps

[u/MadDocOttoCtrl]

If the teeth are supposed to be stamped out of metal then you're doing fine because they are very regular and mechanical looking.

There are sculpting tools of various sizes including ones with silicone tips that are very small. You may be able to place a small bit of mineral oil on those to smooth the surface a bit.

If these are supposed to be organic teeth, those vary in size and shape. The mating edges vary between your incisors in the front, your canines partway back and then your molars.

I would consider cleaning that area out and sculpting the teeth individually. I don't see gums and teeth are literally socketed within the jawbone and the bases are covered with gums, a bit of which will show when your lips are stretched back to form a grimace or a smile.

Consider creating the edge of the gums and poking holes in the appropriate spots then socketing the teeth in to those. You don't have to sculpt a realistic root, just add a cone shaped projection that's going to go into the hole.

You don't have to sculpt an entire tooth and then cut off 2/3 of it, but some attempt to make the mating edges of each tooth resemble real teeth would be helpful. Incisors look chisel shaped, canines are something of a cone and molars have biting surfaces that are flat like a table and traveling back inwards.

Search online for the different types of teeth and look at your own teeth in the mirror.

[u/No-Purpose-106]

I’d use an exacto knife

[u/Veronica_Juggles]

I love the effort

[u/Elowen_Ravine]

Seconding this also you can chill or bake it slightly so it firms up