I've been practicing gumpaste figures. My gumpaste cracks and dries funny looking. I do add veg oil. How does everyone keep their gumpaste figures looking so nice and smooth? And how do I make my figures look like they have cloths on? I just made a witch for a halloween cake I'm doing. I uploaded the photo if anyone wants to look at it and give me some pointers. I really want my figures to look professional. I am very new at this and I know it takes practice but some good pointers would really be appreciated!! TIA!!!

Hi, i looked at your witch. It is great!! First of all, you don,t use veg. oil. you put a little crisco on your hands. Just a little.Then you massage it into your paste that you are using at the time. massage and pull and stretch it. This helps keep the g/p soft and pliable and easy to work with. On youtube.com. aine2(ac/cer) is showing how to handle g/p and how to work with it . Please look at that and it will help you so much. Again , your witch is outstanding. hth

Personally, I like to use a half gumpaste, half fondant mixture for larger figures. It allows more flexibility and doesn't dry out so fast. Also, it depends on the kind of gumpaste you are using. What kind is it?

@icer, thanks for the info. I will check out her page. And Thanks for looking at my witch. I worked really hard on her. I'm still not completely happy with her but for my first one it will do
@ladyfish, I use ready made gumpaste by Wilton. I thought about combining gumpaste and fondant but never did I'll try that
Thanks guys!