Awesome question, i was going to ask that question today, you read my mind. I have had trouble with using fondant for figues, that they slump if too big and tend not to hold there shape. Some have come out great but some not so much. Its great knowing that gum paste is the way to go fo sho. Thanks again guy's.
Yes you can use fondant as long as you mix it with Tylose as someone else suggested. Here is a fondant shoe I made for someone at work. http://allrecipes.com/Cook/13754506/Photo.aspx?photoID=401565
Yes you can use fondant as long as you mix it with Tylose as someone else suggested. Here is a fondant shoe I made for someone at work. http://allrecipes.com/Cook/13754506/Photo.aspx?photoID=401565
Wow that cake is beautifully done 
Either or, I have used fondant (Wilton, Duff, MMF) mixed with Wilton Gumtex for flowers, shoes, bibs and a lot of other things. In the past few months, I have been experimenting making my own gum paste and using Gumtex, they all work just great. I have even mixed Wilton ready made fondant with my gum paste, which, for me works the best. I just bought some Tylose. I say experiment and see what works best for you, I love working in all these mediums.
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100% Fondant is primarily just for covering cakes and laying flat pieces/designs on the cake. It never gets really hard. I usually mix 50%/50% fondant/gumpaste mix for almost everything else. It dries hard. I like to let my gumpaste/fondant dry for a week to make sure it is completely dry ( I think most people say 3 days but I did an experiment one time and it definately took a good solid week to reach maximum hardness. Pieces can be used before that you just have to be careful). 100% gumpaste dries very hard and very fast. I use this for making very delicate flowers because it is very strong and can be rolled very thin. I also use 100% gumpaste for large letters that stand up on top of cakes. Hope this helps.
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