air dry clay works on armatures , the clay has a minor shrink percent, so you can leave the wire armature inside, paint with acrylic paint
1	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	2:compound	_
2	dry	dry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	3:compound	_
3	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
6	armatures	armature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	4:obl:on	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	9:det	_
9	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	10:nsubj	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	4:parataxis	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	14:det	_
12	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	14:amod	_
13	shrink	shrink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	14:compound	_
14	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	19:advmod	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	19:aux	_
19	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	10:parataxis	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	22:det	_
21	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	22:compound	_
22	armature	armature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	19:obj	_
23	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	19:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
25	paint	paint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	4:parataxis	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	28:case	_
27	acrylic	acrylic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	_
28	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	25:obl:with	_
