Celia
09-10-2012, 05:52 PM
Most treasured Mermaidens and Merlads,
A few months ago, I got around to drawing the rough concepts for my tail. I actually planned on making it from Silicone, but after looking at the price figures for Dragonskin Silicone it was a kick in the fluke. Now, for a start, I was thinking of making the tail itself out of neoprene for starters, and painting it as needed. The tail is smooth, like a fish that lacks scales. Similar to a dolphins skin. I wanted to make the Fins 'fingers' (donno what else to call it. LOL) three dimensional, not flat. Does anyone know how I could do this? I don't really know of any fabrics I could sculpt, in that way. I was thinking of making the insides of the fins fingers out of Tin Cure silicone, and covering the outside with the neoprene. Would that be good enough? I really want this tail to look very realistic. Something I'm hoping I can achieve, because this tail isn't supposed to have scales anyways.
I was also planning on making the membrane of the fins out of silicone as well, so I could make the fins semi transparent, flexible and believable. Will a Tin cure Silicone or some other water safe, durable silicone be transparent? I'm actually after a semi transparent cloudy look, not a glassy clear one.
As far as the fins on the hands and arms go, I was planning on doing that later. The arms are different on both sides to show how the other arm would look bare, without the large membrane on it~
I was also planning on adding some glowing spots on the sides of the tail. My tails supposed to give off a deep sea fish feeling. I love deep sea fish. They're so beautiful and enchanting, not to mention super adorable. ;_;
I forgot to mention it'll be mostly a very dark grey, almost blackish. The membrane of the fins will be a mix of light to medium greys and very light greys. I'm thinking about adding a splash of colour somewhere but I'm not sure!
Thanks so much for the help <3
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A few months ago, I got around to drawing the rough concepts for my tail. I actually planned on making it from Silicone, but after looking at the price figures for Dragonskin Silicone it was a kick in the fluke. Now, for a start, I was thinking of making the tail itself out of neoprene for starters, and painting it as needed. The tail is smooth, like a fish that lacks scales. Similar to a dolphins skin. I wanted to make the Fins 'fingers' (donno what else to call it. LOL) three dimensional, not flat. Does anyone know how I could do this? I don't really know of any fabrics I could sculpt, in that way. I was thinking of making the insides of the fins fingers out of Tin Cure silicone, and covering the outside with the neoprene. Would that be good enough? I really want this tail to look very realistic. Something I'm hoping I can achieve, because this tail isn't supposed to have scales anyways.
I was also planning on making the membrane of the fins out of silicone as well, so I could make the fins semi transparent, flexible and believable. Will a Tin cure Silicone or some other water safe, durable silicone be transparent? I'm actually after a semi transparent cloudy look, not a glassy clear one.
As far as the fins on the hands and arms go, I was planning on doing that later. The arms are different on both sides to show how the other arm would look bare, without the large membrane on it~
I was also planning on adding some glowing spots on the sides of the tail. My tails supposed to give off a deep sea fish feeling. I love deep sea fish. They're so beautiful and enchanting, not to mention super adorable. ;_;
I forgot to mention it'll be mostly a very dark grey, almost blackish. The membrane of the fins will be a mix of light to medium greys and very light greys. I'm thinking about adding a splash of colour somewhere but I'm not sure!
Thanks so much for the help <3
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