Taniira
01-31-2013, 07:41 PM
So I've gotten this idea in my head to do a swimmable mer-creature based off of Giger's art (he created the Xenomorphs from Aliens most notably -- WARNING: If you search just him, a lot of his art is NSFW and generally creepy). Here's an example of a Xenomorph in case you haven't seen Alien/Aliens/etc. (Not my image, found on Google Search)
9393
This is going to be a very long and very slow project (mostly because I have 9 other projects going on and limited funds), but I'm really excited about it.
I'm planning on doing a neoprene tail -- I'd prefer straight neo, but I don't think in the long run that's going to happen. I think it'll end up either neo/latex or neo/silicone (most of the guys that costume as xenos in my group are latex IIRC).
I'm still working on coloration ideas because I don't want any flesh tone at all in it, but I really don't think there's any makeup that's going to last well enough to swim in as far as covering my whole face black, so we're toying with the idea of full-face prosthetics or at least just whitening my skintone with makeup and doing a grey/silver scheme, but I'd really like to be as dark as possible. Not worried about that just yet.
Anyway, my biggest issue at the moment as I'm in the design stages is that I want to do dorsal tubes similar to a xenomorph (either a single row straight down my back/tail or a double row from shoulder to shoulder and meeting at the tail to then go into a single row) but before I commit to a design, we're trying to figure out how possibly to do it.
I want them to be sturdy enough not to flop over completely when I'm out of water, as I want to be able to use it dry, too, but at the same time I want them to have a bit of movement in the water. They also can't be terribly positively/negatively boyant as I don't want them pulling me to the surface/pulling me down.
What would be the best material for this? Should they be hollow to fill with water or solid (or capped/hollow so they're air filled)? Can anyone help me?
PS: I'll also be consulting with my friend who costumes as Abe the Alien but I don't think he's going to be much help in the "but I need this to be waterproof!" department.
PPS: I totally referred to ya'll as the "mermunity" when I told my boyfriend I was just going to ask you guys for help :D
9393
This is going to be a very long and very slow project (mostly because I have 9 other projects going on and limited funds), but I'm really excited about it.
I'm planning on doing a neoprene tail -- I'd prefer straight neo, but I don't think in the long run that's going to happen. I think it'll end up either neo/latex or neo/silicone (most of the guys that costume as xenos in my group are latex IIRC).
I'm still working on coloration ideas because I don't want any flesh tone at all in it, but I really don't think there's any makeup that's going to last well enough to swim in as far as covering my whole face black, so we're toying with the idea of full-face prosthetics or at least just whitening my skintone with makeup and doing a grey/silver scheme, but I'd really like to be as dark as possible. Not worried about that just yet.
Anyway, my biggest issue at the moment as I'm in the design stages is that I want to do dorsal tubes similar to a xenomorph (either a single row straight down my back/tail or a double row from shoulder to shoulder and meeting at the tail to then go into a single row) but before I commit to a design, we're trying to figure out how possibly to do it.
I want them to be sturdy enough not to flop over completely when I'm out of water, as I want to be able to use it dry, too, but at the same time I want them to have a bit of movement in the water. They also can't be terribly positively/negatively boyant as I don't want them pulling me to the surface/pulling me down.
What would be the best material for this? Should they be hollow to fill with water or solid (or capped/hollow so they're air filled)? Can anyone help me?
PS: I'll also be consulting with my friend who costumes as Abe the Alien but I don't think he's going to be much help in the "but I need this to be waterproof!" department.
PPS: I totally referred to ya'll as the "mermunity" when I told my boyfriend I was just going to ask you guys for help :D