GILLS

[taom]

Look how sweet these things are!! I so want a pair!

http://www.aradanicostumes.com/prosthetics_masks/misc_prosthetics/gills

[MermaidAubrin]

Whoa cool they would probably have issues sticking in the water

[taom]

Just use waterproof eyelash glue and make up!

[MermaidAubrin]

Just use waterproof eyelash glue and make up! oh ok

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I want!

[taom]

Me too! They are totally on my christmas list.

[Winged Mermaid]

The only issue I could see would be it matching the owner's skin tone. (I'm always to light for everything, including the vast majority of makeup). You could get latex based paint and paint it yourself though, I suppose. Foundation certainly wouldn't work for water wear.

[MermaidAubrin]

The only issue I could see would be it matching the owner's skin tone. (I'm always to light for everything, including the vast majority of makeup). You could get latex based paint and paint it yourself though, I suppose. Foundation certainly wouldn't work for water wear. they make water proof foundations and waterproofing sprays

[Mermaid Photine]

Those are awesome! And so convincing.

If I had fx skills, I'd make myself a pair of ribgills.

[malinghi]

Oh man, It'd be awesome to combine these with some sort of webbed finger prosthetics.

[Mermaid Jewel]

Liquid latex and paper towels ^.^ We made scars that way in one of my Theatre Makeup classes. Then spirit gum :D

[taom]

I know there is a way to make prosthetics really easily (and cheaply) from gelatin (like, the kind you buy to make preserves) but I have no idea how it would hold up in water. My brilliant boyfriend says that he thinks prosthetics made this way would be ok in water, just degrading faster than actual latex or what have you. Worth a try, in any case.

Mermaid Pandorah: Yes! That would be so cool! I read somewhere that humans would need gills the size of our lungs to breathe underwater like fish, so rib gills would be totally appropriate, not to mention accurate!

[Mermaid Photine]

From a quick internet search, there seems to be two general ways of making latex prosthetics: making a mold and painting them onto the person and letting them dry.
Here's a source for the liquid latex, and they also sell glue and paints. http://www.fxwarehouse.info/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FW&Product_Code=FLX1&Category_Code=RD407
Just in case someone wanted to try it out. ^_^

[taom]

Ooooh they have water proof skin adhesive!

[Nyx]

I buy from this guy all the time!
I have two pairs of elf ears from him.
He also sells this stuff called spirit glue, I don't know how it would hold in water, but it's very, very strong.
He also sells paints/makeup to paint them and it works very well, again I don't know how it would work in water, but in the rain the color doesn't seem to come off.

[Kanti]

I saw someone wearing these at the renaissance festival :'D
They looked really cute~

I;m sure they'd stay underwater, just so long as you applied them correctly
and let the adhesive dry well enough!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83155777/reserved-for-jasmine-schmidt-little
These are actually a pretty badass pair, they're just a bit more expensive xD

[Mermaid Sirena]

@Kanti (http://mernetwork.com/index/member.php?234-Kanti) o_0 I want those, those are perfect for what I was envisioning for Sirena.

[Mermaid Dottie]

AAAAAAHHHH I was JUST THINKING about how to do GILLs!

[Mermaid Rillia]

gahh i want gills. It would be nice if they made rib gills too though.

[Bellasea]

Kanti- those gills look really sweet! :D

[Prince Calypso]

i want those gills so bab
i was just gonna draw mine one when i did my make up but now i want those

[Psychic Tideborn]

I got these and the merfolk ears and they actually stay on pretty well underwater with the right glue

[SherryB]

I think he provides this things known as soul stick, I don't know how it would keep in water, but it's very, very powerful. He also provides paints/makeup to color them and it performs very well, again I don't know how it would perform in water, but in the rainfall along with doesn't seem to come off.

[miamiasma]

I got these and the merfolk ears and they actually stay on pretty well underwater with the right glue

What kind of adhesive do you use Tideborn? I'd really like to make some mermaidy latex prosthetic pieces. :D

To anyone thinking of making your own, it really is as easy as most tutorials make it look. xD And there are looooads of tutorials out there for it.

[Sephina]

What kind of adhesive do you use Tideborn? I'd really like to make some mermaidy latex prosthetic pieces. :D

To anyone thinking of making your own, it really is as easy as most tutorials make it look. xD And there are looooads of tutorials out there for it.
I don't know about Psychic Tideborn, but I was instructed to use Prosaid for anything underwater by the people who make the gills and the ears. However if you are doing a dry event Spirit gum is cheaper and will likely work as well.

[SeaVixen]

@Nyx its called spirit gum and most Halloween stores sell it. Its a prosthetic adhesive and I've heard it holds up under water too. Dive bar mermaids use it to stick on jewels

[miamiasma]

Thanks Sephina. I've already got spirit gum for my dry land latex pieces. :) And I'd heard of Prosaid, but didn't know anyone who had used it. I hate buying stuff without knowing much about it, you know? I'm going to have to go ahead and test out the spirit gum underwater, see how it does.


If you're going to buy from Aradani they sell Spirit Gum as well. Make it easier, get them all together. :)

[Lyna]

i want ones for real....

[Drowning]

i want ones for real....

Me, too!

[Sea Pearl]

So cute and they do actually look quite convincing. I want a pair now!

[MerAnthony]

They do make them . they are called "hand swim fins" I bought a pair off Ebay for about $10.00 .

[Mermaid Crystal]

Cool

[Kumori Kitsune]

I'm thing of making flowy like neck fins they would kinda look like gills

[Echidna]

I'd like real gills for sure!

Those, however, look a bit nasty. Like a big, horrible scar or something :(

[Mermaid Kalliope]

I've used spirit gum on some ear prosthetics and swam. They stayed on no problem. :-) just make sure you do it right.

[TheChimera]

gahh i want gills. It would be nice if they made rib gills too though.

I was thinking the same thing. :/ id far rather have gills on the ribs, which are closer to where my actual lungs are as opposed to ones the are located on the neck, i would just be concerned with too much friction against the prosthetics on the ribs from movement in the water with my arms and elbows and stuf

[carmelasmith]

I like just want them immediately, So nice they are

[emma11]

I'm working on gill prototypes out of foam latex! Stay tuned for sometime after Christmas. ;)


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[Aziara]

SWEET! Neck gills or rib gills?

[emma11]

I'm thinking both, but it'll be neck gills for the first go of it. :)


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