Full Silicone Mermaid Tail Project

[renayh]

Hi everyone!! :)
I am an aspiring mermaid from Melbourne, Australia
My name is Renay and I'm 14.
So far I have made 1 fabric tail and one neoprene sequined tail. After a lot of research I have decided I will make a silicone mermaid tail for my personal project which is a huge project we do at our school. I have found all of the websites to get all of the materials from and I will be ordering them hopefully soon. I have drawn up a few designs but not sure yet:):)

[Merlia]

sounds just like me :jawdrop:
Good luck Renay !

[renayh]

Thanks !!!! So much planning included in the project though hopefully I can start soon :)

[Merlia]

Yeahh me too :o<3

[renayh]

I haven't posted for a while but got my Monster Clay in the mail today !! :) just practicing some sculpting 25952

[Mer-gal]

It is looking good! I am 14 too and I am also making a silicone tail, check out my thread http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?9553-Mer-gal-s-tail-in-process. Good luck!

[renayh]

Thanks :)
Your fluke looks AWESOME !! looks like you have made great progress

[renayh]

26149 Some progress on my scale sheet sculpt :)

[Mermaid Alea]

Awesome looking scales! :)

[renayh]

Thankyou !! :):)

[Mer-gal]

I love your scales!!!

[renayh]

Thanks !!:)

[renayh]

Sadly I have decided that making my tail with silicone is going to cost way too much and it would probably cost $1000 maybe even more just for the silicone. I have decided to use latex because it is the next best thing any tips about latex would be great :)

[Mermaid Kelda]

I would mosey on over to Julz's tail-making threads - she used latex :)

http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?5855-Julz-s-First-Latex-Tail-attempt

http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?7555-Julz-s-second-tail-Its-about-time

[Ilyena]

Awesome scales but it looks like there will be a lot of little undercuts where the scales meet, so depending on what you make your mold out of it may be hard to pull it out.

[PearlieMae]

I agree with Ilyena...I thought you might have had them laid out backwards, as I would probably have the texture part on the end of the scale, rather than the part tucked under the scale above it. And they are going to need to be a lot closer together.

Julz IS the latex expert, so get in touch with her!

[renayh]

The picture is upside down that may be why the textured edge looks like it is on the top of the scale, will I need to start again to avoid the undercuts? I have made a practice mould out of plaster and it came off fine but I only took a mould of 3 scales 26371

[PearlieMae]

Then you are layering them wrong. The ones you have underneath need to go on top.

[renayh]

Thanks for letting me know I might have wasted all that time doing a whole sheet :) i have scrapped the scales and started my fluke mould. I may try a different method with my scales.