Starfrit
12-16-2014, 11:46 PM
So as my tail nears completion, I've been thinking a lot more about my seadragoness mersona, Starfrit, and it occurs to me that she would probably have some sort of scars on her arms/sides/back or something. She's a seadragon, she's gotten into fights, scarring happens.
I have a bottle of super-fancy special effects liquid called Rigid Collodion, used for creating realistic scarring effects— as it dries, it tightens the skin and indents it like a scar with skin missing (notable example of this in use: The Joker's facial scars in The Dark Knight).
I've used the stuff a few times (no pictures though, since I was just experimenting/screwing around each time), gotten some interesting results with it, and water alone does NOT get that stuff off. The first time I tried it out, I had no remover, or baby oil, or anything, and after attempting to soak it in warm water for a while I nearly took a few layers of skin off my arm. >_o
My question is this: Is anybody else familiar with this stuff, and do you think it would react to being in a chlorinated pool? Would some sort of waterproof sealant for other cosmetic makeups protect it, or would it still go funky after a while?
I may see if I can test this at some point, and get some results for myself (or, at the very least, ask the SFX guy I bought the stuff off of in the first place) but in the meantime, has anybody else tried it? Any recommendations?
Alternative Question, for those who don't know/don't care/whatever: What kind of badass scars would you want to see on a mermaid/merman?
I have a bottle of super-fancy special effects liquid called Rigid Collodion, used for creating realistic scarring effects— as it dries, it tightens the skin and indents it like a scar with skin missing (notable example of this in use: The Joker's facial scars in The Dark Knight).
I've used the stuff a few times (no pictures though, since I was just experimenting/screwing around each time), gotten some interesting results with it, and water alone does NOT get that stuff off. The first time I tried it out, I had no remover, or baby oil, or anything, and after attempting to soak it in warm water for a while I nearly took a few layers of skin off my arm. >_o
My question is this: Is anybody else familiar with this stuff, and do you think it would react to being in a chlorinated pool? Would some sort of waterproof sealant for other cosmetic makeups protect it, or would it still go funky after a while?
I may see if I can test this at some point, and get some results for myself (or, at the very least, ask the SFX guy I bought the stuff off of in the first place) but in the meantime, has anybody else tried it? Any recommendations?
Alternative Question, for those who don't know/don't care/whatever: What kind of badass scars would you want to see on a mermaid/merman?