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yea...i def want to attend some sort of one on one seminar on tailmaking. not that i'm going to do it. if anything, i wold only make them for myself so i could have one in every color i wanted. :) but i would love to hands on eyes on see what goes into the process. i have so much respect for your patience, talent, and creativity.
Thank you Lyna. :>Quote:
i have so much respect for your patience, talent, and creativity.
IT'S OUT! The mold is finished for the fluke and I've gotten all of the clay out. After a little cleaning to get the release agent off, I'll pour silicone! Tonight is going to be fun! (Minus the seriously sore arms and tens of papercuts I acquired while getting the dang thing out.)
http://i46.tinypic.com/2e1xd0h.jpg
Progress...
http://i47.tinypic.com/2rfaque.jpg
Complete!
http://i46.tinypic.com/1inzf7.jpg
We've also started the molding for all of the scales. Some of my mold material got stuck in the mail, so I'm waiting for that to finally get here so we can finish the scales too.
wooowhoo. i feel like throwing you a party!
Yay :yay:
That's got to feel GREAT! So I'm a little confused, Lorelei. Do you have to cast your legs to get the tight fit or do you cut your scale sheets to skim the outside of your lower body kinda like a tailor? Kanti had mentioned in her tutorial about stuff to do leg molds and I'm wondering if that can be skipped?
I'm going to skip the leg mold. If it doesn't work, then I will make a leg mold for myself, but I am very nearly positive that you don't have to have a leg mold.
Leg molds can be skipped. You dont have to have them. In order for you to have to have a leg mold you would need to be doing a full injection mold of the entire tail at once. Which is a huge undertaking. It would be perfectly fit to you, but you do not need it. You can do sheets of silicone the same way you do sheets of latex. Just cuttypo them down to size and adhere. :) It takes more measuring but it is less of a head ache and takes up less space.
Yep, that's the method that I've been planning on using.
Progress Update: I'm still waiting for the rest of my mold material to come in the mail, so no progress on the scales, but I have finished pouring another heel fin and the first half of my fluke. :> They're drying as I type.
Congrats!
Between this, the tutorial on silicone tails and a little sfx knowledge from a buddy;I think I finally have all the resources I need to undertake my first project. Thanks so much!
looking great.
I am inspired by your work. My last tail took ten months to complete, but I am considering making a silicone tail in the near future. I will wait to see how yours turns out first :)
Lorelei, what kind of release have you been using with the silicone? I thought vaseline might not be compatable. Are you goigt to line yours with neoprene?
1. The mold material that I am using does not require a mold release. Silicone doesn't really like to stick to much anyways. Other than more silicone.
2. I'm not going to use neoprene. I think silicone tails adhere to the body shape better without it and I don't want to deal with the hassle of sewing it and getting the silicone to stick.
Alrighty, so today I decided that my monofin isn't going to fit like I had hoped inside of my fluke, so I'm trimming it once again. Hopefully I'll like how it looks this time. :P
Also, I'm halfway done with the second side of my fluke. :> Just a little bit more to go and I can start attaching them to my monofin!
And lastly, I took my finished portion of my fluke to the pool with me today and it looks AMAZING in the water! The colors are so much better looking underwater than I had even dared to hope!
Unfortunately, my mold material is being a bugger and still hasn't arrived...
there's nothing worse than being in the middle of a creative project going like gangbusters and then get held up by not having something you need to finish it! Tanks for all the great updates! Will the silicone stick to the monofin?
Thanks! And yeah, that is seriously annoying. :P
I think your fluke mold looks amazing so far. I can't wait to see how this turns out!
Wow the fluke looks awesome!
Ommggg hurry up you're such a tease! xD
I seriously cant wait to see how everything comes ouuuttt
I'm not trying to tease! (Well, maybe a little. X3 )
If anyone is curious, I'm currently sitting on the floor working on my scale mold. The last batch of mold material came in the mail today, so I poured what was left for the scales and now I'm in the process of releasing the mold! Yay for flathead screw drivers. XD