I'm so sorry to hear what happened to your kitten *hug*
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I'm so sorry to hear what happened to your kitten *hug*
Oh, Nim! I'm so sorry!
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I am so incredibly sorry to hear of your loss!! That's so sad. I'm sending hugs your way.
What a beautiful kitty she was. <3
Thanks Celaeno. She really was.
The little fulfill better be more cautious in her next life! Eight still remain.
Here's Episode three of my crafting escapades. I hope you enjoy! Comments and suggestions as always welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-GxNjZlv7w&feature=youtu.be
I love your videos!
Notes as I watch:
1. Glow in the dark pigments, when used in quantities to make for a really dramatic glow, makes silicone look like snot. While it's a great idea in theory, I've only been swimming ONCE where it's dark enough to see the effect, and that was in a lake at night and it was very creepy.
2. Since I do individual scales, I find pigmenting my silicone experience quite different than yours, but I expect with scale sheets, it's harder to control.
3. I'd suggest using an oil-based clay like Plastilina for sculpting fins (I use it for everything!), no cracking, drying, and you can come back to it and sculpt any time! Plus, the oil in the clay acts as a release when you make a resin mold.
4. Ghost colors are also know as interference colors.
5. Your fins are gorgeous! Love the shape and the hint of the ghost/interference colors are hypnotic.
6. I can't wait for the next installment!
LOVE watching the videos! The interference colors are fun to work with. I used quite a bit of it on my Hybrid tail and use a lot of it in my art work. Can't wait for the next installment!
Aww thanks for the notes Pearlie! I really appreciate them.
1. It does doesn't it! What a tragically accurate description :D Also; creepy is fun.
2. I suppose it must be yes. Thing is I'm a bloody annoying tinkerer and tend to make things more complicated for the sheer fun of it. We'll see how things develop.
3. That's a great idea. Funnily enough oil based clay is really hard to get a hold of here. Don't ask me why. And the few items I found were seriously expensive. But maybe I'll just have to face the music!
4. Yes, that's the word! Oh I was looking for that!
5. Thank you so much!
6. <3 I can't wait to get going properly again.
Thank you too Keiris! They are fun aren't they! :)
I'm sorry about your kitty :(
Your side fins look beautifully executed and I look forward to seeing them with the added color :)
Hello everyone! Wow it's been a long time, and a rather horrible year. But I'm back and flailing onwards!
There was no time to make proper diary entries, so have a few shapshots, in more or less chronological order :-)
As usual; always open for questions, comments and concerns.
Nim
Scales in progress...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8b7cE6ubJo&feature=youtu.be
Fluke in progress!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Ep3UIC6VE&feature=youtu.be
This is all so beautiful! I saw the early scale patches as well- wow. Truly gorgeous.
I am so sorry you have had a hard year. I hope it gets much smoother. I cannot wait to see this tail!
Thank you dear! ^^ It's tons of fun mermaiding again. I'll be back with more soon I hope.
Pardon me while I faint from the beauty!
And I hope life gets easier...for all of us!
(PS: I am so sorry about your kitten...I can't believe I neglected to comment on it before!) :hug:
Thanks Pearlie! For all of it :) Also your integration of the chameleon pigment totally rocks! I wish I'd figured it out as well as you did ;D
Nim, this is beyond words!!! I'm truly speechless! What I love the most about your work so far is how your colours are so colourful, and yet, they are still realistic! I don't know how on earth did you make blues and pinks so realistic, like a real freshwater fish! (FYI realistic coloured mermaid tails are my absolute thing I go crazy about them so you're on my inspiring people list now!!)
And mermaid hugs for you - hang in there, it always gets better! <3
The colors remind me of rainbow abalone and I am in love. Fintastic work! I hope things get better for you, merfriend. You've got so much talent in this!
@Moniee; hearing that means a lot to me! I'm so hoping to get a more realistic result ^^ Because as much as I respect and adore the handiwork of other tailmakers out there, the colours are just always too...overstated for little freshwater-me. We're not so flashy :D Also, your gold/black tail looks great. Very Art Nouveau. I love it.
@Whisper; Thanks merfriend! They already are ^^ And thank you so much for that lovely image, I hope I live up to the abalones example!
This metallic coloration is exactly what I love in silicone tails. You're doing an absolutely stunning job on this tail that is FAR from disastrous. I seriously can't wait to see you finish this masterpiece up. <3
I know you've heard this a lot, but I'm truly sorry to hear about your kitty. Sending virtual hugs.
This tail is fantastic! It's so shiny and gorgeous! The colors are super realistic! I <3 it!
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I haven't stopped thinking about your scale test. I lost this topic and couldn't find it again, and now I am soo happy to see that you have done even more amazing things for this tail! As everyone else said the color and shine looks fintastic!
Aww you guys are so sweet and motivating! Thanks! :$ Also thank you for the kitten-comments. By now my older cat has left us too, so it's a bit like a fresh start there as well. <3
Anywho! A few making off pics!
First off, total desaster pic. My foam scales looooved the shell shock(tm) so much they up and on married on my table. I had to torch the entire thing with a heatgun and then spent literal months scraping the mold clean... ...talking about it gives me horrible flshbacks :D
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Next up my self made monofin. Yay! So proud. Also don't trust it At all.
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And lastly some random layering shot. That's the one thing I learned about working with silicone, you wait. A Lot. - Apologies I can't get the pic to be the right side up, for some reason...
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I love how your scales get smaller toward the bottom. Beautiful!
I simply love how you laid out your scales, they a re vey realistic as the circles aren't touching the one next to them - just as a fish's scales! Also what Dancing Fish just sait, beautiful work scaling them down towards the feet. I hope this thread is going to be a picture heavy one! <3
I simply love how you laid out your scales, they a re vey realistic as the circles aren't touching the one next to them - just as a fish's scales! Also what Dancing Fish just sait, beautiful work scaling them down towards the feet. I hope this thread is going to be a picture heavy one! <3
Wow!!! Beautuful
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Amazing colors! Everything from the scale layout to the shine is wonderful!
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love the colours so Alluring, the finished product is going to look heavenly.
Thanks guys! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. <3
While I'm waiting for the next shipment of silicone (seriously being a tailmaker in Europe is very complicated...) I'm fiddling with my shell top-thingie. Not very far yet, but I covered the nude bra in fake waterlilly leaves and added the shell cups. Now what to do for straps? Not sure yet *flail*
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Also, I just got gifted a whole bunch of professional cosmetic pigment! Which is awesome but...ummm... Does anyone want a golden tail? ^^
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Oooh! I'm sure there's a potential goldfish out there, if not, I might be interested if you're looking to relieve yourself of the pigments!
As for the top, I see lots of the decorative fishnet incorporated into straps, I guess you just sew it in to the bra base. I haven't made one, so I'm not sure...maybe make the fishnet straps long enough to tie like a halter?
yasss, perfect :O I think thats what silicone as material is made for, so much possibilities in layering and translucency and that this thing actually takes up aaaany texture; me too, sooo waiting for the final stuff ^^ :thumbs up:
My new tail is gold and yellow ;)
I absolutely adore your scales - they're so beautiful and subtle, and VERY realistic! The colour shift is just gorgeous. I can't wait to see this finished!
Regarding the waiting part - I use a hairdryer on a high heat / low power setting when I'm painting with silicone and it really speeds up the cure time. (Platsil Gel 10 takes about half an hour normally, longer when you thin it - and the hairdryer speeds it up to about 5 min.)
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Wow I love your smaller scales in the bottom :jawdrop: they're absolutely gorgeous!
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Thanks everyone for your comments and requests. :) However there seems to be a small misunderstanding; I'm not looking to sell the pigments. First of all I'd never sell something I got gifted ^^ and secondly, I was planning to work with them a bit myself and see what I can make. And I don't know if there's going to be enough left for another tail project.
That said though, maybe I won't use them - and I'll offer them (for shipping costs only of course) to anyone intrested in order of inquiry. First two are PearlieMae and Merman Ordep (including timestamps on the personal messages :)). I'm dearly sorry for everyone who showed interest afterwards.
Love, Nim
If PearlieMae is interested in the pigments you can give them to her, Afterall I'm still waiting for my neoprene to come so I can start using silicone ;)
Oh no no no ! I have more pigments than I need. I was just offering them a good home in case you weren't going to use them ;)
You can remove me from your list of potentials :D
Oh my goodness! I'm like mesmerized!!!! So much talent!Quote:
Originally Posted by Freshwater_Nim
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Suuuper stoked to see how this tail ends up. YOUR SCALES AND FLUKE ARE GORGEOUS!!!
Thanks everyone! :) More progress reports coming soon!
Also: What happens if you have a birthday after your family has discovered your tail-project...
http://i.imgur.com/MgCnIjy.jpg