I'm loving that second one too... Where did you find these stencils? They're amazing!
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I'm loving that second one too... Where did you find these stencils? They're amazing!
I did them up on the computer. No idea how I'm going to make a stencil out of them...
Maybe my local print shop can make stencils?
Oh wait! I just found THIS!
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I'm going to use a Joann coupon and go pick one up tomorrow! If I'm feeling better, that is.
Scale Stencils!
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Mermaid Dottie,Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Dottie
WOW you did awesome.... now spill the secret! What did you use for the template material, plastic I can see, but what kind, how thick? Also I have one of those tools from Joanns, which tip did you use and did you heat it up to cut the plastic?
I am really impressed! These scales are going to be so easy to transfer using a template! Great idea!
Mermaid Marla
HAHA! no secret, Marla!
I just bought an old plastic binder from the DI for $0.50. I used the curved tip of the tool, which I plugged into the wall. It came out SO much nicer than if I had used a knife or scissors.
What I'm really wishing I had now is an Airbrush.....
Swatch tests....:p
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So, I apparently suck at painting, even when I have a stencil......:doh:
I'm thinking I need some orange, or yellow....
I dunno. Suggestions, anymer? really. Anymer at all....
Dottie can you email me a copy of those so I can make a template?
Of my scale design? What for?
SO I can make a template for my spandex tail. If that is ok with you. If not no problems.
Attachment 11507Yeah, I don't mind. Just give credit, is all.
Thank you Dottie. Now when I print this out I can put random scales on my tail.
Dottie, try painting an orange base over the neoprene then make sure the stencil is securely in place with some tape or whatever you wanna use then pain the scales in the gold and white with a little coral or copper added in.
or you could do a coral colored base or a yellow or copper base but i think orange or coral would work better to accent the gold and white of the scales
Attachment 11512That came out better, I think. Then I'll add the white detailing. Thanks Calypso! the yellow base makes quite a difference.
Looks great!
That is pretty.
Its beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Dottie
Glad my suggestion worked out for you
I found a red fabric marker at Joann's today as well, when I went back for more paint. I'm gonna trace around each scale with it.
Its going to turn freaking epic! I can't wait to see the finished work
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So, I'm really loving this marker..... what do you think?
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OMG It's freakin perfect!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Dottie
Oh, Calypso! I love you!
:mermaid kiss:
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it does look pretty good, doesn't it.
You were a huge help.
*smiles and blushes*
Thank you sweety. love you too
Soooo, I need some help...
Besides it being WAAAY too big(Which I can totally fix),
The paint job looks TERRIBLE in the water.... :(
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It's supposed to look more like my avatar, and less like poo green... :(
Hmmm. Maybe you could get some gold acrylic paint, mix it with fabric medium and paint in the scales with it?
Ok, the red looks spot on! Which brand of paint did you use? I know everyone else use Luminere, (I think i misspelled that name).
With the color issue, do you think it might just have been the time of day? The day looks closer to evening and not in the bright sunny daylight, which I think would probably make it brighter...not sure. Good luck, I don't know much about painting though. ):
What I've got on there is Simply Spray, Gold Glimmer.
It's a metallic gold fabric paint, on top of a coat of simply spray Brite Yellow.
It looked really good before.... now it looks green....
The red is just a fabric marker.
Yeah painting some gold sounds good! Also I LOVE THE FLUKE SHAPE AAH
Hey Dottie would you mind if I used the same scale pattern/method as you on my tail? If it bothers you don't worry about it ill find another one!
Maybe opaque shiny fabric (gold) - either cut to the scales, or to replace the black lining. I think you're getting the problem because you used a black base underneath the tail skin and the black shows through in water.
Oh, thank you! I I'm debating on turning it into an ariel tail, now that it's greenish anyway..... The problem is the red....
Go right ahead. I posted the template a couple pages back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Allie
That's the neoprene. :( it came that way. Black rubber neoprene with a beige fabric-y lining.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spindrift
I was afraid that would happen. the fabric gets darker when wet.
a think a gold overlay done repeatedly might fix the problem
This is one of the reason i was always kinda iffy about using just a neoprene base for a tail
Yeah, but your tail is going to be EPIC. I''m so excited to see that all come together. ♫♥♪♥♫
I put TONS of metallic gold and gold glitter paint on top, and once I get a little cash together I'm gonna go buy more and do it again and again until it's so golden, you won't even be able to look at it when the sun shine on my scales.
Or maybe I'll just brighten it up with yellow/white fabric paint.
Here's what it looks like now:
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I need to retrace my scale outlines, but I was expecting that anyway.
Crossing my fins the gold works!!
Same here. At least it will shine pretty? and if not, I'm spraying the whole dang thing red, and buying some dragon skin with flippin yellow/orange pigments to do scales on it THAT way.
Hahaha not a bad idea actually! This tail would look cool red :)
I'm hopin it'll come out like this
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but with opposite colors... yellow on top of red.
Update: So After my painting-smear-fest, I cut it open and took it in (several) inches and added the fins that you see above. I then sealed my seams with Aquaseal. Today I trimmed my side fins down and stitched them together, the burn/melted the outer edges for a more natural look. This hides my seams, some.
I also re-inserted the fluke, and glued the neoprene together at the bottom and down onto the fabric. I'm currently waiting for my aquaseal to dry. Then, I decided that I randomly wanted a red swim bottom to wear underneath it. So I made a '50's style swim bottom out of some leftover red spandex I had lying about. I'll take pictures later, when my phone is charged. It came out way cute, though, and is nice and tight, like a competition suit. ^_^
Oh, and I forgot to mention; I also trimmed the top of my tail (finally) to reflect the shape of the scales.
I'm excited to see how it all looks now.
I mean aside from the paint, This project was really fun, and went well.
Can't wait to see!
Her tail in this picture looks similar to how Mermaid Shelly does her neoprene painted tails.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Dottie