Ashton Makes Stuff

[Ashton]

If you follow me on Tumblr you know that I love with the opulence of the Rococo and Baroque era. (Think Marie Antoinette)
So I have been playing with the idea of a Rococo Mermaid.
I have drawn up a what I think is a cool concept of what I want to do. I have yet to decide on colors and if I want side fins.
Like my other tails, I will be making out of silicone.


~~Feel free to add any cool inspirational images that you find that makes you think of the era~~

[Calizaire]

This is such a nifty concept! The Anchor headpiece reminds me of Marie Antoinette's famous ship hat http://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/5/...99915c4342.jpg.
I see so many cool interpretations of it out there!
Alexia Sinclair https://alexiasinclair.com/assets/1511/portfolio
http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/...926f970c-popup
http://zoopmedia.com/principessaveni...ip-headpiece/#

[Ashton]

Yes I love ship hair/hats!

[Ashton]

Here is a sketch and color concept of my next tail

[Dancing Fish]

That is totally adorable! Love the little anchor in her hair!

[MermaidBrandie]

If you make this you should do and underwater shoot with a cool dressy top like what you drew!


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[Ashton]

That's a great idea, I just wonder how the hair would stay

[MermaidBrandie]

Just make the anchor a really strong clip, do the hair loosely, secure it with a pony tail and put the clip on for show, or something similar.


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[Keiris]

Love the illustration Ashton!

[Mizuko]

I LOVE Rococo & 18th century fashions! i cannot wait to see this!

[Ashton]

I love watching prop making videos on YouTube to see if I can learn any new techniques and one of the guys I subscribed to posted this and I thought it would be perfect for filling a body dummy. Rather than using pillows (Like I am doing now) I was thinking maybe I could find this foam stuff at HomeDepo and maybe it would work.
I just thought I would share:

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

I know that guuuuuuy.
So odd seeing someone you know pop up on a forum

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[Ashton]

I know that guuuuuuy.
So odd seeing someone you know pop up on a forum

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That's so cool!

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

I told him that one of his videos showed up on a mermaid forum and he was like, "wait. A... mermaid forum?"
Then I explained why and he thought it was cool.

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[Ashton]

I told him that one of his videos showed up on a mermaid forum and he was like, "wait. A... mermaid forum?"
Then I explained why and he thought it was cool.

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Haha! I am sure it would be a shock to anyone to hear their monster prop stuff ended up on a mermaid forum.

That is really cool that you know him though! I love his videos
-small world heh


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[Merman Lir]

I love watching prop making videos on YouTube to see if I can learn any new techniques and one of the guys I subscribed to posted this and I thought it would be perfect for filling a body dummy. Rather than using pillows (Like I am doing now) I was thinking maybe I could find this foam stuff at HomeDepo and maybe it would work.
I just thought I would share:

foam will work, just be aware if you've never used the stuff: It expands A LOT, if there is any gap in your tape dummy, foam will get out. it's sticky as hell and very hard to clean up... so fill your dummy outside!

[mersheep]

I had some left over foam from a project, So I sprayed it into one of my latex puppet molds. It swelled up like a balloon. Then I could not get it out. Stuck hard and merged into the latex. destroyed the mold.
I put some into a silicone mold. It did release, but there were gaps and voids. I would not recommend using the off the shelf foams, unless in a hard backed mold.



BTW: I too love mid 18th century design. I have a number of outfits I made in that style. Just realized I can link to an image on my website. Now you know what I looked like 20 years ago. The picture is 3D if you have the right viewer.





Must be one of the oldest photographs on the web, Had not realized my website was that old. Note, that as the copyright owner, I grant merNetwork, limited use to include links to this image and in quotations.

[Ashton]

Sorry for the lack of updates; I am almost done with grad school so I am focused on that. But I am working on my tail in what free time I have.
Here is a teaser for now, more updates to come ;-)




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[Ashe]

Heheh, was just learning about Rococo and Baroque in Historical Ethics today. Those scales are absolutely gorgeous! The gold specks look so nice with the blue and white. What made you decide to go for an organic approach to the scales? I like how the many different sizes look

[Dancing Fish]

Pretty!