Partial silicone tail with removable monofin

[Mermaid hannahML]

So I just ordered a new finis monofin from eBay and I obviously need to make a new tail for her lol
So for the removable monofin (a fairly unheard of thing lol) how I did this last time with my mahina was with neoprene and silicone and at the bottom of the fluke (think the opening of a fin fun)except 15lbs heavier and with velcrow so the ends stay shut .
Now for this tail I want to make kinda the same thing except with a "full" silicone fluke ,I'm thinking blues and blacks and maybe even some gold. But the biggest thing I still have to figure out is how I'm doing the body either individual scaling , piping on fishy scales or something like this

also I will be doing all of this with 100% silicone calk from home depot

[Mermaid hannahML]

I do love how mermaid mazus tail turned out

[Mermaid hannahML]

I just finished sculpting my hip fins and dorsal fins I'll post pictures tomorrow morning ��

[Agent Dragon]

Ooh good luck!


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[Mermaid hannahML]

Thanks agent dragon

[Mermaid hannahML]

Ok so here's a crappy picture of the hip fins I'll try to get some better picture after work

[Marinus Mortimer]

I do love how mermaid mazus tail turned out

That tail with the picture you showed above I believe she told me she didn’t finish because it was a prototype and the particular method consumed too much silicone for the price she was trying to sell her tails so she later found and perfected her current scale method.


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[Mermaid hannahML]

I'm not personally going to be selling this tail so I think I should be safe there but instead of making the rectangles and cutting them down to size I plan to make a really shallow mold about the thickness of a individual scale (or thinner) mold so I don't waste as much and it would be faster ...hopefully lol

[Mermaid hannahML]

Or I could just do the individual scales and just make the belly scales like mazu did
what do yall think?

[mermaid mazu]

If you use the method like I was doing keep in mind if you paint over these scales it seals down the edge and basically turns it into a scale sheet and you lose the effect of being able to flip up the scale ends (which was what I wanted so was quite disappointed when I realized this) this is also very time consuming which I'm not patient enough for, I really like my sculpt on the fly that i do now and with practice I've become pretty efficient. Also if you buy your 100% he silicone from walmart instead of home depot you will save some $. You can still use this method and get the desired affect if you simply tint your silicone ahead of time instead of painting the completed project, but then you run into it not being as easy to blend your colors. All in all I was not happy with this method

[Mermaid hannahML]

Thanks mermaid mazu

[Mermaid hannahML]

Also sence I have you here , how would one thin out your 100%silicone for like slime cote ???

[Mermaid hannahML]

I finished the extra fins now I need to buy more clay ,resin and start making my fluke ... Cant wait lol

[Marinus Mortimer]

Also sence I have you here , how would one thin out your 100%silicone for like slime cote ???

To thin the silicone you can use mineral spirits but always use a mask and ventilated area cause the gasses it emits are toxic


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[Mermaid hannahML]

Thanks marinus Mortimer.
ill be out working tomorrow so I'll have to look and see if I can find any on the way home .
is there any particular amount of mineral spirits I should use to like one tube of silicone or is it more of just eyeballen it ?

[Marinus Mortimer]

Personally for me I eyeball it but I work with a consistency of cake mix or pancake mix where it’s a bit thick but still easy to brush on stuff, my guess is you will find a consistency that you like working with depending on what your using it for, half and half...


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[mermaid mazu]

I eyeball it until I get the viscosity that I need it to be.

[Mermaid hannahML]

Thanks marinus and mazu yall have been lots of help so far ����

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks marinus and mazu yall have been lots of help so far ����

Glad we could be of service


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[Mermaid hannahML]

Ok I bought my resien today so I will be casting my molds with-in the next few day ......if it will stop raining lol