This might be an ignored topic now, but I am wondering if you were successful in creating a mold to make individual scales. Before simply purchasing a silicone tail, I was going to try and make my own based on what I found here:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Silicone-Mermaid-Tail/
The instructions there says to use clay, but I wanted something that would last a little longer. Since I am unable to find a mold for sale anywhere, I seem to have no choice but to make my own. I discovered the hard way that I am not an artist at this kind of thing. In my case, I melted plastic into a thick solid piece. This took time because I had to keep it all melted long enough for the bubbles to float to the top and disappear before trying to carve into it with a Dremel. After suffering through the fumes created from the melting process, I abandoned this effort after getting covered in dust and ending up with something useless.
Though I don't need this anymore due to buying a silicone tail, I still want to know if I would have been able to do it. I don't know much about resin, but I've seen the videos of the cool things you could do with it. Admittedly, this is me being lazy about this part. If I could find a scale mold for sale, or get access to the tools to easily make one myself, I might reboot this effort. I can easily get hold of material to actually make the scales with. My only roadblock is the scale mold.
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