I'm part of the UK Colonial Marines -- a costuming group that dresses up like the marines out of the Aliens movies. (There is a US division but I got claimed by the UK guys.) Last year at Dragon*Con, a big scifi/fantasy convention, I got my own armor and it's tradition that you personalize it (or make it screen accurate to one of the actors in the movie, if you prefer). Here's what I did to mine.
I'm pretty confident I can say I'm the only one in the the worldwide group that put glitter on their armor I wish I could say I drew the mermaid itself, but I nicked it off one of those stock image sites. I did freehand all the scales and I did the glitter the old fashioned way -- with a toothpick, glue, and loose glitter -- instead of a glitter pen.
Update: The seahorse is on the back bottom center of the armor -- I'll get a photo of the whole thing once the glue dries so you can see. I did the old toothpick glue method for the glitter. I'm debating on adding an eye. I kind of like it as is.
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