Selkish's Ratchet Workshop

[Mermaid Wesley]

GOOD THING YOU'RE A MERMAID THEN, WESLEY BECAUSE GET READY TO BE SALTY. #determinedasfuck

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[PearlieMae]

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Good luck!!!

[Ashton]

It is possible, I started in February and was done by summer. You do have to work everyday and pull multiple times a day. Again, it's possible; a lot of work; but possible.


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[Dancing Fish]

I'm diligent! I might be able to do this....?

IT CAN BE DONE!! (Though it helped that I had the entire month of May free of responsibilities like work/childcare...so...uh....)

Hey! Your scales are looking great! And this thread is seriously funny!

[Mermaid Clarity]

IT CAN BE DONE!! (Though it helped that I had the entire month of May free of responsibilities like work/childcare...so...uh....)

Hey! Your scales are looking great! And this thread is seriously funny!

Thanks humor is how I cope with like, everything. I'm actually shit in an emotional crisis because of it.


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[Mermaid Clarity]

So now that I've been back at work I've got less time to work but a little more time to daydream. I started doodling some ideas for tops inspired by the centaurettes from Fantasia.





Something about the open back looks so much more "other worldly" than the standard bra trappings to me. Simply replace flowers with shells n'stuff. Also the centaurettes used birds and stuff for their outfits so I feel like using sea stars is like, a spiritual sibling to that.



I'm thinking maybe using those stick-on bras you can get as a base/mold and then using silicone starfish and other silicone pieces for additional support. I'm trying to figure out what to do for the garland piece. It's not like long garland-like species of seaweed don't exist. Suggestions would be nice.


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[Luna Dreamtide]

I love your ideas for the top! Also your sketches are lovely.

[JustCOS]

My only concern with stick on bras is that you use water to remove them. Unless you're planning on using a waterproof body safe glue, or use something skintone to wrap around the whole way, the second those babies get wet they'll just slide off

[Mermaid Clarity]

My only concern with stick on bras is that you use water to remove them. Unless you're planning on using a waterproof body safe glue, or use something skintone to wrap around the whole way, the second those babies get wet they'll just slide off

Huh, I did not know that about sticky bras... back to the drawing board I guess... or spirit gum?

[Mermaid Clarity]

What is that? More scales?



Not all of these are usable but y'know, they're looking right.


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[JustCOS]

Yeah, I wear them for conventions sometimes, and by the end of the day just sweat alone makes them come off (I usually bodytape them to the outfit I'm wearing so everything holds itself together). Those scales are looking pretty, though. Very natural!

[Mermaid Mystery]

they remind me of some of the scales on a bearded dragon's back. I spend a lot of time looking at lizards.

[Ilyena]

Spirit gum comes off in water . Try Pros-aide Adhesive, I mixed that with paint to see if i could make a better body paint and it took several hours of scrubbing, 3 showers and even 2 days wearing jeans before it came off, but that's what you get when you don't have the remover stuff.

[Mermaid Clarity]

What about shit tons of waterproof eyelash glue?


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[Ashton]

Depends on the brand, and some eyelash glue [like all things] doesn't really do what it says it should.
I say test it.
I have had some wig glue in the past that had this 'amazing ability' of not coming off when remover is applied or in the shower... after like 2 days and like 6+ showers later it came off in chunks. But it was super weave glue from the hair place on Torrance/PCH.. Because when it comes to cosplay; I need 'dem wigs to stay on my head.

[Mermaid Wesley]

If not for underwater those would still be beautiful as a dry shoot or something


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[AquaStella]

Beautiful scales Selkish. Really loving the color scheme and your positivism!! You got this!

[Adalira]

Those scales look great and the colors looks great together as well :-)

[Mermaid Clarity]

Totally distracted at work thinking about my tail, I came across this:

https://www.vat19.com/item/precious-metals-putty

I forsee myself getting a lot of metallic-colored things in my future, just because they remind me of my tail...