Merman Marinus SLOW Extended Tail Project

[Atomic_Mermaid]

I love your fluke so much!!!


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[Marinus Mortimer]

I love your fluke so much!!!


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Thank you very much Atomic_Mermaid

[Kunoichi Ribeiro]

Wow Marinus the fluke, scales and spikes looks amazing! Im very anxious to see your tail ready!

[Rett]

Looks great so far! Cant wait to see more progress!

[Keiris]

It's looking fantastic Marinus!!!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks guys I honestly am exited myself to se this finished, today I went to hobby lobby to buy some clay and the plaster for the scales but unfortunately it was closed apparently they don't open on Sundays.

[Mermaid_Izzy]

Thanks guys I honestly am exited myself to se this finished, today I went to hobby lobby to buy some clay and the plaster for the scales but unfortunately it was closed apparently they don't open on Sundays.

They aren't open on Sunday's because that are faith based like Chick-fil-a


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[WaterDragon]

your fluke sculpt is looking wonderful.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks WaterDragon, I unfortunately had an accident a window fell on my left hand fingers and one kinda blew up from the impact nails are blackened by blood exept for the nail that cracked and the blood was released so sculpting is off for like a week or two i did manage to go to hobby lobby and got 17 pounds of clay so im ready to go once my hand is healed.

[Mermaid Alea]

Oww I hope you heal quickly and it doesn't hurt too much!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Oww I hope you heal quickly and it doesn't hurt too much!

Thanks alot Mermaid Alea!

[WaterDragon]

ouch, I hope it heals quickly and that it doesn't give you problems once you do start sculpting again.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks WaterDragon im sure it wont Im healing rather quickly but my nales are still brused, I've done some scales with my renaming hand so at least im doing something for progress, I can't stop.

[Lili]

Wow you've made so much progress, it's unfortunate about that finger of yours though and dang 17 pounds of clay

[Marinus Mortimer]

Yes i think I may still need a bit more but maybe not because I plan to sculpt the shape of the tail on top of a fiberglass cast of my legs and feet so that i can get the perfect shape at once rather than building up the thickness, and even though sculpting and smoothing all the tail sculpt will take me a while it's the better way to go for me, I plan on making a two part mold with plaster, reinforced with steel pipes can't afford any cracks.

But before all that I still have to mold my legs and feet...

[Trident True]

Yes i think I may still need a bit more but maybe not because I plan to sculpt the shape of the tail on top of a fiberglass cast of my legs and feet so that i can get the perfect shape at once rather than building up the thickness, and even though sculpting and smoothing all the tail sculpt will take me a while it's the better way to go for me, I plan on making a two part mold with plaster, reinforced with steel pipes can't afford any cracks.

But before all that I still have to mold my legs and feet...

ok, your plan of action is to scultp around the legs and feet with clay to create the thickness, then are you going to add the scales that you have sculpted to that then cast to make a mold?

for your 2 part mold as it will be so bulky, plaster may not be the best way to go as you will need a fair bit to make it dense enough. the steel poles may not be enough to support it. fiberglass cloth would be a better option as it light and pliable and you can work on it in batches, with plaster you have to work quickly even with bandages.

[Marinus Mortimer]

I spent all day today searching and watching videos about resin and fiberglass I'll follow your advise on this and use the fiberglass matting method for the tail mold.

No im not going to culpt the scales into the tail sculpt because I want individual scales that lift from each other.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Ok so I need some advice.

I've been thinking about making a foot pocket. My goal is a soft interior for comfort and a hard outer shell for support. Like this.
The other thing is materials I'm thinking ither soft silicone for the inside and fiberglass resin for the outside but having to drill holes I don't know how the fiberglass will hold up, then I thought about Urethane, a shore OO: 40 for the inside and a shore D: 90 for the outside shell But will drilling holes into the hard side if the urethane make it crack?

[Trident True]

You can get urethane's that have the hardness but not the flexibility. for a piece like this fiberglass is the better option, Yes once cured it's hard but it does have flexibility even under heavy loads unlike urethane. if you like i can PM you a photo of what i have done.

[GulfMerman101]

This is just a suggestion. Why not use a neoprene Interior inside the foot pocket, it's smooth enough, light, and won't trap more water than there's already gonna be inside the suit.

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