Merman Marinus SLOW Extended Tail Project

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks alot I've worked verry hard in this so that means alot.

[Trident True]

yeah, i know what you mean. I will be making my mold of my fluke hopefully this weekend.

[Marinus Mortimer]

yeah, i know what you mean. I will be making my mold of my fluke hopefully this weekend.

Im glad that you havent given up on making your exyended tail.
Im now in the process of adding some finishing touches to my sculpt.

[Merman Ordep]

I love your sculpt so much

[Marinus Mortimer]

I love your sculpt so much

Thanks for your kind comments

[Trident True]

Oh, no I never gave up i've just got to order some urethane then my extension is done. Fluke is nearly done, in the past I nearly decided to give up as the process i've gone through so far has rattled my brain. 7 years anyone would call me a screw loose. I'm doing my mold in fiberglass, if your interested in doing yours like this let me know and i will let you know how mine goes.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Any one who tries to make something as ambitious as this has more then likely lost all screws LOL.
I'd love to see how yours tens out I'm still undecided about what to do with that area...

[Mermaid_Izzy]

I think you guys are pretty awesome and the best people have some screws loose...lol


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[Marinus Mortimer]

I think you guys are pretty awesome and the best people have some screws loose...lol


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Thanks a lot Izzy .
On another note my Mom just got me some awesome books and one of them is about Selkies !

[Marinus Mortimer]

Just got back from a Halloween party and I'm felling like skulpting.
Working on making my fluke a bit thicker so I'm smoothing this out and making it the exact same size. I'll post pics of the top par of the fluke soon I'm working on that separately to avoid messing it up plus working this on the floor gets uncomfortable with time...

[Trident True]

Mold is complete, I done mine in fiberglass. Light weight, however there are some pro's and cons to using it. ill post a pic later. if your looking at going down this route and you want more info let me know. mold is half clean

[Mermaid_Izzy]

Just got back from a Halloween party and I'm felling like skulpting.
Working on making my fluke a bit thicker so I'm smoothing this out and making it the exact same size. I'll post pics of the top par of the fluke soon I'm working on that separately to avoid messing it up plus working this on the floor gets uncomfortable with time...

A really quick questions and I hate to interrupt your thread but how many pounds of clay did it take you to sculpt your fluke?


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[Marinus Mortimer]

A really quick questions and I hate to interrupt your thread but how many pounds of clay did it take you to sculpt your fluke?


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It took 6 packs of 4.5lbs each that's 27 pounds of clay so far, im using Van Aken Plastilina and buy it at Hobby Lobby.

Mold is complete, I done mine in fiberglass. Light weight, however there are some pro's and cons to using it. ill post a pic later. if your looking at going down this route and you want more info let me know. mold is half clean

I definitely would like your input on the matter as I plan to make the tail mold in fiberglass also, so any info would be greatly appreciated, feel free to private message me if you'd like.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Yay finally done with the fluke sculpt made a few changes but I'm not changing the style. Sneek peek and mold coming soon...

[GulfMerman101]

Mold is complete, I done mine in fiberglass. Light weight, however there are some pro's and cons to using it. ill post a pic later. if your looking at going down this route and you want more info let me know. mold is half clean

Omg its so gorgeous, you really out done your self im super happy for you !!

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[Keiris]

Great job!!!

[Rett]

Cant wait to see it!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Sneak peek.
Full tail sculpt coming soon.
Thanks guy's.

[Trident True]

this looks good

[Marinus Mortimer]

Couldn't resist. I'm going to add the lines that go down again cause I had to smooth it down again and reposition the"spikes" or ribs on the fluke to be more symmetric, I won't add scales to this cause the scales will be individually added later, plus if I doo add them now seaming the fluke to tail would be harder I'd rather connect the fluke pics to the tail body the add the individual scales on top completely covering any seams that lay beneath.