Hahahahaha I'm a photographer and I totally agree. Breaks are so important!
On a side note, I love the new scale design💕
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Hahahahaha I'm a photographer and I totally agree. Breaks are so important!
On a side note, I love the new scale design💕
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I'm glad I ain't the only one lol.
im in a bit of a hurry now withe the hole tailmaking thing because spring is a month or less away so I need to get started with the tail body sculpting I feel I won't finish all by the summer time
Marinus Mortimer
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Loving the the way they look layered out I figured I should stop finishing each scale I start im going focuse on making numbers to later add detail when I have like 10 of them And I still think I'll mold more just to make casting easier.
Sculpting the scales from large to small I have 7 sizes in total for the tail body and 3 small sizes for fluke transition can't wait OMG!
this is the way they look layered out
These are the first two I made before deciding on the build first detail later strategy
Last edited by Marinus Mortimer; 03-04-2017 at 06:31 PM.
Marinus Mortimer
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Going to start sculpting the other sizes...
i want to finish sculpting and molding all the scales before I return to the fluke.
Those are the outlines I use to sculpt each scale on so they all come out the same, later on while in the detailing stage I'll change the shapes of the front area slightly to add individual touch once cast and on the tail.
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Looking awesome! Cant wait to see the results!
~Merman Rett Of Georgia~
(Formerly Known as Risingmermaid)
Small update on the scale sculpting phase.
I've sculpted 66 scales being that there will be 15 scale sculpts for each size I've finished sizes 7-4 now sizes 3-1 remain 39 scales to sculpt, after that details will be added to 105 scales then mold them. After that I'll return to finish the fluke which I can't wait for...
Marinus Mortimer
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keep it up!
Absolutely love this concept, I can't wait to see it finished!
Finished with the scales I made more than I planned for, I made 5 extra for each size. Now to finish 2 fins that shoud have been done a while ago so I'll finish them and go back to fluke cause I honestly want to have everything in molds before I return to the fluke I want no distractions! While I work on it and its bout time I made the leg double...
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Awesome! Cant wait for more progress and more pictures
~Merman Rett Of Georgia~
(Formerly Known as Risingmermaid)
And I can't wait to show y'all it's been so long already seance I started but I knew from the very beginning that this would be a long and ambitious project. Oh well there's no going back now, wrapping up some finishing details and await for the day to begin and hobby lobby to open so that I can get some plaster in order to mold these fins...
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Tail's Looking Great thus far!! cant wait to see finished product!
----> Swimming through life one pool at a time <----
Finished yet? MORE Pics!
Formerly known as ireneho
No not finished for a while longer lol. So life happened and I haven't got the plaster for the fins yet but it's alright I got to smooth some areas and re work them can't wait to show y'all.
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Last edited by Marinus Mortimer; 03-17-2017 at 11:23 PM.
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Your sculpting is still amazing! I wish I had as much patience as you have. I wanted to get my tail done quickly and so I made a few mess ups, but thankfully it's individual scaled so it wasn't hard to fix. I am still not finished assembling and it's only been 3 months since I started. So I definitely don't have the patience you do!
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It's taken me more than 3 months I think the sculpting process alone but most of that was because of me destroying and restarting my fluke a few times.
Here's and in progress pic of something new I'm trying if it looks good later I'll keep bit I honestly don't want just that flat with lines like on my previous fins so I added some wave type thing iono y'all gonna understand...
Last edited by Marinus Mortimer; 03-18-2017 at 02:37 AM.
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Woah those fins look awesome!
~Merman Rett Of Georgia~
(Formerly Known as Risingmermaid)
You might have mentioned this earlier in the thread (sorry if you have, I looked back over a few pages and couldn't see it)
What clay are you using? It looks like you are mixing together a few different types
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Thanks RettOriginally Posted by Rett
No worries I use Van aken plastisina clay its oil based so it never dries out also sulfur freeYou might have mentioned this earlier in the thread (sorry if you have, I looked back over a few pages and couldn't see it)
What clay are you using? It looks like you are mixing together a few different types
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The colorfulnes is a result of changing my sculpt and re starting a couple of times I have a bad habit of destroying my sculpts when I'm unhappy with the way it looks which is prob why it's taken me this long.
Marinus Mortimer
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Merman Marinus
Finally got the plaster to mold the fins and scales sooo happy but I'll be needing more for the dorsal but for tonight I'll only mold these 2 cause I don't have much space and in the morning I'll mold the rest...
Here's a picture of it now.
Last edited by Marinus Mortimer; 03-20-2017 at 02:23 AM.
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