Merman Marinus SLOW Extended Tail Project

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks a lot lili it does for a future dorsal style but with this one it's tricky because of the spikes they will always stay separated and I can't hace that! Lol


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[Lili]

Aha I see what you mean....well...that's a problem lol, hm...velcro could do it maybe, I don't know whether that would create a weird bulk though...there are those metal things people use as an alternative for buttons that snap together, I don't know just throwing ideas out there lol

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[Rett]

Will you have a base of neoprene or another material? It would be virtually impossibke to add a zipper otherwise. Silicone does not take to sewing, lol. Silicone stretches so much anyway that if the body is made of silicone you shouldnt need a zipper anyway.

[Marinus Mortimer]

I have considered Velcro but as you said it would look weird especially at the tips that are skinny, and I did consider de buttoned option but that's more for like the center of the dorsal if you know what I mean, but I'm considering making the whole dorsal detachable and caving the zipper hidden beneath


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[Marinus Mortimer]

Will you have a base of neoprene or another material? It would be virtually impossibke to add a zipper otherwise. Silicone does not take to sewing, lol. Silicone stretches so much anyway that if the body is made of silicone you shouldnt need a zipper anyway.

Yes the tail will have a double layered neoprene base for positive buoyancy as the tail will be rather thick and I don't want the extra weight to make me sink.
And your right I probably won't need the zippers if I abandon the idea of having belts of the inside to minimalize weird bending of the tail in areas like behind the knees while swimming.


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[Azurin Luna]

How about using magnetic strips in them? You should be able to hide those in the spikes and you can align them. Maybe even embed them into the silicone, so you have smooth surfaces.

Just throwing out ideas

[Marinus Mortimer]

How about using magnetic strips in them? You should be able to hide those in the spikes and you can align them. Maybe even embed them into the silicone, so you have smooth surfaces.

Just throwing out ideas

OMG that's genius Azurin I can't believe I didn't think of that thanks!


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[Aurelian]

I just spend a good twenty minutes going through this thread.
Best "wast of my time" I've ever done.

[Marinus Mortimer]

I just spend a good twenty minutes going through this thread.
Best "wast of my time" I've ever done.

I'm glad you feel that way cause them twenty mins ain't coming back


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[Marinus Mortimer]

A great friend gave me a sculpting tip that may be useful to everyone who is making a silicone tail, when sculpting the detail lines or membranes of the fin one can use the plastic from sandwich bags lay over the smooth surface of the clay the proceed to mark the indents or lines this will make the lines smoother wayyyyy smoother...


Method without the bag:

And with the bag...

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[Marinus Mortimer]

I know I don't have the plaster yet and that I wanted to sculpt the dorsal on the tail body but I'm done with my fins and I just can't resist the urge to sculpt this bad boy


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[Marinus Mortimer]

So as it is typical of me I went and destroyed my dorsal and altered the design in size slightly just a few things that were bugging me and to change it and have my dorsal still be symmetric I'd have to re draw the whole thing so I drew it up and now to resculpt the first side!


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[Marriih]

My first reaction was 'you did WHAT?' but then I was relieved to see you're just improving it. x) It's looking good so far!

[Marinus Mortimer]

My first reaction was 'you did WHAT?' but then I was relieved to see you're just improving it. x) It's looking good so far!

LOL yeah my OCD tends to get the best of me but not this time I promise you see the lines connecting the spikes I didn't have those marked when I first started this dorsal 3 months ago I think it was I was a bit more ignorant back then lmao so I addressed this mistake and readjusted the center making it a few inches longer I feel it looks better that way but that may just be me


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[Marriih]

I agree it does look better.

[Marinus Mortimer]

I agree it does look better.

Thanks a lot!


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[moniee]

Oh the second one does look a lot better - it's more fierce, which I love!
Also, the sandwich bag tip is genius! Loving it!

[jamminhippie06]

[QUOTE=Marinus Mortimer;274899]

Oh my goodness I have the same picture on my phone for inspiration. We should make tails together!!


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[Marinus Mortimer]

[QUOTE=jamminhippie06;275160]

Oh my goodness I have the same picture on my phone for inspiration. We should make tails together!!


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If your referring to my profile picture yes it totally inspired my dorsal I've had the picture for a few years on every phone I get lol it's just perfect to me I'm going to make a secondary dorsal like that one for my 2nd tail for sure. And we totally should one day I'd be lots of fun I love sculpting!

Oh the second one does look a lot better - it's more fierce, which I love!
Also, the sandwich bag tip is genius! Loving it!

Thanks I was going for wild and dangerous and my first dorsal was a bit flat and fish only flatten their dorsal sin fear and they spike them up to intimidate so I was like nah I'd rather intimidate any fish willing to come against me lol and no problem the tip was handed down to me so I thought I'd share and maybe help some one out here with the same or similar issue with the way their lines are turning out.



Here's a pic of the revamped dorsal now still lots of smoothing to be done!



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[Rett]

Wow, that plastic bag tip is genius!

And I love the new dorsal! I agree it adds a bit of extra 'umph' to the tail