Merman Marinus SLOW Extended Tail Project

[Keiris]

Your detail is amazing Marinus!

[.MermaidSophia.]

Yeah i know what you mean! Simple circles make beautiful scales just as any detailed scale!


Here are my 2 smallest scale sizes and the second largest.






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Those are going to look amazing Are you going to make any smaller sizes? Because that one is insanely small already... Also unrelated question but when do you think the tail is going to start coming together? I've been following this thread for months and its killing me I'm so excited to see the final result

[Marinus Mortimer]

Those are going to look amazing Are you going to make any smaller sizes? Because that one is insanely small already... Also unrelated question but when do you think the tail is going to start coming together? I've been following this thread for months and its killing me I'm so excited to see the final result

Yes im going to make one size smaller. About assembly, im trying to have the tail finished before winter starts again, but i still have to sculpt the Tail itself so thats a big big sculpt thats going to take a little while...


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[Marinus Mortimer]

Your detail is amazing Marinus!

Thank you so much K. Lmao every time you comment on my thread i have a fangirl moment!
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[Mermaid_Izzy]

Thank you so much K. Lmao every time you comment on my thread i have a fangirl moment!
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I think we can all agree that your project never seizes to amaze us. I can't wait to see you master the extension.


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[Keiris]

Thank you so much K. Lmao every time you comment on my thread i have a fangirl moment!
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LOL! Why I am very flattered, Marinus. Keep up the GREAT work. Can't wait to see the finished piece!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Hello everyone who reads this thread, thanks for sharing this adventure with me! Ive made a discovery looking through pictures of BTS Mako Mermaids, what i discovered was hoe they dropped kilos from their H2O to their Mako Tails...

I was going to keep my discovery to myself but its always better to share with everyone!
So in the picture below you will see the crew getting one of the actresses into her tail, what i see is the crew adjusting something inside the tail and some pads that could be some type of foam or neoprene.
I came to the conclusion because ive been in the drag industry and if any of you know they get those voluptuous thighs, yes they use hand carved foam pads under a scary number of pantyhose or whatever there called, the point is that the achieve thickness and as we know the mako tails are THICK so back to the reverse engineering of the pictures, i saw the two twin looking pads and immediately recognized them as hip pads it was a light bulb moment. I remember seeing a BTS video when one of the girls mentioned how JMB FX Studios had updated their technology and their tails wight like 30 kilos when they used to weigh like 60something i figured thats the main reason for the drastic change in overall tail shape from the H2O tails to the Mako ones.

I hope yall can understand all that ill leave the pic below for yall to observe and maybe see what im trying to explain, point is its a grat way to save on silicone when making such a huge tail...
My best guess is that they are adjusting a pad that goes in the negative space between the thickest part of the calves to the rise of the heel bump then the ones that lay outside will be but on the side of the thighs the give them that look...

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[Shaylee Moon]

T h i c c mermaids


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[Marinus Mortimer]

T h i c c mermaids


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Thick always better!


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[Mermaid Kassandra]

Thank you very much indeed for sharing with us your intuition!
So they use pads to maintain the tail shape and hide heels clever, but not that much in my opionion because in our case when you're alone and no one can help you to adjust the pads inside the tail it's a problem I suppose.

Anyway do you have any other news about your tail?
Sorry but I'm just so curious!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thank you very much indeed for sharing with us your intuition!
So they use pads to maintain the tail shape and hide heels clever, but not that much in my opionion because in our case when you're alone and no one can help you to adjust the pads inside the tail it's a problem I suppose.

Anyway do you have any other news about your tail?
Sorry but I'm just so curious!

I just got back home from the parade but im still in the same spot as i was before sculpting the last of my small scales and to finish the fluke.
EVERYONE remember this will be a slow moving project so it wont be finished this summer...


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[Marinus Mortimer]

Good news I got hired for a job that pays very well this will slow down this project a bit but it also accelerates the progress to save up the founds used to buy the materials which have been a lot in clay alone i also want to order a better molding material for my fluke cause as i learned the plaster sold at hobby lobby is not practical for big applications like my dorsal molds which both ended up braking so i threw them out the window literally, in essence new job, more money, faster assembly. All i have to do left is make extension prototype, sculpt the tail itself then mold the fluke scales and tail body after that assembly and paint. Wish me luck hopefully by the time i post again ill be molding the fluke and scales and sculpting the tail...


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[Azurin Luna]

That's good news ^^

Good luck with the new mold making, hopefully they will stay in one piece next time

[Marinus Mortimer]

Starting in new job on Tuesday wish me success!


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[Shaylee Moon]

Starting in new job on Tuesday wish me success!


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Good luck!!!


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[Mermaid Kassandra]

Congratulations dear and good luck!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks guys today was my pallet jack test and i passed so im hired for now, now to keep the job, i dont know hoe many of you have aor are familiar with working in a frozen warehouse but its all about safety, right now im still in the "training" stage so any little accident will get me fired but im pretty sure il be good.

Now for more good news we finally got an apartment and are moving out of the shelter tomorrow if tomorrow is Friday lol i dont count time, so seance i never got a chance to buy the materials for proper molding without risking it cracking with the cheap plaster i got, in short i cut the sculpt in halve because its 1: too heavy to lift in one piece without damaging the surface & 2: because its too wide to go though the door if i was to somehow lift it and not having it break from bad weight distribution so yeah i cut off the top part that connects fluke and tail and cut it staigt down the middle ridge the details are untouched for now but i do expect some damage during the move what i dont want is to start all over from scratch again this way i can just fit the pieces back together and smooth out the areas the were cut;

Sorry for the loooong explanation but i like for the people who follow this adventure to be aware of every step in my journey, thanks to those who've been here seance the beginning once i start selling when i do ill have an offer 50% off the first person to inquire and is ready to order so if you are an impractical Mer like myself and dont care about the hazards of having one of these tails stay in touch! Cause this job will make this journeya whole lot faster !


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[Marinus Mortimer]

Collecting funds for good molding materials from Smooth On is going well, also stocking up on clay for the big tail sculpt, dont know if i said beforehand but the majority of my plaster molds were shattered during the move due to horrible handling, unfortunately i was working the day of the move so i wasn't the one to transfer them... Regardless of the damage to a years worth of work im happy im super spiritual most of the time so i feel if those elements of creation were destroyed they were never there so now is a new chance to do them right;

For those following my progress I thank you and apologize for the wait but just a little longer and ill have the money to buy everything at once and finish, im doing it this way cause previously i was creating and buying what i needed i realized if i have all the materials available then i can just continue without having to wait for money to buy more materials.


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[Shaylee Moon]

What materials will you be using now for the molding?


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[Mermaid Kassandra]

Don't worry take your time, it's important that you feel completely satisfied with your work