Making Tail For A Friend.

[Marinus Mortimer]

almost done with the second side


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[Mermaid hannahML]

Oh my gosh they look amazing

[KatieScottArt]

You're so speedy! They look amazing!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Here’s a bunch of pictures of what’s going on






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[Astridia]

lol MASS PRODUCTION of scales.... also that looks like it'd make a super neat table... coloured resin shells in clear/blueish resin... ee anyway.. looking awesome!

[Marinus Mortimer]

lol MASS PRODUCTION of scales.... also that looks like it'd make a super neat table... coloured resin shells in clear/blueish resin... ee anyway.. looking awesome!

Yes the glass I used to mold the massive 120 scale mold was originally a table glass that I picket up on my way home cause it looked like a good sculpting surface, and yes I had to sculpt all those scales cause castin 19 at a time every 24 hours is way too tome consuming so casting 120 at a time should speed things up a bit


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[Mermaid AshleyML]

How do you get your clay so smooth? It looks beautiful!


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[Marinus Mortimer]

How do you get your clay so smooth? It looks beautiful!


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I ussually sculpt or brush my finger on the surface looking for bumps and brush them out with my fingers I also have two table laps at different places so it casts dinámica shadows on the surface revealing or accentuating any topography.
Sometimes I do it till my fingers burn and bleed

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[Mermaid AshleyML]

I ussually sculpt or brush my finger on the surface looking for bumps and brush them out with my fingers I also have two table laps at different places so it casts dinámica shadows on the surface revealing or accentuating any topography.
Sometimes I do it till my fingers burn and bleed

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Oh wow ouch, do you ever us like a hair dryer to heat up the clay to make it a little softer or just strictly your hands?


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[Marinus Mortimer]

Oh wow ouch, do you ever us like a hair dryer to heat up the clay to make it a little softer or just strictly your hands?
No friction does the job and I prefer harder clay cause too soft is more easy to make indents that I am trying to sculpt out

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[Mermaid Persephone]

Those sculpts are beautiful!

[Marinus Mortimer]

Those sculpts are beautiful!

Thank you I worked hard on them!


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[Mermaid Clara]

That massive scale mold is genius! I never would have thought to use a glass table top.


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[mermaid_kairi]

This is so mermazing!!! I can't wait to see the final design all together! The details are stunning

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[Mermaid Kane]

YOU ARE SKILLED, WOW. Those sculpts are GORGEOUS.

[Marinus Mortimer]

Thanks guys ❤️.

Yeah the glass table top was the best idea I’ve had lol I found a rectangular one pretty long perfect for a scale sheet.
Here’s the scale pattern I made with three different sizes

This pic is the scale pattern I made using 3 scale sizes , these are not glued down so might be a bit out of place.
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[Astridia]

That's so cool, what are they being glued down to? is that powermesh or some other sort of fabric? (am learning lots from watching all these tailmaking journeys ^_^)

[Marinus Mortimer]

That's so cool, what are they being glued down to? is that powermesh or some other sort of fabric? (am learning lots from watching all these tailmaking journeys ^_^)

It’s powermesh I got it a Joann’s fabrics.
Indeed I two learned a lot reading threads!


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[MerRaeofSunshine]

What type of plaster are you using Marinus? The amount of detail it captured is fantastic

[Marinus Mortimer]

Progress on scaling


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