Mermaid

Excellent point, Rev, Ephiane should totally experiment on something other than her already pretty perfect tail -- we don't want it to get ruined.

Ephiane, I hope you have picked up a good Tom Hanks sculpt now that you're doing a Daryl Hannah-based mermaid.

Oh wow, you are bringing this wishlist mythological fantasy to life beautifully. I can just imagine how awesome the underwater photos are going to be (whether you use a background with a water filter overlay or feel brave enough to dunk her in an actual aquarium, with real fish, haha!!). If you are set on sticking to the blonde hair color, that is fine too, but I know anytime I think of mermaids I think of 'colorful.' And from my experience the lighter colored hair is best at absorbing the full vibrance of any color pigment added. But maybe this can be done on an alternate headsculpt or something like that!

Thanks Guys. I have fun with the bash. It´s  so great here to get inspirations from all. At last the mermaid is made by us all.

Here we go....  It´s not the final Mermaid, but we get closer  

Wow, you work fast. And you did channel Daryl Hannah after all! It works very nicely. Beautiful figure. I'm always impressed (not that I should be surprised). You also figured out a viable construction for the shell bra! And I love the special touch with the smiles. And the conch-playing.

A practical word of advice on the photos, if I may. They certainly do a great job showing off the beautiful figure, and I realize these were snapped in a hurry, while still spiced up with the charming smiles. To easily avoid (or at least reduce) the appearance of pixellation from the screen in the background, try moving your figure forward away from the screen and focusing on it. Usually that would do the trick without requiring any further effort on your part -- it should blur the background enough to not show the pixellation. I try to do that with mine, but am usually limited by the height of the screen when they are standing or its width when there are multiple ones. Luckily height is not going to be an issue with a mermaid. Although the cool real sand surface might be, if it is not deep enough. I love that you used real sand, but I don't envy you having to clean it off from the figure afterwards!

wow this is light speed creating...
really impressive how easily and naturally this is coming along ... with a bit of fun on the way by sharing thoughts and ideas ... really cool...

Excellent work on the tail suit, look very believable. Some of your photos look photorealistic as well with the faceapp smile filter applied, hard to tell it's 1/6 great job!

The fourth picture looks like she would like a merman.
In the fifth picture she is already calling him.

The fourth picture is amazing!

GubernatorFan wrote:Well they better be sea mammal, because otherwise we would not need shells.

Thank you for that.

Wow, Eph, these pictures are gorgeous!! I was going to point out the fourth, too, but then I thought that would be unfair to the fifth. And he third, and the... oh hell, they are all so pretty!!!

Thank You very much All ! It´s not the finished Mermaid figure. I just made a few pics for fun to check the movability of the fin.
Next step will be the color wash Rev told me. I use Wax and oil on the colored fin, because the use of color make the Leather dry and brittle. That gives a fishy shine to it. You can see that in Pic 2.
And yes, it´s a fast bash. The cherry on the cake will be the use of fish leather for the fin. ( Yes. You can really order fish leather ) And i think a pepper potts HT Headsculpt is near to Mrs. Hannah. With curly Blonde mohair this will be nice.
And for the next Pics i will Use the Monitor Trick Gube told me.

Many thanks to all who helped to made a Mermaid here ! She´s not finished. We made her better and better soon

She looks amazing! top work!

BTW.... little mermaid is not happy with the bra i made. She told me Darryl Hannah don´t need one and shells are really hard to fine mermaid skin. She don´t know how Arielle can do it.....

I assume that she is right and those hard shells won't be comfortable. On the first picture it also looks like they're not giving support.
Even though she looks angry in the first two pics, she is still supercute sitting in those glasses. Especially her sulky look and posture in the second picture is convincing. I love how you intertwined her fingers in that picture

She´s now the Goldfish, Daddy won´t buy me when i was four years old

Diana wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:Well they better be sea mammal, because otherwise we would not need shells.

Thank you for that.

You're welcome. Love to make you laugh.

Ephiane wrote:I use Wax and oil on the colored fin, because the use of color make the Leather dry and brittle. That gives a fishy shine to it. ... And i think a pepper potts HT Headsculpt is near to Mrs. Hannah. With curly Blonde mohair this will be nice.

Interesting technique, I'd love to know more. Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of the real actresses rather than the head sculpts, but I'm not sure Pepper Potts can hold up a candle to Daryl or to your mermaid. Don't mess with perfection! Or at least keep this head and hair around as an alternate.

Ephiane wrote:BTW.... little mermaid is not happy with the bra i made. She told me Darryl Hannah don´t need one and shells are really hard to fine mermaid skin. She don´t know how Arielle can do it...

LOL. I absolutely love these photos, although this last one is my favorite. The expression you gave her is priceless. But even with the vessels on top of what was surely being considered a fitting background, the images are just so cool. The look of your mermaid may not be complete (I'm not quite sure what you have in mind) but I think it works beautifully. I'd keep the shell bra around just in case she needs to be more formal. Otherwise, yes, you can cover up with the hair.

These new pics are awesome! Normally I'm not super high on faceapp etc. But it works wonderfully with your figures. Makes me wish to have more expression heads (and even more of the same person/head) around. Fantastic pics and good work on the outfit

Oh my god, I LOVE her grumpy face in the first shot of her in the bowl! :lol
I’d never have thought of using real leather for a tail but the texture is absolutely perfect for it!

I made a Mer a while ago as something of a Frankenstein project and used a stretchy synthetic fabric did the tail but I much prefer the texture of yours! At some point I want to make a Selkie using a curvy Barbie body and seal inspired computation but that’s very much a far off idea for now.

Merman by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Exquisite and intriguing-looking creation, Christine. Quite haunting.

The Mermaid looks really liberated and happy without the bra. You have created a beauty, although I like the turquoise tail best.

Saved this one for dessert today. And it was not disappointing. I know you haven't finished it just yet, but it's totally awesome already.

Holy cow! You’ve done a lot of work in such a short time, Ephi. Really love all the new fins and photos. Like the stippling you did to blend the leather fin to her skin. The shots of her in the bowl are excellent.

Lynkhart, your mermaid is super cool and creepy — really excellent.

There is a horror project with a mermaid I always wanted to do in 1/6 scale and Lynkhearts creation reminded me of it
Getting there someday, probably 2029

*50's cinematic trailer voice*
Finally, Mad science has created ze Mermaiden, half beast half women, an impossible hybrid creature born from fishful thinking!

Stryker could not have dreamt it better.

Agree with everyone, the glass pics, especially the last one are spectacular and fun. Whenever someone is sceptical about face App, they just need to see your stories.

Great job on the shell bra,
Post apocalyptic Mediterrans use multiple layers of cloth padding before attaching the shell, but this ia not an option for mermaids, I think.

And no this time I won't go into the science of impossible mermaid anatomy like with the centaurs.

Fantastic mermaid. I love all the shots, specially the last two with the expressions used. Lynkhart's mer is also quite fantastic too, albeit a bit "creepy" but they are probably pleasant to swim with.

My god, so incredible!!!! My mind is swimming after those last shots (nudge nudge).

Seriously, I can't believe just how well that mermaid tail just WORKS. Perfect. Those pics are just wonderful too, and your goldfish comment killed me. And only you do this beautiful work and then just throw her in a bowl of water. You're freakin fearless.

And Lynkhart, your mermaid is eerily awesome! I really love the whole design and color.

Thanks for the nice comments, Friends. And special thanks to Lynk for the Mermaid pic. I wish i can do some shots at the scotish coast like yours. That must be right place for to meet a Mermaid. She ´s Great. I love her.

I try to make shots Gube told me... and Oh ! There´s a button called soft focus on the camera



This one is for Darryl for to give me inspirations. I gave the fin a wash like Rev told me. Normaly the wash has to be red, but i did it in green. Think it looks more fishy.




I want to continue with some pics of the mermaid outdoors at a lake...

More excellent photos. That wash looks good on the fin.

I agree, great photos. And I'm happy to see you using the basic screen background "trick" well. By the way, nice jewelry on your mermaid.

oh my... this is soooo wonderful... funny, amazing and educating at the same time. Wonderful.

this second shot with her sulking in the cup... looks so natural and no way like Face App... like she has come alive... amazing.

love this project