Learn how to make a mermaid tail, her body, her hair, and her resin filled sea shell pond. Perfect for anyone looking for a polymer clay and resin tutorial, for fantasy nerds & mermaid wanna-bes, or for anyone interested in art dolls & doll making.
Learn how to add glitter, gloss, and Angelina fibers onto translucent polymer clay to make a mermaid tail that is particularly sparkly when it glistens in the sun.
This tutorial opens with a dialogue between the Little Mermaid and the Sea Witch, from the classical fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen. I hope you enjoy!
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Time stamps for your convenience:
0:54 Mermaid armature
1:18 Sculpting the body
2:07 Sculpting the chest
2:29 Bake
2:35 Sand
2:40 Blush the body
2:50 Paint the mermaid tail
2:52 Bake to set the paint
2:58 Wrap tail in translucent polymer clay
3:14 Add the fluke (fin at the end of the tail)
3:39 Add the scales & texture the fluke
3:53 Attaching the hands and the head
3:55 Refrigerate the hands
4:03 Attach the hands, smooth out, & refine
4:32 Attach the head
4:56 Bake
5:02 Sand
5:08 Blush the hands and the neck
5:15 Decorate the tail
5:21 Paint so darker at end, if desired
5:29 Bake to set paint
5:32 Add Angelina fibers to fluke
5:38 Apply gloss on tail with glitter
5:49 Apply shaved glass glitter
5:58 Hair, Crown, Sea Shell Bra
6:02 Tibetan Lamb Fur & Fabri-fix
6:07 Cut off little plugs of hair & glue straight onto head
6:12 Start at lower part of head & work to top
6:20 Top of head instructions
7:06 Final gluing around hairline
7:13 Detailing the eyes
7:15 Cut faux eye lashes to various lengths
7:27 Apply each lash, one by one
7:47 Apply gloss to eyes, lips, and finger nails
7:53 Fabri-fix for crown and sea shell bra
8:05 Add the Resin
8:07 Fill holes in shell with polymer clay & bake shell
8:13 Mix resin according to package directions
8:19 Half bury mermaid in mini shells or mix sand & glue mixture
8:35 Fill half way, wait 4 hours, add star fish, fill again
8:57 Acknowledgement
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