Blue Oranda Sculpts: Prosculpt Clay Hair sculpted Mermaids OOAK

My next set of mermaids I used two other Patricia Rose Press molds. The larger one is Pearl. Here is what she looks like from the mold.

I added more curves to her to make her older. I did not record too much of my WIP for these mermaids. I am very behind posting my projects. I want to post everything that I have on my memory cards so far and clean them before going on to next project. I have like 3-4 memories going and its a bit crazy keeping track for me right now.

The white shell is eco-resin from a silicone mold. Here I'm doing the hair using prosculpt clay. So no mohair wig for these.

Here im adding in the details in the hair and smoothing it over with polymer clay thinner.

Here is the Goldie Press mold. The body is a young child. I painted her a teen.

Here I am also sculpting in the hair. All 4 of my mermaids have fins for hands. Fingers are not my strong point. I have to work really hard on them and it I just thought it wasn't worth the time/effort for these as the fin hands look ok.

The smaller mermaid ended up with some breakage during the baking stage. I wanted a strong bond and I was still baking in the oven at least for the painting, so I had to use something that is oven safe.

I used magic smooth. It is a very strong adhesive once cured. and it is oven safe for polymer clay baking temps. It takes 24hrs to dry. Even after 10-12 hours, the magic smooth will still feel slightly sticky. Becare it can dry in very sharp points, so be sure to smooth it out. can be sanded as well. smooths with water. Very sticky though. I use gloves to mix, then change gloves to apply.

Here is the sanding box with the hand holes on the same side. This one is actually much bigger than the other type with the holes on either side that I showed in my mohair mermaid post. The plastic walls are much thinner on this model though, so it is very flimsly. This has since broke when it fell off the counter an a part chipped. I replaced it with a smaller same size as the other model with the holes on opposite ends, thinking it will be the same thicker plaster. Well I was wrong and its the same thinner plaster as the longer size. It seems to be studier since it is smaller.

Up to painting now. Again, I am using the Gemini heat set paints, starting with the skin first.

more painting pictures.

Almost finished

Painting the tail

Back to the larger size mermaid. These will not be ornaments, and instead each one has a white shell as a base.

I just didn't like the hand fins on this one, so mid painting, I went back to sanding the hands. still went with the fin look but I think it's an improve from the far-left picture. This Gemini paint is really great though, because it really stayed on the clay even after sanding and getting wet, once it was heat set, it stayed.