DIY Polymer Clay Mermaid Art Doll - Part 2 of 2 - Doll Mermaid Tail, Hair, & Resin Pond Tutorial

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. \r
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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.\r
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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!\r
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Time stamps for your convenience:\r
0:54 Mermaid armature\r
1:18 Sculpting the body\r
2:07 Sculpting the chest\r
2:29 Bake\r
2:35 Sand\r
2:40 Blush the body\r
2:50 Paint the mermaid tail\r
2:52 Bake to set the paint\r
2:58 Wrap tail in translucent polymer clay\r
3:14 Add the fluke (fin at the end of the tail)\r
3:39 Add the scales & texture the fluke\r
3:53 Attaching the hands and the head\r
3:55 Refrigerate the hands\r
4:03 Attach the hands, smooth out, & refine\r
4:32 Attach the head\r
4:56 Bake\r
5:02 Sand\r
5:08 Blush the hands and the neck\r
5:15 Decorate the tail\r
5:21 Paint so darker at end, if desired\r
5:29 Bake to set paint\r
5:32 Add Angelina fibers to fluke\r
5:38 Apply gloss on tail with glitter\r
5:49 Apply shaved glass glitter \r
5:58 Hair, Crown, Sea Shell Bra\r
6:02 Tibetan Lamb Fur & Fabri-fix \r
6:07 Cut off little plugs of hair & glue straight onto head\r
6:12 Start at lower part of head & work to top\r
6:20 Top of head instructions\r
7:06 Final gluing around hairline\r
7:13 Detailing the eyes\r
7:15 Cut faux eye lashes to various lengths\r
7:27 Apply each lash, one by one\r
7:47 Apply gloss to eyes, lips, and finger nails\r
7:53 Fabri-fix for crown and sea shell bra\r
8:05 Add the Resin\r
8:07 Fill holes in shell with polymer clay & bake shell\r
8:13 Mix resin according to package directions \r
8:19 Half bury mermaid in mini shells or mix sand & glue mixture\r
8:35 Fill half way, wait 4 hours, add star fish, fill again\r
8:57 Acknowledgement \r
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Evening Fall Harp by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (\r
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