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 \r 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 \r 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 \r Check out Part 1 if you havent already:\r \r \r Supply List for this tutorial:\r \r \r Check out my Patreon if youd like longer tutorials and other goodies:\r \r \r My newsletter:\r \r \r Apryl Jensens YouTube channel:\r \r \r 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 \r Music:\r Evening Fall Harp by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (\r Source: \r Artist: \r \r Laserdisc by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (\r Source: \r Artist:
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