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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: JoshsPonyPrincess on August 25, 2012, 09:11:55 PM
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Mandara was made for a wonderful commissioner Luvmyboy. She wanted a Mandarin merpony similar to Mandarin Beauty but with slightly more green detailing. So Mandara was born after 4 months of work :biggrin:
Her tail was made from Apoxie Sculpt. Each scale was handplaced over a foil and sculpey base. She has 9 removeable fins in all. Each one made with liquid sculpey over wire armature and were manipulated to look realistic.
She was painted in numerous coats of paint to achieve the affect of her body marking and tail design. Numerous hours were spent painting under a blacklight to make sure the paint looked awesome under the UV. Her eyes, tail and fins were sealed with high gloss sealer and her body was sealed with Matte sealer.
Her hair was hand dyed using turquoise, yellow and orange dye. She was then rehaired and given tiny braids to achieve the wavy look. Her hair is styled with pearl pins which were each coated in UV glitter to add to the glowing affect.
Not pictured: Last minute I decided to add a little base for added balance which has glitter, sand and mermaid bubbles on it for a nice sandy oasis look.
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Very awesome! She's so colorful!!!!
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:dropjaw: She is absolutely amazing, JPP!
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Wow!! O_O Those colors, that texture--that's a gorgeous one! great job!
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Very colorful! Beautiful!
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She is so stunning, I was so very happy when she came in the mail yesterday! And thank you for the little stand, it's perfect! I am totally stealing your pictures too as mine don't do her justice :P thank you again!
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WOW she is amazing, that hair is absolutely stunning too. I can't imagine how much work went into making her, she's sooo pretty
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O.O
I am speechless by the awesome!
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Thanks so much - she was a labor of love - LuvMyBoy - feel free to steal the pics :) I am so glad she arrived earlier then they said she would
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So amazing, I just love her!
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Whoa, was she based on a mandarin fish? She reminds me so much of one. They are my favourite marine fish. Great job, the UV works so well :D
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Liseybaby - yes she was designed to be similar to a Mandarin fish - they are awesomelly amazing creatures and I wish I had a tank of them :)
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OMG drop dead gorgeous!!!! Love the GITD bits!! She would of taken ages!
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wow ^.^ love the colours
xoxo
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stunning details! that tail!!! her colors are amazing ^_^
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Holy moley look at those colors! :D
It's so good to see you back JPP. I had really missed your customs!
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Aww thanks everyone :)
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Wow, that is an incredible pony!! :faint: I love the glowy shots.
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Liseybaby - yes she was designed to be similar to a Mandarin fish - they are awesomelly amazing creatures and I wish I had a tank of them :)
Oooo yay, I thought so. We had a beautiful little guy but he died recently :(. Hoping to get another soon :D
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No wonder I felt like I had seen it before! XD I loved your earlier version so it's awesome to see it again!!! <3
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wowwwwwww impresionant!!!!!! i´m in shock!!! i want a million of ponies by you!!!!
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Wow... how ever did you get the scale-texture on her?? :shocked:
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Ooh, you made another one! I loved the first and this girl is just as amazing ^.^
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That is SO cool!
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all I can really say to this pony is wowie! :shocked:
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She's so stunning! Just like her previous sister! And though I could see myself playing with hair and dye I'll definitely never be able to have the patience to sculpt that gorgeous tail! :o
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Thanks so much everyone :) Khyron - The scales are all hand place individually and smoothened down by sanding before paint work :)
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she looks amazing, I have always loved your other version! sadly I don't like the pose you used but you still made her look sooo good!!! I love all the colours and details you used..wow!
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Oh WOW! she's incredible!!!! How did you not go insane sculpting all those tiny scales X_____X
I love that she glows too. wow wow wow.
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LOVE the colours, an amazing job!
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ImmortalPanda - I did go a bit insane but not with the scales just with the contrasting bright colors - I was seeing spots almost :)