Pearl, the Merpony

[Katgyrl]

Merponies are one of my favorites, so when Salli showed us a picture of the awesome prize basket she was going to offer for the newbie custom contest at the NW pony meet last Saturday, I knew I had to try one out. I'm really proud of how she turned out! It was my first time painting eyes, too (THAT was intimidating! But feels good to have one under my belt now!). And of course I had to throw my own spin on things and sew a tail instead of sculpting one.

Pearl is made from a Carousel Rarity base (who had nasty frizzy hair and a stained leg) that I cut off the back legs. Her tail is sewn out of stretchy metallic blue swimsuit-like fabric, filled with sand with a wire running through it making her tail fully posable. Her tail fin is made out of pink organdy with wire support and silver paint around the edges. Her waist fin ruffle is organdy ribbon. Her eyes and dots are painted with both regular and metallic acrylics. Her eyes are sealed with Diamond Glaze, which really gave them a nice shiny "wet eye" look. She is haired with Dollyhair nylon Peaches and Cream that I boil braided to make a little wavy. Her hair has iridescent pin accents and a dolphin metal charm.

I hope you all like her!

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[gotbunny]

What a cute idea!!!

[Galactica]

She's really cool! I love that you integrated your awesome talent of sewing into your custom for such a cool and unique mer-pony!  She looks really great!

[hannaliten]

She's awesome! Congrats on winning!

[Katgyrl]

Thanks!

[blackestbird]

I've always wanted to see a mermaid pony done with this type of tail - not that I don't love and appreciate the sculpted ones too ;D But I love how that turned out! I really like the hair & tail color combination too. Really nice first-attempt eyes - you wouldn't know, they came out really well ^^ She's a cutie!

[court2882]

I adore her!!

[Doedeardarling]

She's beautiful! The tail looks great, and I really love the colors.

[Saja]

wow amazing

[achab1984]

She is very cute and that is creative

[Diamond]

I love the tail, the material choice is really what makes it.

[Katgyrl]

Thanks everyone

[Kalavista]

Holy cow - a fabric tail!! I love that idea!! she is adorable!

[Valerie]

Wowoww!! I love pearls!! she is so pretty! 

[Chaosette]

Oh my goodness gracious she is absolutely fantastically stunning! I am in love with her!