Melusine - Fantasy Swap for Oniontart

[Iris Patch]

This is my fantasy swap piece for Oniontart- meet Melusine.

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The gist of it is she's a beautiful woman who turns into a two-tailed mermaid in secret. Once her husband discovers what she is, she turns into a dragon and flies away. For a much more detailed version of the story, you can read this wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melusine

A popular option for mermaid ponies is to hack off their back legs and sculpt a tail from clay, but I don't yet have any examples of sculpting in my pony portfolio, so I didn't want to have my first time be for a swap, in case it didn't turn out. So I thought about alternate ways to depict Melsuine, so I settled on the removable twin-tailed dress. In this way she can transform from a regular pony to a mermaid.

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Her dress was so tricky to pull off. I normally make really heavy duty things when I sew, so using really think gauzy fabric and delicate embroidering was really different for me! The dress is two layers of sheer fabric with metallic silver thread detailing, forming fish scale patterns. There is a front snap closure, and there are irridescent gems glued on to symbolize her connection with water.

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Her body is white with glitter freckles and gold eyeshadow- I wanted her design to be simple, elegant, and sparkly. Her symbol is a wyvern, since many versions of the legend do involve her turning into a dragon. She is rehaired with Dollyhair Diamond, Buttercreme, Tiramisu, and Mermaid.

As a bonus, I made for Oniontart some little stickers of Melusine in the style of the G1 puffy stickers. visitors can't see pics , please register or login


This was soooo challenging, I kept changing my mind about what I wanted to do and had many false starts, but I'm so proud of the end result Wish I could join more swaps because I really do love doing these, but I need to focus on my job a bit more in the coming months.

[Roogna]

I L.O.V.E. Her fin dress
it's gorgeous! and I love that you did something different that incorporates pony, mermaid, and dragon

[WaePonies]

wow <3 so pretty <3
xoxo

[dashesndots]

Wow - she looks awesome! I love the tails!

[Whippycorn]

I know you said it was because you were afraid you'd mess up sculpting...but I love the way you have dealt with her fins and that she can change back and forth. The tail is so beautifully made as well! 

[SunPony]

She's so pretty!  I love her eyes and her hair colors    And her "tails" are very well-made!

[RedLynx]

Beautiful!

[Diamond]

Love her dress, and love how you solved the problem for you. 

[Galactica]

Oh she's lovely! That dress is great!

[archidraca]

that is a really nice pony! I love the dress. and those eyes look so...  introspective and kinda sad.

[Uninu]

Wow, what a great way to resolve such a problem! Looks beautiful and useful, what a great combo

[nemubones]

The delicate touches on dress really show the dual side of her while her face holds such a mysterious looking beckoning to those near her. You did a great job conveying this character personality from the tale.

[aintnobuffalo]

I love that the tail is her dress! The color palette is a nice choice for a mermaid and even a potential dragon.

[Oniontart]

I must say something again I was totally blown away with how beautiful she is. And loved the way you
thinked outside box, that tailcape is amazing and the fin and the little teardrops make just that delicate
finish. You really inpreted the story and the character, so I guess the right word is proud

And the extras, those stickers are lovely, I never thought of that possibility to make something special
and custom supplies are just right for, I already got inspired by those colors you've chosen 

[kaoskat]

Very pretty! She looks so elegant!