Model of the Month October 2012 (Mermaid)

Started by Graham Lee, October 02, 2012, 11:07:21 PM

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Graham Lee

#45
Then inflate the 350 again and make a 6/7 finger bubble for the mermaid body.
The 260 red inflate and leave approx. 7 fingers of balloon un-inflated, I do stretch this balloon before I inflate it, run it through your thumb and forefinger, you can then also stretch the balloon once it is inflated to give a little more balloon to play with. Make two 1 finger pinch twists, then a 1 finger bubble followed by a 1 finger pinch twist.
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#46
The knot of the 350 will get tied into the red pinch twist, make a 4 finger bubble followed by a 1 finger pinch twist and then another 1 finger bubble, this twist then goes around
the 350 blush below the neck and above the body. Wrap the 260 red around the blush and then make another 1 finger bubble and twist this back into the pinch twist.
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You then twist a 4 finger bubble and a bubble between a 1 to 2 finger bubble and the second twist will go around the two pinch twists that you made at the beginning of the 260.
Make a 2 finger fold twist for the front of the hair and then repeat down the other side with the smaller bubble first and then the 4 finger bubble for the other side of the hair
and twist this into the bottom pinch twist by the back of the neck.
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#48
The rest of the balloon is put into a large loop fold twist and twisted around the pinch twist again at the bottom of the neck.
Using the 160 blush or you might prefer to use a 260 for the arms, make a 1 finger bubble and a 2 finger fold twist. Push the I finger bubble through the fold twist so the hand will
not come undone. I made my arms about a 6/7 finger bubble, you might like them a little longer though. Then put a 2 finger pinch twist into the blush, measure the other arm
the same size as your first so for me that was 6/7 finger bubble and then a 2 finger fold twist and deflate the balloon leaving your last 1 finger bubble and push this through
the fold twist to stop it coming un done.
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#49
Wrap the blush pinch twist around the 350 between the neck and body, the bra I made from a 160, if you look back at this thread I have 2/3 different bra designs to choose from
but here I made a 3 finger bubble in the middle of the 160 and tied a knot at either side. I then put a puff of air into the in-inflated part of the 160 and twisted the 3 finger
bubble in half. I then wrapped one side of the un-inflated 160 around the back of the 350 blush and looped it around the centre of the 160 in the middle of the bra section.
I then did the same with the other side. The two ends of the 160 might sit one up and one down, just tuck the 160 going upwards down the back of the bra between the bra
and the body and you should hopefully end up like in the picture. I then made two more knots so the two 160's hanging down were not too long and cut the excess off.
The 160 around the back needs to be pulled pretty firmly but not overly, you are trying to get the bra to stay in place and not move about, possibly glue dots would help here?
There are 2 160's going around the back of the 350 body.
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#50
Then inflate 3 green 160's, two leaving a 3 finger un-inflated section and one with 2 fingers un-inflated, this one is left till last.
Twist two 3 finger fold twist into the first 160 and one 3 finger fold twist into the second 160. These then get twisted together,
the longer of the 160 then has a 2 finger pinch twist added underneath the three 3 finger fold twists.
Then add the longest 160 to the three fold twists.
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#51
I like to have the pinch twist as a catching point for when you start to plait the three 160 balloons as in picture one.
This balloon will be the centre balloon for the plait. You then plait the three balloons to approx. 20 fingers in length.
In the finished picture my mermaid tail is about 25 fingers long which makes the two bottom tail fins a little on the short side.
You have to decide what is pleasing to your eye.
Once at the desired length of tale twist the three 160's together.
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#52
Make two 2 finger pinch twists in the two shorter 160's. The longer 160 will make the tail fins. Stretch the longest 160 and tie into a big loop back into the two pinch twists,
then split the loop in half and it is this twist that then goes around the two pinch twists making a figure of eight.
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#53
Then split both of these circles into approx a third and two thirds to give the look as in picture one. Attach the body onto the tail of the mermaid and hopefully you have
something a little similar to the mermaid shown. I then added a little sea scene to add to the look. If you do make this please post a picture or two, it would be nice to
see and you might encourage others to post and you will go into the prize draw to win the Patrick van de Ven DVD that is on offer for May.

Good luck.
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#54
I had a play with the tail design yesterday, this has 4 green 160's as the tail and the weave is called ????
I forgot, I will go ask Colin. Possibly corn weave.
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Quote from: "Graham Lee"I forgot, I will go ask Colin. Possibly corn weave.
I was close, it is called the wheat weave.
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#56
Graham!
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#57
Quote from: "Macker"Graham!
My post has disappeared!!!

Help!
I moved it into the competition section here, may-comp-balloons-t9859.html

You are the only entry at the moment but I have emailed everyone this morning that has placed orders with us in May.
The competition will close on 7th June to give anyone who buys late in the month time to enter as we did last month.
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