And this is it...the last batch of updates! :hugegrin:
With her glue dried and fins shaped, I took bald Miss Coral outside, so you can get a more accurate view of her colors.
Once she came inside from her little excursion, it was time for the hair. If I'd thought this through back in November, instead of smoothing over her neck plugs, I should have made a channel to root the roving in. Alas, I did not, so it was just glued to the neck.
Off-camera (lol) I painted her rock base Apoxie-Sculpted area to match and added a felt pad for her tail to rest on the rock. The felt was also painted to blend in better, as I had no grey felt. I also made her some plant props on rocks that can be moved around and posed with her. And her hair was style and fluffed a bit. And that's it! Time for the glamor shots.
That one is just about my favorite shot ever -- I think it looks like she's swimming.
If I had to do it again, sure, there are some things I'd like to change. But on the whole, I think I did the best job I could. This was my first time using Apoxie Sculpt, first time engineering a pose change, first time using Fantasy Film, first time using roving hair...well, what can I say? I'm stupidly ambitious and fearless when it comes to customs!
I hope you enjoyed following along. It's been a learning experience (as much as it sounds like this was all planned from the start and things were totally under control!)