Mermaid Stand

Tradewinds · Nov 30, 2014

I'm in the process of building a stand for a 65 gallon tank that I will use for a QT.

Framing (Used 4S4 Poplar):

Support for mermaid:

Beginning the skinning process:

A little further along and a glimpse of the stain color:

heathd.hd · Nov 30, 2014

Looks cool already!

Tradewinds · Nov 30, 2014

heathd.hd said:
Looks cool already!

Thank you for the encouragement, it is greatly appreciated!

talwen · Nov 30, 2014

Did you carve that mermaid?

Kalen · Dec 1, 2014

Awesome stand, can't wait to see the stand finished

Waters · Dec 1, 2014

I agree...stand looks incredible.

Tradewinds · Dec 1, 2014

talwen said:
Did you carve that mermaid?

No, sadly it's cast resin. I'd love to have these done in wood. Wish I had craving skills or knew someone that did.

Kalen said:
Awesome stand, can't wait to see the stand finished

Waters said:
I agree...stand looks incredible.

Thanks!

Tank.Bro! · Dec 1, 2014

Wow that's gonna be cool

wowkingjames · Dec 1, 2014

Nice! I like it can't wait to see it finished.

Aqua fire/medic · Dec 1, 2014

Very very nice!

Daniel@R2R · Dec 1, 2014

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Tradewinds · Dec 6, 2014

Tank.Bro! said:
Wow that's gonna be cool

wowkingjames said:
Nice! I like it can't wait to see it finished.

Aqua fire/medic said:
Very very nice!

mdbannister said:
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Thanks everyone, glad you like it so far. Here are some pictures with the left column complete:

I'm still wondering if I should cut the right mermaid's tail to match the left one or leave it as is. I had to cut the left one to allow the door to open.

Aqua fire/medic · Dec 6, 2014

I say leave it.... You couldn't rotate the other mermaid so her tail would be outside?

Tradewinds · Dec 6, 2014

Aqua fire/medic said:
I say leave it.... You couldn't rotate the other mermaid so her tail would be outside?

Thanks for the feedback.

If rotated the left mermaid would have been looking in towards the door, exposing more of the back of the mermaid. I want the front of the mermaids to be more of the vocal point.