Mermaid Scales How Do You Make Them?
Decorating By proudmommaof3 Updated 11 Nov 2009 , 7:33pm by JustToEatCake
So many questions for a Newbie!
How do people make the scales on mermaid tails? Any advise?
Thanks so much! Karen
Im thinking out of fondant just cut them out and layer them.Just my thoughts
Im thinking out of fondant just cut them out and layer them.Just my thoughts
I have a mermaid cake coming and i was thinking on either cutting tiny circles and overlaping them in a mermaid tail shaped piece of fondant OR shape the tail and use something to imprint the scale look.
I haven"t done it yet, so I can;t tell if it'll work
This looks like an imprint...but any ideas what she may have used? It doesn't look like overlayed fondant.
I'm going to try to add a photo...
I have a cake in my galleries with a mermaid on top; is this what you're thinking about? She was done in bc. To do the scales, I used a rose tip (104, I think), and started at the bottom of her tail. I just did a 'U' shape over and over for each line of scales. Remember to make your line of scales move with the direction of her tail. HTH!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the ideas!
I made scales on this BC fish cake using the large round end of an icing tip. I just pushed it into the crusted BC and lifted it slightly. I suppose you could do something similiar with a round tip, like a 4 or a 7, for smaller scales. It would work the same on fondant.
I made scales on this BC fish cake using the large round end of an icing tip. I just pushed it into the crusted BC and lifted it slightly. I suppose you could do something similiar with a round tip, like a 4 or a 7, for smaller scales. It would work the same on fondant.
I just have to say that cake is so cute and the look on the fishe's face is sooo fitting!
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