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  • yokaijohn
    Keep it coolin', baby
    • Oct 1, 2008
    • 1439

    Ningyo002(Male Ningyo)

    Ningyo (人魚, "human fish", often translated as "mermaid") is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a mouth like a monkey's, small teeth like a fish's, shining golden scales, and a quiet voice like a skylark or a flute. Its flesh is pleasant-tasting, and anyone who eats it will attain remarkable longevity. However, catching a ningyo was believed to bring storms and misfortune, so fishermen who caught these creatures were said to throw them back into the sea. A ningyo washed onto the beach was an omen of war or calamity.
    One of the most famous folk stories concerning ningyo is called Happyaku Bikuni (八百比丘尼, "eight-hundred year Buddhist priestess"?) or Yao Bikuni. The story tells how a fisherman who lived in Wakasa Province once caught an unusual fish. In all his years fishing, he had never seen anything like it, so he invited his friends over to sample its meat.

    One of the guests, however, peeked into the kitchen, noticed that the head of this fish had a human face, and warned the others not to eat it. So when the fisherman finished cooking and offered his guests the ningyo's grilled flesh, they secretly wrapped it in paper and hid it on their persons so that it could be discarded on the way home.

    But one man, drunk on sake, forgot to throw the strange fish away. This man had a little daughter, who demanded a present when her father arrived home, and he carelessly gave her the fish. Coming to his senses, the father tried to stop her from eating it, fearing she would be poisoned, but he was too late and she finished it all. But as nothing particularly bad seemed to happen to the girl afterwards, the man did not worry about it for long.

    Years passed, and the girl grew up and was married. But after that she did not age any more; she kept the same youthful appearance while her husband grew old and died. After many years of perpetual youth and being widowed again and again, the woman became a nun and wandered through various countries. Finally she returned to her hometown in Wakasa, where she ended her life at an age of 800 years.
    Here's my 2nd Ningyo that got away (this time its a boy Ningyo).I sculpted his head from clay over a CTVT Richie head.For his body I used a CTVT yellow leg, an emce torso,and mixed some CTVT and EMCE parts for the arms. .I sculpted over all the body parts with the clay. I painted the entire figure with acrylic paints and sealed with modpodge.







    You can see more pictures at: Pictures by yokaijohn001 - Photobucket
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  • Cosmicman
    Permanent Member
    • Jul 12, 2005
    • 4794

    #2
    Your work is one of the best when it comes to originality and ideas!!
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    • Meule
      Verbose Member
      • Nov 14, 2004
      • 28720

      #3
      Hmmm, sort of like the Wolfman meets the Creature From The Black Lagoon.
      This one is right up there with my favorites
      "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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      • thunderbolt
        Hi Ernie!!!
        • Feb 15, 2004
        • 34211

        #4
        Neat, and great tasting too? What a two for one special.
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        • Fire Marshal Bill
          Career Member
          • Jul 25, 2010
          • 994

          #5
          He is very cool looking John .
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          • toys2cool
            Ultimate Mego Warrior
            • Nov 27, 2006
            • 28605

            #6
            cool man
            "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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            • piecemaker
              There's no need to fear..
              • Jan 26, 2009
              • 4634

              #7
              Excellent job,very cool looking!

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              • Random Axe
                The Voice of Reason
                • Apr 16, 2008
                • 4518

                #8
                Thanks, John. Now I want a batter-dipped Ningyo sandwich.

                Seriously cool stuff.
                I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she dumped me before we met.

                If anyone here believes in psychokinesis, please raise my hand.

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                • yokaijohn
                  Keep it coolin', baby
                  • Oct 1, 2008
                  • 1439

                  #9
                  Thanks guys,glade you like 002,but please don't eat him.
                  Monsters and much more by YokaiJohn on Etsy

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                  • Type3Toys
                    Home Of The Type3 Body
                    • Jan 18, 2005
                    • 629

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Meule
                    Hmmm, sort of like the Wolfman meets the Creature From The Black Lagoon.
                    This one is right up there with my favorites
                    That is exactlt what I was thinking! That is one of the reasons I dig this stuff so much is the "monster like" qualities they all have.
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