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Weta Workshop Makes Mermaid Suit for Double Amputee

by wendy

Fantastic footage of how the WETA team, who have made prosthetics both for film and cosmetic purposes, constructed a mermaid’s tail for a double below knee amputee.

Thanks to Steve McNeice for sending these clips, the first of which gives the background to the story and the second the end result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jCsbii5rs&eurl=http://www.freep.com/article/20090227/NEWS07/90227081/1009/Lord+of+the+Rings+crew+turns+woman+into+mermaid+

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMUWe9V-94

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