Feb 25 2009Woman Gets Custom Mermaid Tail Prosthetic
A New Zealand woman has had a custom mermaid tail prosthetic made for her by Weta Workshop (special effects studio responsible for Lord Of The Rings, etc.). Nadya Vessey lost both of her legs below the knee as the result of a medical condition when she was young.
Ms Vessey told a little boy: "I'm a little mermaid" when he asked what happened to her legs and the idea stuck.
Weta costumer Lee Williams, who worked on the suit between film projects with seven other staff, told Close Up she "wanted [Nadya] to be beautiful and sexy".After seeing Ms Vessey test the tail in Kilbirnie pool then frolic in the harbour, Ms Williams was stoked. "It was absolutely amazing. It's beautiful to watch Nadya swim and to see that dream come true and to be a part of that. I feel quite blessed."
Beautiful. That's beautiful, isn't it? You think she can still make love with the tail on? Because if so, I'm interested. And also, in the market for a snorkel.
Mermaid dream comes true thanks to Weta [stuff]
Thanks to Fong! and twellve, who cut their shoulders off and requested Icarus wings, but Weta denied them.
Reader Comments
1. bryan - February 25, 2009 8:13 PM
first! thats awesome!
2. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 25, 2009 8:15 PM
Where's her cloaca?
3. koOPa - February 25, 2009 8:16 PM
Shits weak!
4. MadMonkey - February 25, 2009 8:16 PM
I would throw her my worm.
5. MadMonkeyusafreak - February 25, 2009 8:22 PM
I wouldnt throw my worm at her
too ugly
6. boxofwine - February 25, 2009 8:26 PM
i love you GW. dejected by the readers about a mutant girl, you then post a physically disabled mermaid. you rule times a thousand.
7. Pew³ - February 25, 2009 8:27 PM
First you have a girl with Mobius syndrome, and now a double amputee? Are you trying to fix some kind of fetish here today?
I love the quick "lonely legs" shot about 3:15
Pew pew pew
8. fabu - February 25, 2009 8:28 PM
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9. Milkman - February 25, 2009 8:31 PM
f*cking spammers invading now. great
10. blp - February 25, 2009 8:41 PM
Ariel, The Little Mermaid has always been my true love. <3 I like the idea of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin on the side for the rough sex.
11. Sevrin - February 25, 2009 8:44 PM
I bet her husband was upset that she didn't go for the sheep prosthetic that he'd proposed!
12. blp - February 25, 2009 8:48 PM
Pew³ I'm hoping the next post will be midget porn. I've always resisted downloading it but if Geekologie offers it on a streaming video plate I'll watch it!
13. R-Def. - February 25, 2009 8:52 PM
@11: they probably didn't want any more Australians coming over, that's why.
14. Roman - February 25, 2009 9:58 PM
Now your making fun of a poor woman who lost her legs and had to have a mermaid tail created just to get over the mental anguish. When will it end GW? When will it eeennnnndddd?
Oh I forgot, internet people are strangely selective of their criticism. Never mind the previous then, I'll go ahead with the bandwagon!
I wonder if she has a poop flap.
She could really freak out some shrimp boat captains.
15. SAM - February 25, 2009 10:26 PM
Why all the naysayers? This woman has actually achieved the embodiment of an awesome fictional animal. If there were prosthetics that turned me into a dragon I would have them made asap. Remember ELE....
16. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 25, 2009 10:31 PM
Imagine how ape-shit Forrest would have gotten if Lt. Dan got one of these instead!
17. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - February 25, 2009 10:49 PM
This is pure awesomeness. I hope they have someone with her when she plays in the ocean... or she may look like shark-food. Wow, that would suck. *If that happens, d00d, sorry I didn't mean to jinx you* just thinking safety...
18. bendizle - February 25, 2009 11:14 PM
blarg says i to that fish woman...she be making good fish sticks!!!
19. Spam Artist - February 25, 2009 11:42 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Tender Dracula where Rocky's mother wore a long dress with sparkles on to impress Beetlejuice's wife.
20. edgeworlds - February 25, 2009 11:55 PM
Wow, WETA is so cool..... lucky gal, XD
21. Pew³ - February 26, 2009 12:42 AM
@12. I almost wrote...whats next? Midget porn?!?! but I didn't want to be flamed from all the tree huggers from the previous post. And "What's next, dwarf porn?" didn't sound as funny, so I said fùck it!
By the way. I checked out the cos girls other youtube stuff. I don't think she gives a shìt what other people think about her. I applaud her for doing something she knows she may be made fun of but doesn't hide it.
22. NUTZBABIE - February 26, 2009 2:16 AM
say what PEW PEW PEW
23. Cloud - February 26, 2009 6:02 AM
This is really awesome :D I wanna swim like a mermaid too :)
24. Mr.Anderson - February 26, 2009 7:32 AM
@16 Probably something like this:
"Lt. Daaaan!! You didn't tell me you were a mermade!"
"No Forrest, I didn't"
25. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - February 26, 2009 8:18 AM
A gay midget amputee riding a Zelda modded sybian will be today's first post. I can smell it.
26. daz - February 26, 2009 9:07 AM
picture is just Halo girl in a pool
27. JiggilyJoe - February 26, 2009 10:25 AM
FAKE!!!! You can tell that she isnt a real mermaid because you cant see her boobies! What good is a mermaid if I cant see some BOOBIES!!!!!
28. Dave - March 4, 2009 8:38 PM
If I could swim with the dolphins..
the light and happy dolphins...
29. eunice - March 12, 2009 3:10 AM
geez.. i wonder how they make the mermaids in peter pan movie.. its look so real.. wonderfull..