Mermaid with Hand Key 1

Sunken-treasure folklore in figure form: a mermaid with her tail curled beneath her, holding up a key as though she has just brought it back from a wreck. The key is what makes the piece. It turns a familiar mermaid statuette into a small story, the guardian of something locked that nobody else can reach, and it gives the raised hand a reason to be there. This is fan art in the display-figure tradition rather than anything for a game board. It suits a shelf or a cabinet, and it suits painters hunting for a subject with long flowing shapes to work along. The download is a multi-part kit rather than one solid body, which collectors tend to prefer when they want to work on sections before bringing the whole figure together.