Mermaid Sabie
12-03-2015, 08:58 PM
So I made my very first tail last spring and pretty much abused it all summer long! I wanted to show what I would do different for anybody making their own tail for the first time, and show the wear and tear of Preprinted spandex
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachment.php?attachmentid=34385&stc=1 34388
FIRST!
I WOULD NOT USE THE SAME FABRIC
The scales rub off :( every post I had read through warned me about this but since I was short on time I didn't want to try to figure out how to paint scales on so I just went with the preprinted fabric and accepted my fate.
I've decided now that I personally would prefer the scales larger so that they would stand out more. In pictures you can't really see that there's scales unless you do a close up
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You can see how my tail is not shiny at all like my left over material
SECOND!
I didn't use enough glue/ I should have sewed my accent strips on the fluke
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My problem with the glue is that it would start soaking through and permanently change the fabric colour where it soaked through. But again, I was rushing and didn't sew it on
THIRD!
I actually was pretty bang on for size. After trying the measurement every couple cm thing I gave up on that and just traced my body laying down on paper. I figured the missing fabric to account for the width of my body would even out with the stretch and for me it worked
I however just traced my monofin onto the fabric when I should have made it smaller. Now that it's lost some of its elasticity it gets too big in the water. Because of that when I lift my fluke out of the water, the water drags the excess fabric and basically pulls my monofin out of my tail
Now I have a few ideas to update my tail before Christmas! Still debating tho as we are broke and again I am in a time crunch....
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachment.php?attachmentid=34385&stc=1 34388
FIRST!
I WOULD NOT USE THE SAME FABRIC
The scales rub off :( every post I had read through warned me about this but since I was short on time I didn't want to try to figure out how to paint scales on so I just went with the preprinted fabric and accepted my fate.
I've decided now that I personally would prefer the scales larger so that they would stand out more. In pictures you can't really see that there's scales unless you do a close up
34383
You can see how my tail is not shiny at all like my left over material
SECOND!
I didn't use enough glue/ I should have sewed my accent strips on the fluke
34387
34386
My problem with the glue is that it would start soaking through and permanently change the fabric colour where it soaked through. But again, I was rushing and didn't sew it on
THIRD!
I actually was pretty bang on for size. After trying the measurement every couple cm thing I gave up on that and just traced my body laying down on paper. I figured the missing fabric to account for the width of my body would even out with the stretch and for me it worked
I however just traced my monofin onto the fabric when I should have made it smaller. Now that it's lost some of its elasticity it gets too big in the water. Because of that when I lift my fluke out of the water, the water drags the excess fabric and basically pulls my monofin out of my tail
Now I have a few ideas to update my tail before Christmas! Still debating tho as we are broke and again I am in a time crunch....