My New Sequin Tail!

[Mermaid Russet]

Hey y'all! After 5 fabric tails, I *finally* started work on a sequin tail around mid January after months of planning and designing! It's designed after a female orca! :) (I know the appeal of orcas and dolphins as inspirations is usually a no-scale tail, but I wanted a sequin tail and I wanted an orca tail, so why not?) I'm so so excited, and I've been working on it whenever I'm not in class or working. *squeals*

I'm making this thread to help hold me accountable for finishing it and to get any advice anyone wants to offer! I haven't hit that "i cannot take this anymore" point, but just in case it comes... I'll try to keep this updated! I'm about 3/5 of the way done already so I attached a few pictures. Let me know what y'all think and if anyone has any suggestions! :)

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[Mermaid Nelly]

Love this!! Beautiful!

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Good job!!!! Looks great!

[Little_Orca]

Interesting idea. I was considering a new tail that was (finally) an orca one, but I was trying to decide on the right materials. On a side note, this one looks less like scales and more like a fluffy plush orca in these pictures. Hehe.

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachment.php?attachmentid=35963&stc=1

[Mermaid Cataleya]

aww you will look just like an orca I LOVE IT !!!!

[Mermaid Russet]

Aw thank you guys so much!! I was so excited to finally share it! Thank you!! :)

[Mermaid Russet]

Interesting idea. I was considering a new tail that was (finally) an orca one, but I was trying to decide on the right materials. On a side note, this one looks less like scales and more like a fluffy plush orca in these pictures. Hehe.

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachment.php?attachmentid=35963&stc=1

Hahaha I do!! That is so funny!! And you should make an orca tail! It is your name after all :) Let me know when you start to make it, I would love to see it! :)

[MerEmma]

WOW! SO cool, so sparkly! Awesome job so far. :D

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Nice work! How much heavier is it to swim in than a normal fabric tail?

[Kait]

So cute, cant wait to see it all complete :yay:

[Mermaid Russet]

Thanks y'all! I can't wait to finish it!

[Mermaid Russet]

Nice work! How much heavier is it to swim in than a normal fabric tail?

I haven't swum in it yet (plans to finish wrap up around May 1st) but right now it has gotten pretty heavy with about 8,000 sequins on it. I'll put up a video of its first swim after May exams :)

[Mermaid Nelly]

I love the design! It's going to look amazing underwater!!!

[Sapphire Mermaid]

OMG! I am so glad to know I am not the only insane one sequin-ing entire tails with round sequins! I LOVE it! It's so beautiful! I am so excited to see your end result! :cheerleader:

[Mermaid Russet]

OMG! I am so glad to know I am not the only insane one sequin-ing entire tails with round sequins! I LOVE it! It's so beautiful! I am so excited to see your end result! :cheerleader:

I didn't know another mer was trying the circles!! that's so exciting, I can't wait to see yours!!

[Mermaid Russet]

So, update: Having some issues with weight and the look of it... and affording more sequins. Since I'm not crazy about how overlapped they are, i'm taking out the upper half of the back where the sequins are more layered, and spreading them out, securing them with E6000 where needed! I'm starting to rip off sequins to tonight, maybe start to reattach, and have moved my *new* deadline to the sequin week of June! (It's a little ambitious, but so am I!) I'll posted more pictures as I go :)

[Sapphire Mermaid]

I didn't know another mer was trying the circles!! that's so exciting, I can't wait to see yours!!


I didn't either until I was directed to your thread! I am going to start sequin-ing (is that even a word?!) mine this weekend! YAY!