Leech Mermaid

[MermaidNerenia]

Check this out, its from Monster Forge on Instagram. Holy creeps is this cool. https://www.instagram.com/p/BX6cq9dBu0B/

[Marinus Mortimer]

That's pretty dope but swimming like that can be harmful to the joints


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[Astridia]

Thats pretty cool but leeches also swim on a horizontal (like normal mermaid) so flattening the fluke so the swimming pattern is better would also be viable ( this is also true for most flatworms, sea slugs and other aquatic inverts)

[malinghi]

That's awesome.

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[merman caspian]

That's just awesome

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[Mer_Malia]

that's soo cool!

[Keiris]

Amazing that she can stay afloat with that movement.

[NorthSeaAlaria]

My friend sent me a link this morning to it! Really impressive, but I can't wrap my head around the way she's swimming, it doesn't look quite as comfortable or easy.

[PearlieMae]

My back hurts just watching! Our spines are built to undulate up and down!

[Marinus Mortimer]

My back hurts just watching! Our spines are built to undulate up and down!

Exactly i think we had a thread about tails like this didn't we?


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[KatieScottArt]

I can NOT wait to see this finished, especially with her badass special effects skills. She posted the final intent sketch on her Patreon and its breathtaking! This new direction is so inspiring.

[Mermaid Wesley]

it looks super cool! i dont think i could swim that way, but I do have a bad back. maybe with the right strength training!

[Echidna]

wow, someone else with a real serpent tail!

supercool, wish the video were a bit longer though.
At any rate, swimming like that (while looking awesome) is very tiring and slow.

btw I don't think she is moving her spine adversely.
She is sculling to keep her upper body afloat and just uses her hips and knees, probably in a shimmy fashion,
to make the tail undulate.

I tried that for a while before taking a different approach, because I couldn't get enough power to move my longer tails in this fashion, but it may be possible for someone with stronger joints.

[Ashton]

That is really cool

[Mermaid Kane]

Oh, you guys found Kiri! We are (kinda) acquainted on Deviantart. Her extreme skills with costume making actually is what got me into mermaiding! She recently got into the show, Face Off, and I am so proud of her! If you want to check her other works out, here is a link to her dA page: https://forgess.deviantart.com/

Asked her about mermaids at one point, and she says they are too ''nice and colorful'' for her, thus this leech was born!

[AniaR]

I saw this and it freaked me right out. Though it didn't make me think of a leech at all, but rather an eel!

leeches look to me to swim more like we do in an up and down motion


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdawl05lMs

watch that for a little and you'll see what I mean

whereas eels are side to side like that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VeiKZHFIg

[Mermaid_Mari]

I saw this and it freaked me right out. Though it didn't make me think of a leech at all, but rather an eel!

leeches look to me to swim more like we do in an up and down motion


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdawl05lMs

watch that for a little and you'll see what I mean

whereas eels are side to side like that


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VeiKZHFIg

Woah at the Leech Tornado XD but you are right! I never even noticed the way leeches swim


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[AniaR]

last year I got swarmed by leeches doing a waterfall shoot. it's now burned into my brain

[Echidna]

that's quite right, leeches are dolphinkicking ribbons :D
while eels and seasnakes swim side to side:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPj9gRZacPQ

so she's more an eel mermaid than a leech^^

[Mermaid Kane]

I'm actually talking to her via notes as we speak. Thought ya'll are funny. xD

Haha! What little do they know, its not MEANT to be a leech, I just called it that because it's flat and black. Its just a garbage bag test. Meaning a contraption compiled of cheap, temporary materials in order to test a theory.

The final product is for a creature far larger and of violent intent.

The way I'm swimming is because the garbage bag test yielded a lot of mechanical problems that I am working towards engineering out.
My knees are locked close, because the drag was so significant, and the "flipper" started up at my knees. Causing a really bad pendulum effect, and putting opposing thrust in the opposite direction as the lower thrust.

So, it was basically like trying to walk forward and backwards at the same time.

Haha! Again, it was just a test! And a failed test at that! But it looked cool, so I thought I would share.

That's a copy and paste of the start of our chat. c:

[Echidna]

the final product is for a creature far larger and of violent intent.

I'm intrigued!
Very interested to see this once it's finished.

[Keiris]

last year I got swarmed by leeches doing a waterfall shoot. it's now burned into my brain

:biting nails:That just makes my skin crawl.

[AniaR]

not meant to be a leech but that's what it's labelled? *shrug* lol don't get me wrong, I think it's cool.

[Mermaid Kane]

not meant to be a leech but that's what it's labelled? *shrug* lol don't get me wrong, I think it's cool.

No clue? I could ask if you'd all like.

[AniaR]

I think she probably feels a little defensive cuz the video went viral so she's likely had people bombard her with that point. but I mean yeah if you label it leech people will talk about that lol

[Mermaid Kane]

I think she probably feels a little defensive cuz the video went viral so she's likely had people bombard her with that point. but I mean yeah if you label it leech people will talk about that lol
Um, I don't think she's being defensive...

What little do they know, its not MEANT to be a leech, I just called it that because it's flat and black. Its just a garbage bag test. Meaning a contraption compiled of cheap, temporary materials in order to test a theory.
She was simply stating that it wasn't anything specific, and she wanted to call it something. c: Not to start any drama, just saying.

[Astridia]

Either way it looks awesome, failed test or not. Am excited to see what happens next with the project ^_^.

[Shaylee Moon]

This is actually a really neat concept! Im pretty interested in seeing how exactly she makes that movement work without being as tiering or harmful and whatnot


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