Comatose_Agel's First Tail Thread

[Mermaid Tula]

I'm so excited! I got my fabric today! I also got some velcro dots, thread and some elastic for the waist.


I also got some foliage for decorating my shell stuff with. I plan on making a top soon too.

I have
my monofin
my fabric
a ton of shells
foliage

On the list now:
Zipties
Gorilla Tape
Poster board

Pictures coming soon!

[MerEmma]

Ooh! Congrats and good luck! :D

[Mermaid Tula]

Fabric Picture!

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It's a nice bright olive green with a slightly darker green striping/wrinkle with silver threading through out all of it. You can see the silver shimmer at the top of the picture.

[Ashe]

That is really cool looking!

[Mermaid Tula]

Monofin progress: I tried just about everything to get the zip ties to hold onto the monofin. I used E6000 (no scratching) and it didn't hold. I used hotglue and it didn't hold. I used E6000 with scratching up the surface and it didn't hold. So I jumped into the big kids pond. I used Gorilla tape. All of my ties are firmly attached now. I should have started with the tape in the first place. I will use hotglue again, but in a different way. I'm going to use it to fill in between the 'veins'. Pretty much I'll have a tape layer, then the hot glue, then more tape.

Has anyone tried this? What do you think? Good idea or bad?

[Mermaid Tula]

Got my zipper today, also picked up some ribbon to make fringe with. It's darker green but still glittery.

[ShyMer]

sounds like you're making progress!

[Mermaid Saphira]

I am excited to see your tail when it's done :)

[Mermaid Tula]

Monofin is now 99% modified. I ran out of tape, so I have to go get more

[Mermaid Tula]

Monofin Update!
Picture Obese!

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I have the gap on the right side completely covered now.
I'm going to go look for some lightweight stiff plastic to help make this less floppy.
The first picture has the general pattern of what I'm going to do with it.

[Mermaid Tula]

More pictures! Monofin is officially done! (minus prettying up the back lol)

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That's Davros my kitty being a 'sleepy' model

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(Like I said, the back is still ugly. I ran out of the sealer. So once I get a new can, I'll make the back all pretty too)

[MermaidBrittany]

Wow that looks awesome. Cant wait to see it in the tail! and dosent matter if the coloring dosent match since you wont be able to see it anyways :P

[Mermaid Tula]

True, but I still want it to look even when I swim in it with out the skin

[Mermaid Lilium]

:D It looks awesome!

[Mermaid Tula]

Thanks! I need to do some touch ups when I get more of the sealer. I noticed I have a few air pockets that need to be punctured and re-sealed.

[Azurin Luna]

Looks good :)

[Mermaid Tula]

Thanks!

[Mermaid Tula]

Shell collection is growing immensely.
Just got my Hobby Lobby order today!
Now I have a pair of Lion's Paw shells and a huuuge amount of fishnet!

Also, finally got some fabric textile medium to mix my paint with so I can paint my top and it won't flake off the fabric.

[Mermaid Sabie]

What sealer did you use?
And good work btw I love how the shape of the fluke came out... Is it super floppy tho? How much of a difference is there between the floppiness of the zip ties compared to the monofin?
I can't wait to see everything put together!! Would love a video of you swimming!

[Mermaid Tula]

I originally tried to use Flex Seal spray. but it started to flake off, so I taped it over again with more gorilla tape, then took high temperature hot glue and went over all of the seams. It's not super floppy, but it does have some flop. the monofin is more rigid compared to the zipties and tape, but it's decently stiff with a bit of flop.
I could have sworn I posted a video here. Oh well, here it is anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GwaM52DQWc

[Mermaid Sabie]

Wow that has some great flow! Thanks for the vid :)
I love that you're in Idaho btw I was just looking at the mermaid map and was feeling pretty lonely up here in Alberta!!

[Mermaid Tula]

Thanks! There's a couple of us here in Idaho, though we're all in different towns. I'm down near the bottom of Idaho in Pocatello, and my mermaid sister is in Blackfoot, and I've talked to one in Boise. ^__^