Sequin Progress! And Ordered MY Silicone Tail

[Morticia Mermaid]

So I finally started putting the sequins on my tail last week while I was laying in bed sick. Didn't get very far before I fell asleep, but so far I think it is going to look pretty awesome!
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Also, I officially ordered my FIRST silicone tail (planning on having several). I'm buying my tail from Kanti And so far the details are looking awesome! Once we finalize an official design, I'll probably post it. It's going to look very deep sea predator type tail, which I'm excited about :)

[MerAnthony]

Looks great Morticia. Can't wait to see when finished.

[Mermaid Dottie]

0.0 *Mermaid eyes* Shiiiiiineeeeeey......

[Morticia Mermaid]

0.0 *Mermaid eyes* Shiiiiiineeeeeey......

Thank you Dottie :) They are gold toned, so the flash from my camera caught the shine :)

[Mertara]

sweet! Can't wait to see more!

[Kanti]

Hehe
Looking really cool!

I think the sequins will definitely add an awesome 3D effect and make the tail look more detailed! How are you inserting them btw? Are you hand-sewing each one?? O_O

As for the other thing heheh yay! I have a feeling it's going to be a really cool tail xD
*winkwink*

[Mermaid Tula]

love! Congrats on your silicone tail too! Love the gold scales <3

[Mermaid Octavia]

OOOH those are lovely! I wonder if sequins can be an add-on to your sale tails at a later time? I can't imagine it's very easy to sew them or... however you're attaching them! Kudos to all the tail makers out there, seriously. *can't make anything in 3D to save her life*

[Morticia Mermaid]

Kanti- I've actually got thread that I bought to match each of my different sequins. And yes, I'm hand sewing them on. I think just that many took me 30-45 min. And the tail is absolutely going to be amazing :D I can already see it and I don't even have it yet!

Angel- Thank you ^_^ Not the whole tail is going to be gold, It's actually going to end up being kind of like a gothic rainbow tail... Kind of

Octavia- I would absolutely love to do that, but sequin tails are SOOO labor intensive that a tail with these kinds of sequins would cost a fortune, not to mention a long wait time

[Mermaid Caspiana]

Lovely! Can't wait to see both tails finished! ;) :)

[Mermaid Tula]

Awesome Morti! Gothic rainbows are fantastic lol <3

[Morticia Mermaid]

Awesome Morti! Gothic rainbows are fantastic lol <3

Angel- Yes they are :)

Anyways. Here is tonight's progress-
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[Mermaid Momo]

Do sewing the sequins on make your fingers really sore? Also, do t try make some kind of sequin applicator or something? I saw it somewhere but I can't remember where. It uses prices of metal I think to attach sequins onto things.

[Mermaid Momo]

^ it wa supposed to say "don't they" I'm typing on my iPhone so autocorrect...

[MermaidBrittany]

Oh wow! How awesome! I bet it will take forever :/ But I really can't wait to see it finished!

[Mermaid Tula]

Pretty! It's looking great Morti! <3

[Morticia Mermaid]

Thanks everyone. I'm hoping to be able to bust my ass ('scuse the french) on it because I want/need it done by mid July. I think I should be able to have it done by then. The fluke is just taking so long because it's tedious work. Narrow area and such, plus the fact it doesn't lay flat.

Dragger- I'll have to look into it. Would definitely make the work so much easier if I had something like that

[Morticia Mermaid]

So excited to see what Kanti comes up with a design for my tail o-o I've given her base color ideas that I'd like and letting her pretty much have free range over it

[spottedcatfish]

Pretty. Keep posting progress pictures!

[FreshWaterMermaid]

Looks really awesome! Love the gold!

I totally have calluses in weird places on my fingers from stitching all my sequins on my tail.
I'm ALMOST finished with it too! Maybe I should get some pictures up sometime lol

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[Morticia Mermaid]

omgosh. More progress to show. Ended up home from work today cause a stupid idiot at work got me sick last week -.-

Anywho, heres how far I got before ADOS kicked in and I got distracted by video games-

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And here's with it laid out flat-

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Almost finished with the one side. Once I get the other done, then it's time to work my way up. I'd do the tail fully covered in sequins, but I see it being done by so many people that I wanted to do something different. Plus, I like to think of a mermaid tail like a fish tail, and fish don't have scales on their tail fins :p

[Mermaid Tula]

Soooo pretty!!

[Morticia Mermaid]

Thank you :) I know right now it looks like a lot of gold, but I'm hoping to be adding the other colors soon. Hoping I also have enough of the black sequins, they are sold out until the end of spring >.<

[Kanti]

Thats looking really badass so far!
Urg too mad it takes so long ):

[Morticia Mermaid]

Actually, not as long as you might think. I've got about 3 hours work right there, and I think close to 50 sequins. I know it's going a lot faster than I thought it was going to take

[Morticia Mermaid]

And both my tails are going to look pretty bad ass. The fluke design you drew up looks fantastic Kanti. Can't wait to see what you come up with for paint design :D

[Kanti]

Hey that's not too bad then! I honestly love how it's coming out! I like that you got shells too rather than the regular round sequins. Not that I don't like those, I just think these give for a whole new look and it looks cool!

And yea I attempted a couple but urg Im so bad at colors -__- I'll try to get it something for you out today!

[Morticia Mermaid]

^_^ It's all good Kanti, take your time. We've got plenty of time until it'll be needed.

I do have some round ones that I'm going to use. They are various skin tones that I'm going to blend into the waist

[Ariel-Starfish]

pretttyyyyy!

[Kanti]

O: like that friend of Shelly's did?
That one was awesome!
Wow Morticia that's badass. Are you going to start selling these at some point o_O it seems like a lot of work!

[Morticia Mermaid]

I MIGHT, but if I do it will probably be rather expensive and will take a long while. And, I'd only take 1 at a time. I think I've got a picture somewhere of an example of how the waist is going to look. I'll see if I can find it

[Kanti]

Yea, don't take too many of these, they're really hard to do imo. Well, very tedious. But if you did it'd be awesome! I think sequin tails are really expensive o.O

[Morticia Mermaid]

Yeah, whoever bought would be looking between $2,000-3,000... Mainly cause of the amount of work that has to go into it

[Kanti]

I think that price is more than fair. You're probably going to spend hours upon hours working on them

[Morticia Mermaid]

I think that price is more than fair. You're probably going to spend hours upon hours working on them

Exactly. If I'm going to put that much effort and work, and potentially blood from stabbing myself with a needle, I'm going to charge what I feel it's worth to charge

[Kanti]

Haha don't forget the backpaint of being hunched over for so long! Urg at least I know I'm feeling that with my scale sheet -__-

[Morticia Mermaid]

Haha. Yeah. I know your pain too. I started a scale sheet last fall, just to play with and kind of get an idea of the extent that is needed to go to for silicone tails

[Ashe]

It is looking so freaking good! I love the colors and patterns on the tail :D Lol gothic rainbow, never heard that one before, but I like where it is going ;)

[Mahi Mermaid]

Love this! It reminds me of "horror movie kills high school cheerleader" haha. The colors are awesome. and the gold sequins, perfect! Give us a shot of the whole tail! Would love to see it!!

[Morticia Mermaid]

Love this! It reminds me of "horror movie kills high school cheerleader" haha. The colors are awesome. and the gold sequins, perfect! Give us a shot of the whole tail! Would love to see it!!

Lol. Really? Funny you say that, I was the one that the cheerleaders in my highschool were afraid of... Not to mention all the guys, the jocks, the wrestlers... Pretty much everyone ^^' I'm a total goth at heart, and wore it a LOT in school, plus I have a rather sadistic sense of humor >:) I'll see about a full tail picture once I get a chance to add more sequins onto it. I have a picture of it fully painted, just doesn't have any sequins on it at that point

[AniaR]

are you gluing or sewing the sequins? Either way good luck. All you mers who try to tackle those teeny tiny sequins. I don't know how you do it XD I get intimidated even by the bigger sequins.

[Morticia Mermaid]

I'm actually sewing them. I found it's rather easy to use a pair of pliers to punch the needle through the center (helps hold them in the right position) for those sequins that have a hole at top and a hole at bottom. I think I've got 6-8 inches sew on right now, which took roughly 3 hours for me

I'm hoping to sit down and do some more work on it this week, want it finished for the fair in July.

[NixieOona]

guys i just found out that you can sew on sequins with the fricken sewing machine o-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAbsKyM7KI
just thought i would share this very nice piece of info

[Morticia Mermaid]

guys i just found out that you can sew on sequins with the fricken sewing machine o-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAbsKyM7KI
just thought i would share this very nice piece of info
Wow. Hey, thanks for reviving this thread. I've been working, slowly, on a new sequin tail as I had to toss aside the last one because I had to change monofin.

And yep, I knew you could see the big ones, but the little ones see easier to hand sewn because they are so small.

Anyway, new tail is pink, blue, green, red, and purple (I think that's ask the colors). Here's progress so far-

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/26/7u2uhagy.jpg

[NixieOona]

oh very awsome itll look great ! what did you use to paint the tail?

[Morticia Mermaid]

Thanks! I only painted a bit to see how the sequins look over black instead of white. I prefer them over white, do I'm not going to paint anymore.

More progress tonight. It's actually going pretty quickly now

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/28/egatesen.jpg

And yes that is an embroidery ring. I'm borrowing it from Miyu until I can get my own. It has been a MAJOR help in sewing on the sequins

[NixieOona]

I ment like what kind of paint ? Acrylic?

[Morticia Mermaid]

Nope. I actually use automotive paints. They are kind of expensive, so partially glad the scales look better over white

[NixieOona]

Oh wow. Where did you buy them. Your color looks amazing tbh.
Ever tried it in water ??
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[Morticia Mermaid]

I order them online, use them to paint tail orders (so would rather not say specifically from where). They stay on great in the water.

More progress on the sequin tail. I cannot express fully how much easier this embroidery ring is making sewing these on. Going to see about getting my own to use

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/29/yda6y3ym.jpg

[NixieOona]

Ugh its wonderful!
Yea I understand!
Sorry for all the questions but im starting on soon and really need all the info I can get 😊
So does the embroidery ring not dent the neoprene ?
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[Morticia Mermaid]

I've not had any issues with it denting. Cool thing about neoprene, even if it dents just lay it flat for a while and it will flatten back out

[OceanRose]

Mmmm! *nods approvingly* this is looking really good you're so good at thinking outside the box

[Morticia Mermaid]

^.^ thank you!

[Morticia Mermaid]

Some good news- as long as you do it carefully and don't tighten it too much, the ring will go over the sequins just fine without bending or denting the hell out of them (at least it didn't for me)

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/30/y7edapy7.jpg

[Cordelia]

Cool, Morticia! Can't wait to see that tail when it's all finished! Also, if you have a Joann's or Michael's near you, you can probably pick up a hoop that is fairly inexpensive. The smaller ones are usually under $10, and you can check for coupons online, too! 40% off my few yards of fabric (at @ $17 a yard) was pretty great and saved me a ton of money! :D

[Morticia Mermaid]

Miyu picked this one up at walmart for like $5. So definitely shouldn't be too hard to find one :) Just a matter of having the funds to get it. Just finished moving, so funds are kinda tight

[lynsea]

damn that is a good idea using the ring. Managing the fabric in that section was my biggest issue.

[Morticia Mermaid]

Thanks! It has made it so much easier.

More progress-

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/6y6yve4e.jpg

And difference of the colors over white versus black-

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/02/ebu8epu4.jpg

[Morticia Mermaid]

More progress :) loving the colors over the white

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/03/my8u9a9y.jpg

[Morticia Mermaid]

Finally had to start putting the ring over more sequins. Definitely not having any issues with it bending them. Can't begin to explain just hire much easier the ring is making sewing these on

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/14/enemy2en.jpg

[Seatan]

Wow it is looking SO good. I love how the colored scales pop.

[Morticia Mermaid]

Thought I'd share hire it looks do far without the ring

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/16/4ubazede.jpg

[Mermaid Galene]

Beautiful!

[MermaidBrandie]

This looks fantastic. I'm sorry the other one didn't work :( the red and gold looked great.

[Morticia Mermaid]

This looks fantastic. I'm sorry the other one didn't work :( the red and gold looked great.
Thanks. I'm sad it didn't work out either, but I've still got all the sequins I ordered for that tail and plan on making it next once this one is finished <3

[Morticia Mermaid]

No progress to share yet, other than getting the front side of the fluke attached. Leaving for a camping trip to the coast this afternoon. Only be gone a day or 2, but I'm going to take my tail with me to work on while I relax.

[Morticia Mermaid]

Been a long stressful day. Doing some work on my tail to relax. Started sewing sequins on the front

[Morticia Mermaid]

I've got progress to share! :D my grandma bought me my own ring do I don't have to borrow Miyu' s all the time. It has drastically cut the work time. This is all about 3-5 hours of work.
Front
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/17/1cec66537347464876fcc19a7387c427.jpg

And one of the side seams :)
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/17/203ee95333ad9b9e946db27144662b18.jpg

[Mermaid Wesley]

Every time I see these I know I need one in the future! It's gorgeous!!!


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[Morticia Mermaid]

Front and back without the ring :) so excited about how this is turning out

Front
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/19/f02315b6bc63775562bfef5087e7131b.jpg

Backhttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/19/6e3a12e220ce09a5ef9933e8845d90db.jpg

[Morticia Mermaid]

So, found some awesome textured shelf liner that u decided to pick up and use for a dorsal to hide my zipper. Going to wait to cut it until all the sequins are on. I'm going to fringe it. I've got extra that I plan on using to make hip fins and also use a bit in the fluke :)

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/19/a37bca8ecf991f9f00f111649e1666ff.jpg

[Mermaid Galene]

Looks like your build is going really well! I'm excited to see the finished product.

[Morticia Mermaid]

Have more progress to show once I get a chance to post pictures. Was stuck in bed for a couple days after they pulled my tooth, so I had nothing to do but work on my sequin tail (can't do anything high stress). It's amazing how far you can get when you have nothing to do but sit there >.< I'll try to post a picture or 2 tomorrow.

[Mermaid Wesley]

Good job girlie!


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[MermaidBrandie]

This is looking sooooooooooooooooo pretty!!

[Morticia Mermaid]

Whewt! Finally had a chance to get pictures! (got them while I had the camera out to take pictures of an order, lol)

Front- half way to the knees
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Ok, first thing your going to think is something is wrong with this picture. Right? Well, you're right, the fluke is gone. Yep. I went nuts and completely chopped it off. Why? Well, I am deciding to play mad scientist. I have an awesome idea I want to try for a sheer fluke that will make it REALLY unique, and to do that the fluke had to come off :P

Back- half way to the knees
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Super excited to be able to try out my idea for the fluke. I think its going to look AMAZING, and REALLY unique :) For now, its Top Secret

[MermaidBrandie]

Oh oh oh!!! I can't wait!! This looks so good!
That raspberry and green is just beautiful.


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[Morticia Mermaid]

^_^ thanks! This tail is a serious rainbow tail, so many colors. Green, blue, yellow, pink, purple, red, peach. Wish I could get a shot that better shows just how many colors are there xD The pictures I take just don't do it justice

[MermaidBrandie]

Do they ever? Lol


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