materials for fringing on tails...?

[jazzy]

i am currently in the process of making a neoprene and latex tail and i was just wondering if anyone has any ideas about materials for the fringing on the fluke and dorsal. would also be interesting to find out what mermaids like hannah (see picture:)) use for their fringing. thankyou :)xx 11572

[halesloveswhales]

Vinyl floor matting or shelf liner is what Hannah uses. Check out this thread
http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?443-Hannah-Fraser-s-Tails&highlight=tail+fringe
or this thread
http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?3117-Yet-another-place-to-buy-vinyl-shelf-liner&highlight=vinyl+floor+matting
Also, if you visit the tail-making section, there are a lot of cool tips. I'd suggest finding the answers there before starting a new thread. Good luck on your tail!

[Ilyena]

I used fringing from the craft store that is used on clothing and such, though I recommend the shorter looped kind as the long single strand (where it get cut off and started again) frays really easily after swimming as mine did, I'll put some pictures in my folder later to show what I mean as I suck at explaining.

[jazzy]

Thank you so much for the help :) probably should have searched abut before asking since there are loads of threads :L and yeah I'd love to see the photos of your tail thanks :)

[jazzy]

Thank you so much!

[Ilyena]

^_^, I added a few pictures into an album on here.