Merdivas new Dragon fluke being developed

[Mermaid Oshun]

Sneak peak of new Merdivas Dragon Fluke.
Will be enhanced a lot before release
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A more avant garde fluke.
This magical work of art was commissioned by a customer who DREW this herself.Her drawing is replicated here in 3D sculpture. Needed to be made wider than her drawing at the top in order to accommodate a monofin.

[WillowAnne]

ohhhhhhhhh wow.

I think I need this in my life.

[Seatan]

Wow! That is awesome! It reminds me of a blowfish, strangely enough! I like!!!!

[PearlieMae]

Oooh! Impressive!

[Azurin Luna]

Looks very nice, I wonder how it will look when it's finished

[Echidna]

Interesting design, will stand out among more conventional flukes.

[Mermaid Oshun]

thanks Caltuna. That above is a design someone drew and asked me to create. It is very different indeed!
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New Giant front fins.It is a matching pair. Each fin is a whopping 27.5x13"
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closeup details
Very organic and "natural". Doesn't it just seem like a slippery sea creature created by nature?

[Mermaid Oshun]

and of course here is the more flowy, feminine, elegant Merdivas Basic fluke
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[jazz2453]

Very different! I likeyyyy!

[Echidna]

Both look very organic.
Someone not liking aquatic life might be freaked out xD

Can't wait to see them together with their respective tails!

[Winged Mermaid]

Loving your fluke designs! Very unique :)

[mermaidsoph]

how much do you sell your tails for? I've been looking for a good tailmaker for a while that can fit my budget and I am a HUGE fan of your work :)

[Mermaid Oshun]

These are $700.00 plus shipping and also add the cost of a monofin Mermaid Soph. I use 100% Dragonskin silicone and natural pigments. The tails are full silicone and reinforced with a ultra thin layer of power mesh to make them strong. My specialty is a holographic finish and jewels galore to bring out the Goddess (Diva in Italian)in you

[Echidna]

I'd totally blow all my money on a white Merdiva tail with shimmery glitter if I had any ;)
The fluke wouldn't even need paint to be perfect.

[mermaidsoph]

how much are the monofins?

[Mermaid Oshun]

Gosh there are so many commercial monofins that you can choose from these days.You might look at the Hydra, Finis Trainer, Finis Competitor. Try to stay away from those that are too thick as it would be harder to sandwich everything together and produce unattractive results imo. I would need parental consent for a minor.

[Kunoichi Ribeiro]

Wow! I loved this new fluke! Please let us know when be ready! :eyebrows:

[Merman Arion]

Necro post again...

:nocomment:

[PearlieMae]

Kunoichi, this post is a year old. Merdivas is out of business.

[maressa]

Looked into this a bit, but can't find the info... can anyone tell me why they went out of business?

[Mermaid Kassandra]

Just one year ago on the Merdivas Facebook page she wrote that this would have been a personal interest and no longer a business

[Echidna]

Looked into this a bit, but can't find the info... can anyone tell me why they went out of business?

Not entirely sure, because at some point, there was some drama which caused Mermaid Oshun to stop posting on MN,
but I believe the business had run into dire financial and other problems and as a result, stopped being a business.

It's quite sad. because the Merdiva stuff looked very beautiful and promising.

[maressa]

Not entirely sure, because at some point, there was some drama which caused Mermaid Oshun to stop posting on MN,
but I believe the business had run into dire financial and other problems and as a result, stopped being a business.

It's quite sad. because the Merdiva stuff looked very beautiful and promising. That is a bummer. Maybe she just didn't realize what a huge commitment financially and time-wise tailmaking is? And with the prices she was posting she would have gotten FLOODED with orders pretty much immediately.

[Echidna]

I know she had several orders, many ideas and not the time and money for everything.
It could also be she discovered mermaiding + tailmaking were "just a phase", so to speak.

There are many mers and tailmakers who have vanished from the site since I joined.
One can love and enjoy water without a tail too, after all.

[PearlieMae]

Unless she comes back and tells us herself, or you talk to her directly, everything else is speculation.