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MerMade Studios
10-04-2014, 04:25 PM
So we finally got around to getting a video together of our first tail.
After a lot of discussion within the MerCommunity (thanks to everyone who participated), we decided to go ahead with the origional fluke name: Isis

The first tail by MerMade Studios!
So, here it is in it's first swim!
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The top is also a custom piece we did, but it is pretty hard to see in the water.
More photos of it in the works.



And if you want to check it out in action, you can see the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZA8Mv1j74o

A few notes:
For this tail, we mixed the color into the silicone and then hand poured/painted with the silicone to get the patterns.
In addition to the channels in the fluke for water draining, we tucked a set of channels into the body of the tail for better venting.
Instead of a full scale sheet, we went with smaller panels to try something new...and it gives the tail a more articulated look.
There is a set of front hip fins that were added after this footage was shot.

Here is the full description:
Full silicone
Fully embeded color (mixed into the silicone)
Articulated scale panels in the Shell design
Adipose fins with water venting system (the ones under my glutes), hip fins, heel fins, heel vents, Isis fluke design, and fluke venting...
design in tribute to the whale and dolphin plight

So yeah. :) Yay first tail done, second tail starting in the next few days here!!!

What do you guys think?

Miyu
10-04-2014, 05:18 PM
WOWZA!!! :jawdrop:

I'd love some still photos! That video is beautiful! I think the articulated scale panels could be pretty amazing, I'm anxiously awaiting detail shots out-of-water!!!

Mermaid Galene
10-04-2014, 05:35 PM
Meko, I love, love, love this - the tail, the top, the whole package! We gotta go swimming together so I can see this in merson!

PearlieMae
10-04-2014, 05:39 PM
Can you enable the video for mobile?

MerMade Studios
10-04-2014, 05:42 PM
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That's the only other photo I have at the moment Miyu, but I will get some taken and posted by tomorrow afternoon. :)
I will make sure to show the panels, fins, fluke, and vents all in their own shots so they are way easier to see. :)

Galene! Thanks! :) You can kinda see the top more in this photo...(and yes it has shoulder pauldrons....i'm a dork)...lol.
There are bracers too (not pictured), the whole outfit has a mermaid warrior kind of look. I will try to capture that in the photos tomorrow. :)
And YES! I am thinking of coming up to Duluth for a weekend, how close to Duluth are you?

MerMade Studios
10-04-2014, 05:47 PM
Pearlie ~ umm, so while i love silicone in mermaid form...computers are not my forte....lol

I think I got it figured out now, give it a try!

Genevieve
10-04-2014, 07:52 PM
The pattern on the fluke and side fins remind me of nudibranch!

Mermaid Adriel
10-06-2014, 09:26 AM
I'm speachless... :swoon: