OMG ITS BEAUTIFUL! And I agree, the fluke fits the color scheme perfectly!
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OMG ITS BEAUTIFUL! And I agree, the fluke fits the color scheme perfectly!
That tail is just stunning, Poly. So jelly you got the she-creature fluke. I want that for my next tail. The peacock inspired colors are just perfect. If you don't mind me asking, how much was the upgrade cost?
It really is Gorgeous! Congrats! Can't wait to see you swim in it!!!
I am looking into getting a bag for my momofin. Can someone tell me about the width of a merbella fluke? The general shaped one. I assume it's close to a competitor monofin, so would it be about 29 inches wide?
And the peacock tail is lovely! <3!!
Edit: Nevermind, I found them. Ug, I think it will be too wide for the bag I was looking into. Seems I may need to sew my own.
Something that you may find you can fit your tail into bag wise are bicycle bags. If it's for carrying purposes they probably won't work but if you just wanted to put it in a bag for travel then I've found some very large bicycle bags will fit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Orca
I had wanted to get one for carrying it around; to help hide it from the fact that I was carrying around a mermaid tail especially in instances where I don't want my tail seen before hand. Making a padded bag myself should not be too hard.
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Funny you should mention this. Mermaid Ginger just posted about this today. She just bought a new tail bag. It comes in three colors; red, black or blue, and for $37 it looks well-worth the price. Here's the link to the bag she got, since finding it manually on the site is kind of a pain: http://waterwayfins.com/index.php?pa...emart&Itemid=4 I asked her about it on fb and she said she likes it. It also fits her Loreena Finfolk fluke, which is pretty big, so I imagine it'd easily fit a Merbella fluke as well. I was thinking about getting one of these bags for myself. Hope this helps :)
That is the bag I was looking into getting. She said it fit a finfolk, but I looked at the dimensions of the bag and compared it to the Merbella tails and the fluke on Merbella just wont fit in it.
Bag is up to 30 inches, Merbella flukes are about 32 inches.
This is hilarious! I just saw her instagram picture and then researched the bag because I didn't find much on Mernetwork. I may be buying this bag as well. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Merley
32 wide or long? If it's long, you could just fold the fluke tips while you're transporting the tail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Orca
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Hmm, I have a tail bag I got from Mermaidsrus back when I bought my first tail. It looks pretty small (also didn't come with any fancy stitching or my name on it), but it fits my tail if I tuck the ends inside. I wish I had a picture for you, but I'm off-island and my tail is on island. The picture on the site doesn't show any visible tail, but I imagine that's because their tails are thinner, not really silicone, and have small 'monofins' in them. You could try buying from them. Though I wouldn't give them any money purely out of protest of shoddy work and a bad experience with them. I know you said you didn't want anyone to see the tail, and you can definitely see the top of mine in that bag, but maybe a little visibility is worth not killing your arms. Since it does fit and it makes carrying a tail around so much easier. Other than the one I just posted, your options for tail bags are pretty limited. Unfortunately.
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Yeah, I actually think I've seen this bag before she posted it, but it got lost in the ether of posts on here. I'm glad someone bought it so we can get an accurate idea of whether it'd work and is worth the money. From what I've seen, I'd say yes. I'd also chance buying it. i really think it'd fit a Merbella tail. Finfolk also uses competitors in their tails and if it fits that oversized fluke, it should surely fit mine. Like you said, just tuck the fluke ends. That's what I do now and it works great. But I'd love a nicer looking, more durable bag. That one closes all the way and has a good sized pocket for other stuff. Maybe a top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maethor
Dang. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Orca
If it works, let us know. it will be a big help to have to not to make a tail bag myself with all the other things I have to make. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Merley
For sure. I just need to get back to work so I can splurge on mer-things. I'll let you know when I acquire one. I know many of us have been waiting a long time for a good tail bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Orca
Yeah, I'd defiantly practice in a spandex or fabric tail first. Don't rely on just your knees to kick, use your abs, ;) plus, it looks really awkward to just use your knees to swim instead of your whole body, (trust me, that was a habit for me until i saw a video of myself :lol:.(I know someone already said this) Hope that helped.
...Just noticed the 302 other pages ._. If that problem was already solved, sorry I responded. :)
After so many pages, a little reminder never hurts, Pearlsey (also, your avy pic is a beautiful shot)! :mermaid kiss:
polyhymnia, I am so happy for you regarding your tail; it's edged gold burns well into the bronze of the main tail, and makes that electric blue burn brightly like abyssal stars! :mermaid kiss:
Sweet Mer-Michelle, I always adore your way with words. For everyone having the bag debate I have one of the waterways bags pictured for my custom monofin which is roughly the size of a Finnis Competitor (actually a bit larger) and it's awesome except for the zippers corroding easily if it gets anywhere near salt water so make sure you keep the zipper clean and well lubricated. My monofin fits with some tiny bit of room to spare. As soon as my tail arrives I will let you know if the merbellas fluke fits into it or not. Since the she-creature is supposed to be her largest fluke, if it fits all the other Merbellas fluke shapes should also fit the bag.
Awesome... Oh! And a request on your video:Quote:
Originally Posted by polyhymnia113
Lay on your belly, facing the camera, lift your fluke, and shake it and make some peacock sounds. XD I am just teasing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDvFdj-pFMc
Lmao. Not sure I can get quite as hauntingly shrill as a peacock but I promise some kind of squeal is likely in the unboxing vid.
VICTORY! \o/Quote:
Originally Posted by polyhymnia113
it's all in the neck
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omg guys >.< if i wasn't at school, I'd be ROFL-ing right now XD
Why do all the exited posts happen over night @ my time?
Why do all the exited posts happen over night @ my time? Lol By the way Vicky mermaid got her tail aswel! :) I hope she posts more pictures over here! ^^
I love seeing other peacock inspired tails💕 that's what my tail was inspired by and to see other people's takes on it is awesome!
Oh I hope Vicky posts pics too! Dying to see how her tail turned out!!!
Here is a link to the peacock calls you should make: http://bamboopeacock.com/Peafowl_Sound_Clips.html
I love how you all are being inspired by peacocks!:yay: I am definitely inspired by my peacocks they have such neat looking feathers that shine differently depending on the lighting. If I ever got to the point where I could get or make a silicone tail mine would probably be peacock inspired as well, and I could only hope it would turn out as beautiful as all the other peacock inspired tails!
play them all at the same time, it's chaotic!!
Bahaha. I played them all and then did a little practice squak. My boyfriend just stared at me like I was insane.
Mermaid Hyli just posted a picture of her tail in a waterway bag and she has a Merbella's Angler fluke!
I knew it'd fit! Can you post the pic? I just looked on her page and didn't see it anywhere. I'd like to see how it fits inside the bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maethor
It's on her Instagram: https://instagram.com/mermaidhyli/
Awesome news! Don't have to buy a new bag now!!
Are these ones less wide than the typical merbella fluke though? Is a competitor in your tail? If so, I am ordering one now.:P I just did not want to get stuck with a bag my tail would not fit into.
Ah!!!!!!! Now I am in a moment of crisisisisisisis. I am running in circles and wondering if I want to change my fluke shape. My tail has not been started yet, and even my colors are not 100% final (I am giving Raven a little room to choose some things) but... Ahhhhh!!!!!
Hyli's has a competitor but the angler is significantly smaller than the Merbella fluke. :/
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Originally Posted by MerEmma
Yeah, that is what I am concerned about. Ug, I also want the big fluke for myself to balance out my big butt, but the angler is so pretty... Just have to tell myself it wont work on my tail. *repeats mantra*