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Just took my finished tail on a roadtrip to Texas! It was so fun. :)
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I need to smile more. :p

you look great and you did great on your tail treasure. everyone has really. I love going through this thread

Thank you! I know, I love looking through this thread too. It's so inspiring to see that yes, we do finish/finally get these huuuuuge time consuming tails! Haha!

Thanks mermaid Danielle! I love the way the green looks in the water :) and little treasure those are some awesome shots I love your tail!!

Orca who made your tail?

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wheee~~~

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I suppose I should add my tails here huh. ;)

Here's my steampunk tail...
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Everything was handmade, even the insides, the rivets and cogs with the exception of the store bought corset, the goggles and the necklace. It's made of micro-suede and a leather type fabric. All hand stitched and my fingers were killing me by the end of it! I'm sure I could swim in it but for obvious reasons, because of the material, I wouldn't chance it.

And here's my modified hoop skirt tail...
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...3&d=1371226846
I wanted a tail that I could walk around in since I attend many conventions and events in the New England area and sometimes being immobile isn't an option. I also wanted to be able to change tops around to make different mermaid looks. For instance, purple shell top with red hair....Ariel. This actually got started because people were pestering me to dress up as Ariel. Anyways if I wanted, say a pirate look, I could easily throw on some pirate gear from the waist up plus a hat and I could be a Pirate Mermaid. You get the picture. ;)

Ok so that's it for now. I am working on a few others but nothing really pic worthy just yet.

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That truly is the single most bad-ass tail I have ever seen. Great work!

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Orca who made your tail?

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Little_Orca? She made her own! :-D She has a thread about it. I can't link because I'm on my mobile. It's called her "lantern tail"

She had her maiden voyage about 2 nights ago. No one at the Y had ever HEARD of mermaiding and pretty much the whole staff hovered around the pool as my mertender Mermaid Serena helped me get in my tail, and I got in the pool. I had major issues with getting air trapped in my monofin though, since the Rapid is apparently big on me. How do I adjust the straps on my monofin?

At any rate, I made this kid lifeguard's worknight :D

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She had her maiden voyage about 2 nights ago. No one at the Y had ever HEARD of mermaiding and pretty much the whole staff hovered around the pool as my mertender Mermaid Serena helped me get in my tail, and I got in the pool. I had major issues with getting air trapped in my monofin though, since the Rapid is apparently big on me. How do I adjust the straps on my monofin?

At any rate, I made this kid lifeguard's worknight :D

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They let you swim at the YMCA?!?

Yep. They didn't even know what mermaiding was, or that people wear mermaid tails outside of movies. They were fascinated more than anything else.

Varsh that tail looks awesome. I wasn't sold when the paint was wet and neon-y, but it looks fantastic.

Oh, you mean before it was finished? Lol

Lol yup. I'm an evil genius sometimes.

It all depends on the Y, some are insanely strict and others are more lax. Glad yours let you swim! :D

Oooooh cute lifeguard!! and AWESOME TAIL!

I KNOW, isn't he just darling? He was cheesing big time too. He shyly asked another staff member to ask me if I'd take a photo with him.

On the count of three, 1....2.....AWWWWWWWW!

Awwww! What a sweet guy..... hey i wonder if that would work, use my mermaid tail to attract cute guys hahaha! I'd be a modern-day siren, without drowning sailors to their deaths obviously...

I dare say if I were 10 years younger....

This is one of the first tails I made myself:
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I wanted a pure, pristine white look, which is actually my favourite colour.
The fluke is very diaphanous and slightly frilly, which sadly doesn't come out well on the pic
(it's the same material as the frilly stuff on the top).

The fluke can be taken off; the tail has a long tip hidden under the footpocket, and is actually one of my snake tails :)

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I wanted a pure, pristine white look, which is actually my favourite colour.
The fluke is very diaphanous and slightly frilly, which sadly doesn't come out well on the pic
(it's the same material as the frilly stuff on the top).

The fluke can be taken off; the tail has a long tip hidden under the footpocket, and is actually one of my snake tails :)

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Wow Caltuna, this is a lovely tail! What did you use for your flukes? How did you make it to remove the flukes, so that the portion of your tail that covers your feet doesn't let go? I would like to figure out a process, so I only need the one monofin/flukes, and use different skins. I love your idea!

Thanks for what ever you can share!

(((Hugz))) & Bubble https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/e/B0C'z
Mermaid Marla

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What did you use for your flukes? How did you make it to remove the flukes, so that the portion of your tail that covers your feet doesn't let go?

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I use a clear/see-through monofin made from polypropylene.
The fluke part is completely separate and fastened with many (diaphanous) press-buttons :p
Same goes for the end of the tail which covers the footpocket.

It's actually a lot more work to make the fluke separate, but I couldn't resist having both a white mertail, and snaketail.
I did the same with my green tails.
Have still to paint those a bit though, they look a tad plain otherwise.

I love how the blue of your tail almost matches your dolphin!

OK! So my first tail is complete! :) It's not perfect by any means, but it works and I love it. I know SO MUCH from making this first prototype it isn't even funny. I'm going to (almost) immediately start on my next one. I have so many new ideas.

It's partial silicone and spandex in Appx 1/2 inch thick layers ( I tried more, but you had problems seeing the print of the spandex underneath. The effect was achieved, although I probably wont go with a printed spandex next time, I'll just paint it myself.
The monofin is completely home-made as well with fiberglass and rubber swim-shoes ( which are murder to get on lol)

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...psf8a8634d.jpg
This is the Front. the cute little fins are filled with poly-fil so they try to float when I'm swimming giving them a natural movement.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...psec441ff0.jpg

This is the Back. There is a zipper somewhere in all those fins.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...psd8cd0158.jpg

Close up of the scales. I individually painted each larger scale by hand. Took forever.


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In action! :) I'm waiting on my waterproof camera to come in so I can take a decent underwater video. Here is some normal video just to see how it moves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nB-FnzLZVE

Beautiful!!

Holy Carp! The scales look fintastic!
Incredibly awesome tail.

From glancing at it alone I can tell it was a helluva lot of work.

Glimmer Betta: That is an awesome tail! I especially like the little side-fins :)

Hi everyone! New to the forums and just got my Merberry tail on July 1st. I'm in love with it. Pic is in my signature. Hope you all like it :)

@Erica I love the colors! Is that Latex?
@Caltuna Omg.. you don't even know. It needs a lot of overhauling too... probably because I had no idea what I was doing at all. I don't know if I'll keep it, or start a new one. This is an expensive hobby lol. I don't know if my next one will be a partial or a full silicone yet... I have ideas for both, but not exactly space lol.
@Moonlight Thank you! :3 It was my gramma's idea heehee.

Yay my tails has come so far! I love it right now!!!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/30/ajyquza4.jpg
Just took it to the river for a quick photo/video shoot. I was do happy to finally be back in the water!
I work too much :(
*runs happily away to edit more photos and videos*

Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

It is latex. But, Merberry is making me a silicone one in the near future. :)

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Yay my tails has come so far! I love it right now!!!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/30/ajyquza4.jpg
Just took it to the river for a quick photo/video shoot. I was do happy to finally be back in the water!
I work too much :(
*runs happily away to edit more photos and videos*

Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

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Love how the tail looks, especially all the glimering parts from the scales :D

Glimmer Betta, that looks wonderful! I was going to ask if anyone has done a hybrid tail, layering silicone over fabric. It looks awesome! Congrats!

I have two good tails right now, both spandex with finis Rapid monofins. A red one that I made myself and painted, and a blue Angel tail from Aquatails.com


http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2bbf69a3.jpg



http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...psef342ed8.jpg

Turns out, I'm not a very good artist, it was supposed to look more or less like a Rainbow Trout, though....ugh....kinda failed XD


http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...psc078f8f4.jpg



http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...psa06ee237.jpg

This is the blue tail that I reviewed on the Aquatails thread :D

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I have two good tails right now, both spandex with finis Rapid monofins. A red one that I made myself and painted...

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2bbf69a3.jpg

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/...psef342ed8.jpg

Turns out, I'm not a very good artist, it was supposed to look more or less like a Rainbow Trout, though....ugh....kinda failed XD

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I can totally see the rainbow trout patterning. I think it's great!
Love painted tails!


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Gorgeous tails so far!

:jawdrop: :thumbs up:

I have a new tail to share:

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...6&d=1376298571

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...7&d=1376298586

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...8&d=1376298596


Here's a video of me swimming in it:
http://youtu.be/VVPybMoPxWc

This tail was made by Anita Mermaid. :mermaid kiss: :yay:

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Glimmer Betta, that looks wonderful! I was going to ask if anyone has done a hybrid tail, layering silicone over fabric. It looks awesome! Congrats!

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Thanks! :) The next time I'm definitely going to use more silicone. If you want any more info then just message me! I'll be happy to help out.

All the tails are simply stunning!

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It is latex. But, Merberry is making me a silicone one in the near future. :)

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Not only am I jealous of your tail, I'm jealous of your BATHTUB!

GUYS GUYS GUYS !!! :D

After one week of chatting back and forth with e-mails, my blue tail from Magictail is going to be shipped today and i shall get it on Friday!!!

SO EXCITED ! I will make pictures for you all, i'm soooo looking forward ! :highfive:

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