Show us your tail designs!

Hey again, sorry I haven't made any new superhero designs, I haven't really been inspired lately. I still have a Flash design I might finish. Maybe. It looks funny. But what I did do was revisit my Blue Beetle II design and redo it to match my Aquarius fin.

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Ta-dah! I made the scarab bit on the bottom follow the lines on the monofin itself, and gave it little eyes. I actually kind of want a real fabric version of this if I can save up the money to bribe someone to make me one. (Blue Merbeetle! Blue Beetlmer? Idk)

Also, if anyone is interested in the base I made for this with the Aquarius shaped fluke, let me know and I'll share that as well.

I love eeet! <3

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I HAVE DESIGNED MY FIRST TAIL! Wooooooo. This is a sketch I threw together of my first thought for my merFanc tail. Don't know what that means, there is a link in my siggy :P

The first tail was a quick sketch of a 'normal' fluke and body shape so I can figure out what I wanted. The second is the back of my tail design with the rounded paddle fluke. It has spikes up the back and the large spikes in black ink are the definite ones, the small spikes in blue are maybes. I'm not sure if I like them or not and would love y'alls opinions! The third is obviously the front...[COLOR=#333333]The colours don't come through great on my scanner so the spikes are all a dark forest green, like the typical cartoon or drawing colour of an alligator. The rest of the tail and the suit itself is a dark brown. I really feel like brown is an under-rated colour in pretty much everything so I try to use it as much as possible. I am debating making the spikes more blue like the fur in [url=[/COLOR]http://www.lindwurm.jp/eldersign/img2/144_afanc_0g1.jpg]this[/urk] picture but I'm not sure :/

Overall I am really happy with my first design attempt. I want to work with the paddle shape a bit more. I like it long but I want it to be more rounded out like a beaver tail. I also messed up the inking on the tail spikes on the third one but the goal is to have a basic shape then all of the spikes come out from it while retaining the roundey-ness.

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SO! What are all-y'all's thoughts? I am not an artist by any means and in fact, i have been terrified to pick up a non-coloured pencil for the last few years so this is a huge step for me >.< So please dear gods don't criticize my actual art work >.> but any ideas on the design itself are mucho appreciated. Would a tail this shape even work <.< Can I cut a monofin to that shape and still get good propulsion?

I like it!
It's different.
How will you be doing the spikes?

As for the fluke shape, my shorter snaketails have this sort of fluke (probably even more narrow).
It's possible to swim in, but you lose propulsion. A lot.
If you can make the beaver-tail likeness a bit more profound, you could fit in a slightly cut Rapid or such and get better propulsion.
I still have not found a way to get really good propulsion with a snaketail :(

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Originally Posted by Echidna

I like it!
It's different.
How will you be doing the spikes?

As for the fluke shape, my shorter snaketails have this sort of fluke (probably even more narrow).
It's possible to swim in, but you lose propulsion. A lot.
If you can make the beaver-tail likeness a bit more profound, you could fit in a slightly cut Rapid or such and get better propulsion.
I still have not found a way to get really good propulsion with a snaketail :(

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I did want to make it rounder and more paddle shaped like in the last of the three sketches. My plan was really to get a monofin first then shape it as I needed to but keeping as much of the original plastic as possible.

As far as how I'm doing th spikes... I dunno my merchanic is at work >.< i was thinking maybe trying to make it a hybrid suit like Keiris' and doing the scale spike things in silicone. But I've never worked with silicone before so o.o

This is one of the designs that I am working on. I'm almost finished with the color rendering and will post it when Its done. It will be in gold tones, hence the name GoldFINger.Attachment 33441

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This is my Kyogre tail

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Originally Posted by Ciriun

Hey again, sorry I haven't made any new superhero designs, I haven't really been inspired lately. I still have a Flash design I might finish. Maybe. It looks funny. But what I did do was revisit my Blue Beetle II design and redo it to match my Aquarius fin.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...t.png~original

Ta-dah! I made the scarab bit on the bottom follow the lines on the monofin itself, and gave it little eyes. I actually kind of want a real fabric version of this if I can save up the money to bribe someone to make me one. (Blue Merbeetle! Blue Beetlmer? Idk)

Also, if anyone is interested in the base I made for this with the Aquarius shaped fluke, let me know and I'll share that as well.

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That totally reminds me of the Blue Beetle!
One Halloween my friend and I dresses up as Booster Gold and Blue Beetle and ran around taking total "Bro" photos, it was so much fun!

For the past few months I have been making different tail designs, trying to find the one I'm in love with for Pearlie to make for me. After many trials and errors, I found it, but I thought I would share the designs that didn't make it. Might show the one I decided on, but I think I might wait until she starts working on it so show everyone. :D

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Ooh I love them!! Did you use a template or did you do them yourself?

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Originally Posted by Mermaid Neri Elvina

Ooh I love them!! Did you use a template or did you do them yourself?

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Only the top one (the blue/white/orange) was template-ed and even then it was only the shape of the legs. The fines we drawn on by me. The rest are completely hand-drawn. :D

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Originally Posted by Naida the Mermaid

Only the top one (the blue/white/orange) was template-ed and even then it was only the shape of the legs. The fines we drawn on by me. The rest are completely hand-drawn. :D

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Wow!! You're really talented!! You could charge for tail design commissions!!

Woah.... I can't draw tails at all :(

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wow these designs are awesome!

Naida the Mermaid your designs are fantastic!! I can't draw to save my life.... :/

I should put these up here too since they are designs after all. lmao.
http://i.imgur.com/GUxQ2ZM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7RYgi7A.jpg

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Originally Posted by Naida the Mermaid

For the past few months I have been making different tail designs, trying to find the one I'm in love with for Pearlie to make for me. After many trials and errors, I found it, but I thought I would share the designs that didn't make it. Might show the one I decided on, but I think I might wait until she starts working on it so show everyone. :D

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OMG that green, silver and black one are the colors I just ordered from Syren studios...the way you did it makes it look so gorgeous, and for some reason I'm at ease that the colors I chose will look gorgeous together! PERFECT

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I should put these up here too since they are designs after all. lmao.
http://i.imgur.com/GUxQ2ZM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7RYgi7A.jpg

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You're so talented!! :D

So here is My baby that I'll be getting from Syren Studios, Méchant Laveau. The Wicked Merman of the West is coming!!!
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Oh wow!!!

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Originally Posted by Ashton

That totally reminds me of the Blue Beetle!
One Halloween my friend and I dresses up as Booster Gold and Blue Beetle and ran around taking total "Bro" photos, it was so much fun!

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:hail: Any chance I can talk you into sharing pics over on the cosplay thread? If I had the body/confidence for it I would have a Blue Beetle costume, but for now original old school Flash is the only superhero I've felt comfortable dressing as.


Aaand all of the other recently posted tail designs completely blow mine out of the water. :lol: Some of you people have too much talent, I swear.