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So I had to cut my tail a bit earlier yesterday to be able to use it again.

Long story short, I broke a bone in the middle of my left foot so it's made my foot weaker and since I don't have the finances to fix it. .. my left foot will remain forever broken. I rarely used my tail after that but I've been dying to use it. So I tried earlier this week and realized that I'm not 100% capable anymore. So it was either sit and stare at my 4.6 k tail that'll probably never be reproduced again or find a way through it to be able to use it regularly again. So I told Finfolk I was going to hack up their creation. Just kidding lol, I was making only adjustments to be able to use it as often as I wanted to again.

So I present to you: a skinnier version of my tail! It lost a few pounds of weight and shortened itself up. I kind of regret not leaving it longer but piece by tiny piece, I realized that most of the weight came from the silicone after the monofin.
I made the sides super flowy instead of leaving it hard because with only one foot strong enough, I felt like I was swimming lopsided. And it displaced a lot of water so it was harder on me in general so I hope this helps with it's fluke movement by having it thinned out and flowy. The body of the fluke is stiff because there's not much more hanging edges but the sides should be super flowy to make up for it. Going to test it out in a few days to compare swimming movements.

Let me know what you guys think!

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The original
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Wow, I didn't see a difference at first (meaning it doesn't look chopped)
but it looks even more fishy now I think. :)
I hope you'll be able to use it!

Hey you gotta do what you gotta do, if it makes it easier to use good :) it looks good as well, cant even tell really.

I like it. It works with your fin shape :)


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That tail is beautiful

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I don't see much of a difference. The tail blows my mind by how cool it is. Sorry to hear you broke a bone in your foot.

I would have to go back to see the before images, but it's gorgeous anyway, so I don't need to!

Is there anything you can do to strengthen your foot to compensate? (I've permanently damaged my left ankle and knee and would easily swim in circles if I don't constantly and consciously try and correct it...as a result, my left thigh and butt cheek seem bigger to me!)

Thank you everyone. Pearlie, no. It's the second/third toe from the pinkie toe on the left foot that snapped. Unless I go in for surgery which I don't have the priorpriority or money for, they can't fix it. At this point it's permanently collapsed. I don't think the shape of my foot helps either because I have duck feet and a collapsed arch. It hurt the second to last time I tried to swim and I was also swimming funny too. It doesn't hurt anymore but I don't want to risk straining anything else so much because like in Finding Nemo, I now have a special fin lol.

Oh my. I'm very sorry about your accident (I guess Obamacare hasn't helped as much as we here in Canada had hoped)! Still, I must say that you resized your tail so expertly that it is quite difficult to tell the difference between it now and that which it once was save that the uniform colour now makes it more realistic! :mermaid kiss:

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Oh my. I'm very sorry about your accident (I guess Obamacare hasn't helped as much as we here in Canada had hoped)! Still, I must say that you resized your tail so expertly that it is quite difficult to tell the difference between it now and that which it once was save that the uniform colour now makes it more realistic! :mermaid kiss:

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The fun thing about obamacare is that if you're in a conservative state, your state an opt out. Meaning it's still very expensive and some other stuff. And if you don't have a decent paying job, it's still hard to afford, what with payments and copays.


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My gold muilcolor tail
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Honestly, I like the shape of your cut version better!

You look so cute there with your elbows on the pool bottom, Kumori! :mermaid kiss:

I just got back from a weekend trip to Vortex Springs. I had so much fun! So far it was the most fun time I have had in my tail yet! A lot of little kids thought I was a real mermaid and one little girl touched my fluke. Equal amounts of boys and girls said they wanted a tail too. Last night when it was starting to get dark I took the preacher's little daughter with me because she wanted to swim with me while I was wearing my tail. When we went to the dock there was a crowd of people already on the dock trying to look for a big fish someone saw while paddle boarding. When I got in the water with my tail they were curious about how fast I could swim and they told me to show them how fast I could go, so I swam off as fast as I could and while it didn't feel fast to me they said I was pretty fast. The preacher's daughter now wants a mermaid tail and I will have to look into a good monofin for her. I don't know if I she should get a fin fun monofin or what but that is what I am about to research. Anyways the water was super cold but totally worth it. I had so much fun swimming down to the fish and swimming in a school of brim. My pictures are not that great. I think my boyfriend isn't very thrilled to take mermaid photos for me. He didn't really tell me when he was taking pictures or give me many instructions when I asked him to. *Sigh* I might need to find a new photographer. So yeah I am not smiling in the photos because I didn't know what was going on.
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...5&d=1436748952

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...6&d=1436748963

My expressions are pretty stupid, but I had lots of fun. This was my first time in a spring!
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I brought a throw away underwater camera too, but it is an old camera. I hope the photos we took with it will still be good. I had the girls I was with take the underwater shots and not my boyfriend. I love mermaiding this trip really made me love it so so so much more! Everyone was friendly and the water was just so beautiful. It is bittersweet being back home.

I still say you look lovely and very mermaidlike in the spring; I can see why everyone was so impressed. I'm also very happy for the preacher's daughter and hope she gets a wonderful tail; thank you for mentioning her! :mermaid kiss:

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I just got back from a weekend trip to Vortex Springs. I had so much fun! So far it was the most fun time I have had in my tail yet! A lot of little kids thought I was a real mermaid and one little girl touched my fluke. Equal amounts of boys and girls said they wanted a tail too. Last night when it was starting to get dark I took the preacher's little daughter with me because she wanted to swim with me while I was wearing my tail. When we went to the dock there was a crowd of people already on the dock trying to look for a big fish someone saw while paddle boarding. When I got in the water with my tail they were curious about how fast I could swim and they told me to show them how fast I could go, so I swam off as fast as I could and while it didn't feel fast to me they said I was pretty fast. The preacher's daughter now wants a mermaid tail and I will have to look into a good monofin for her. I don't know if I she should get a fin fun monofin or what but that is what I am about to research. Anyways the water was super cold but totally worth it. I had so much fun swimming down to the fish and swimming in a school of brim. My pictures are not that great. I think my boyfriend isn't very thrilled to take mermaid photos for me. He didn't really tell me when he was taking pictures or give me many instructions when I asked him to. *Sigh* I might need to find a new photographer. So yeah I am not smiling in the photos because I didn't know what was going on.
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...5&d=1436748952

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...6&d=1436748963

My expressions are pretty stupid, but I had lots of fun. This was my first time in a spring!
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...7&d=1436748970

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...8&d=1436748976

I brought a throw away underwater camera too, but it is an old camera. I hope the photos we took with it will still be good. I had the girls I was with take the underwater shots and not my boyfriend. I love mermaiding this trip really made me love it so so so much more! Everyone was friendly and the water was just so beautiful. It is bittersweet being back home.

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I love your swim top! It looks very conservative, what brand and where?

Thanks mermaids!

Mermaid Jaffa - Actually it is a sports bra believe it or not! I have always felt un-comfortable wearing swim tops because I always feel like they are going to fall off of me especially when swimming fast or jumping off of the diving board, etc. It would not be un-common for me to be seen fidgeting with my top making sure it was on securely. With the sports bra I don't get worried about it coming off and I certainly don't fidget with it. The brand of sports bra I am wearing in the photos is danskin and I got it at Wal-Mart.

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Thanks mermaids!

Mermaid Jaffa - Actually it is a sports bra believe it or not! I have always felt un-comfortable wearing swim tops because I always feel like they are going to fall off of me especially when swimming fast or jumping off of the diving board, etc. It would not be un-common for me to be seen fidgeting with my top making sure it was on securely. With the sports bra I don't get worried about it coming off and I certainly don't fidget with it. The brand of sports bra I am wearing in the photos is danskin and I got it at Wal-Mart.

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Oh I have sports bras too but I never thought of wearing it just like that without some kind of fabric over it!

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Oh I have sports bras too but I never thought of wearing it just like that without some kind of fabric over it!

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I have a couple sports bra that I feel comfortable swimming in because they have a slight padding.
Also my favorite bathing suit right now resembles a sports bra cut and is from Old Navy. It's super comfortable, conservative, and cute!

Yea, I have the same cleavage as I did when I was a teen... And what with swimming, fish hopping, no flimsy bikinis going to stay on! And I rather have something I put on and not worry about things falling out unexpectedly.

I hardly have any boobs but my tops always gap when I bend or twist. I'm not a fan of that. The sports bra style top is really convenient!

I might have to get a sports bra... I don't want another wardrobe malfunction in the pool :D

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I hardly have any boobs but my tops always gap when I bend or twist. I'm not a fan of that. The sports bra style top is really convenient!

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Same here.

The only thing I will warn about though is even when jumping off of things in a sports bra - like for instance when I jumped off of a high swing into the water and a few instances when I went down a large slide that sent you flying out into the water - the impact made my top come up a little under water so I quickly pulled it down before I surfaced. :$ Perhaps if I had worn my tighter fitting sports bra that wouldn't have happened. I am sure a good way to avoid that problem is wearing a once piece, but I don't like wearing one pieces. Still, there are not nearly as many issues when wearing a sports bra then there are when wearing a regular swim top and you don't have to worry about those annoying straps coming un-tied or needing to be re-tightened.

This is my first and only tail and I tried it for the first time a week ago! I like it so much! <3 :D
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That's the same as mine!! http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...7c9ff365d3.jpg

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Oh Neri Elvina, nice! :D

Ooh that's my favorite Fin Fun Mermaidens tail!

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The final cut version underwater. I sliced it up a bit more.

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A refined dragon. It reminds me of some tiny fishes with REALLY sharp spikes

Wow!!! Gorgeous

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This is my first and only tail and I tried it for the first time a week ago! I like it so much! <3 :D

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Awesome! :D

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The final cut version underwater. I sliced it up a bit more.

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Gorgeous!!! I love red tails, they're so striking.

ok, sorry for the lousy camera, this is the camera on my laptop and I didn't get home to unbox my tail till almost midnight. But anyway, here's my tail unboxing.

https://youtu.be/433jyp6gsVE

Love your tail :)

Chaemy and Neri Elvina, it's cool to see the same tail from different angles. You both look great in them.

Meilyn, that's a real intriguing design!

Chris, I love those floppy, little pectoral fins.

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Very cool tail!

Aw thanks Lucinda

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The final cut version underwater. I sliced it up a bit more.

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You did a beautiful job modifying an already beautiful tail and making it even more striking.

I don't know where else to post this, but I just ordered my first mono fin! I'm so excited! I got a foil. Hopefully soon I'll be posting pics of a fabric tail :)

Wow Meilyn, it truly looks a real fish tail!

Chris Edwards, nice tail, love the shape of the scales