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Ohmygosh amazing! Where are the tails from?Quote:
Originally Posted by kellygracee
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Looking great!
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Leomar they are Mertailer tails but I actually had them repainted and redone by Matt at MerrowFins who's now my company tail maker. :) oh, the Octo top is a merbellas of course and the treasure chest is one of from my costume line.
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And thank you for the kind works very one. Mermaid love [emoji226][emoji177][emoji225]✌️
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Loving the greens!
My first attempt at painting a tail. I chose spandex that was too thin, and quickly developed some holes. The blue and dark blue on the dorsal side are veratex fabric paint. The green on the ventral side is Prismacolor marker, and was not very successful. I'll not be using that for the next trial. The monofin is my Lunocet.
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Still looks pretty!
^^^^ I agree. The design is awesome! The back looks great!
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Thank you both so much! I'm going to get some 2 mm neoprene, and redo it with that. I hope the neoprene will make swimming in the cold So Cal ocean a bit more comfortable.
That'll be NICE.
I made a Little Mermaid tail out of anodized aluminum scales. She's about 8,000 small scales and is only the first of many I plan to create :)
Is it swimmable? Would be so cool if it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Auri
I really don't know yet. It's lighter than a silicone tail, but I haven't had the chance to get her in the water. That would be amazing if it was
Pin a few to your swimsuit and take it for test swims. Then you'll definitely know if its swimmable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Auri
As soon as this Minnesota weather decides its time to be warm, I plan toQuote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
Silicone has about the same density as water, so a 30 pound silicone tail becomes weightless in water.
Aluminum had a density that is 2.7 times that of water. So a 27 pound aluminum tail would weigh 17 pounds in water.
You may find you sink like a rock. Be careful!
Adding something that floats could solve the issue. For example, wear the lower half of a neoprene wet suit under the tail.
THANK YOUQuote:
Originally Posted by Merman Storm
I struggled to find the density of aluminum and I kind of figured it would be more of a "sinking and flailing" motion as apposed to "graceful swimming"
I will certainly give the wet suit idea a try, thank you so much!
Wow! Such a creative idea and I love the look of it, it is so shiny!! Just looking at your fluke, I'm not an expert but you may find that it doesn't have much push because you have cut so much into the middle of the monofin. I think that is where most of the power comes from, but it's still a really cool design and definitely a great land tail!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Auri
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Thank you very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by leomar
The fluke is made out of aluminum as well and not put together nearly well enough for me to want to put it anywhere near water. I think the poor thing would fall apart. There's no monofin at all in it, I just wanted it to look similar to Ariel's fluke shape (which is super weird) and still have a little room to put my feet in it.
THe first pic of my new dragonskin tail and top ;)
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Nice!
Looking good Fenicia, those colours really suit you :)
Thanks Sabrina & Kait :)
Here's a photo of a tail I just finished for my sister's birthday.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...b30bb7faf2.jpg
I reiterate. She is so CUTE.
Wow, I did it, read through all 138 pages of tails.
I made these between 2007-2008 for various parties in SF. They weren't swimable! The flukes are made out of up cycled couch cushions that I carved and made foot pockets in so we could flip them around. Gosh those were fun times! But of course that was before having all the kids, and settling down ;)
The gold tail is a latex fabric, and has a very cute attached top with keyhole stomach and back area, very pinup like. The Mahina monofin isn't sealed in so I can walk in it. I just made this one last month.
I am working up a design for a silicone tail, and can hardly wait for hat to be done so I can post here again :)
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I FINALLY GOT TO TAKE MY GOLDEEN TAIL into the water!
Here is what it looks like!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiX-X0bQSSU
What do you guys think?
I think it is a beautiful tail! It looks very graceful and it has a great amount of movement to it without looking too flowy. :thumbs-up:
Omg it looks awesome! It flows beautifully.
Thank you guys so much!!
Moongazer, your tail is beautiful!
Thank you so much IllynReaver
After 4 years on MerNetwork and checking this thread all the time, I can finally post this <3
Custom Celtic Green tail from Fin Fun!
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...id=36733&stc=1
That color tail looks great on you! Congrats! :clap:
Thank you :) For some reason, the scales are all out of whack in the picture...they look fine in real life!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Alea
Hey Athena,
I am getting a Mahina and would love to create a tail like yours, do you have a temp attachment to the fin? how do you stop it from rolling up your legs? Would love some ideas :)
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Originally Posted by Mermatron Athena
It's pretty tight around my ankles, I made fluke shaped gold net fins, they are hard to see in the photo. They flop over the monofin from either side which pulls it over the edge and stops it from rolling up.
im going to see if I can find a better pic.
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I am really having a bugger of a time with the image resizing!
Thanks, I think i can see it now, has given me some ideas :)
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