Raffle - Custom Full Dragonskin Silicone Tail - $1,500

Alright some progress on the flukes.

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Urg these take so long. But I think it's mainly due to be being a perfectionist and trying to get the flukes uber smooth before actually detailing them. The second fluke is taking quite a while to smooth but so far it's coming out great on the right side, still working on the left a lot. Dunno if you can see.



I FINALLY got around to working on the scales but I don't think it's enough to show any progress yet xD
I'm currently working on em now too : /

I can see a tiny bit. I think it's fantastic how much of a perfectionist you are, then! Much preferred than doing a sloppy job. They look great so far!<3

these are looking beautiful already! :D I cant wait to see the end mold! :D

Yea that's how I thought of it, Emma. Haha

Thanks Mizuko!
Glad people think they're looking good. Sometimes I don't catch my own mistakes

I have one quick question for you Kanti. I see that you're molding the shape of the clay around the monofin itself. However, when you go to pour silicone into your finished mold, the pour will cure flat, thus leaving you without the ridges for the monofin to hide in. Are you planning on laying the monofin in the silicone and the mold as it is curing? Or do you have another method you're going to be using?

Just lie it in there as it's curing so it's a perfect fit.
If not I was just going to cut some out and put some DS and thivex in there to help seal the areas, but I wouldn't want to do that or else I'd be essentially wasting silicone, so probably the first thing.
I already did some tests to make sure the DS cures properly on the rubber.

Coolio. I'd suggest pouring in layers, though (if you hadn't already thought of that) so you don't end up with the monofin drooping all the way through the silicone. :P

Hehe yea forsure!
I'm pretty much doing everything in layers to help prevent bubbles anyhow so I was planning on it xD
I appreciate the advice though! That was generally something I hadn't thought about until I actually had to sculpt the monofin.

Haha, yeah, bubbles suck!
I don't want to sound like a know-it-all with advice, but I know I sure would have liked a bit while I was getting my tail going. XD

No you're not at all!
I'm glad you told me incase~ Two heads are better than one

Bleh livestreaming on the second fluke right now.
Not sure for how long but if you guys wanna check it out it's just some smoothing out

http://www.livestream.com/kantikane

Eh, haha, alright. :P

Alright a small update.
I just almost learned something the hard way xD
You can heat up monstermakers clay in the microwave BUT be careful when you do it. It says to only put it in there for about 2 minutes at a time, but ONLY for a significant amount of clay.
I had a bit of clay in there and put it in for a minute or so and the clay started BOILING xD
It won't EXPLODE or anything if you put it in too long, but if it boils it gets burned and will ruin itself so just something to be careful with.

Just be glad it didn't explode, lol! I sure am. ;P a good tip though...even though I don't have a microwave.

Really? You should get one theyre pretty useful!
If you use it in the oven it's fine too, less likely to boil since it melts so slowly hehe

No microwaves for us...too many bad experiences with them! lol. Plus it makes a good conversation starter when I'm at camp as a volunteer and a younger kid asks for help using one and I have to tell someone else to help them. xD Any progress?

I don't have a microwave, either. I don't have anywhere to put one. Been without for a little over a year now and I've really only missed it once or twice.

Alright check it out I just got a smartphone and i took some pictures of progress on it but like, I cant for the life of my figure out how to get them from the phone to the computer.
Ill have to take a picture with the regular camera.
Sorry progress is slow, I'm smoothing the "outline" of the fluke the raised area I guess? I dunno what it's called, but it takes forever.

Question - do u tape the live-streams and put em on youtube or anything for ppl who miss em? Or perhaps want to watch em again or at a later date? Sux for me cuz I am sleeping from 2-10 on weekdays(work nights) :( So I will always miss ur live-streams sadly

47% !! Awesome people let's try to keep it up xD

@dread - bleh I dont use my livestream too much yet so the schedule is probably going to be redone soon xD
Sorry D: But Im glad youre interested that makes me happy!

Woo! We're getting there.

"TICKET SALES WILL STILL BE UPDATED" :P

How is this raffle going? There don't seem to have been any updates lately.

Kanti said she won't be updating here, the link to the updates are in the first post. Not as convenient but I suppose it will have to do.

just sent payment for 3 more tickets.

Yay!

It's been nearly a year since all of this and nobody still can seem to get a hold of Kanti. =\

I've been sending her links to everyone asking where she is. I've been trying to get my own funds back. But every time I ask, she completely ignores me :/ Starting to get really irritated as I could use that money for when I move in May (roughly $400)

:/ sorry folks.

Wow, bummer :( Well, for those of you looking to get your money back I know you can't go through PayPal as it's been too long. But if you payed through PayPal with a credit card, or with debit or bank transfer- go through your credit card company or through your bank. People in this community and the cosplay community I know have had luck with that. There's some paperwork and waiting involved, but it can work. Good luck!

Someone in my mermaid profile news feed tagged Kanti's Fan Page in a status yesterday (forgot she had one) and she's been posting new sculptures and photos of customer sales in this month. So I guess she really is just ignoring everyone for this raffle? That's just :mad:

I just sent her a message, cause I'm getting seriously frustrated. Asked her 2-3 times since the beginning of December. And every time seems like I'm just being ignored, and it's not like I'm not making it clear what I am asking.

I had contact with her late last year, at which point she was helping me finish my design for my tail. Nothing since then, so I might try posting on her facebook page if I can't get a hold of her otherwise.

Yeah, I'm looking to get money back too. Need my last supplies for my raptor costume by March and $25 doesn't seem like a lot but I sure could use it. Really frustrating--I never thought we'd have these issues with her. =\

So, I'm not trying to throw mud or anything and I know it wont be seen that way since it's ME and Kanti and I had that big blowup last year but...

two of my friends work in cosplay which I don't. They're on forums etc and they sent me some screen shots about Kanti, the comment is highlighted in pink though be aware it's 4chan which I guess is pretty much the ass end of the internet lol :p I find it hard to follow: http://imgur.com/2nMtiZi

Also, one friend pointed out " looking through her shop she has quite a few reviews of non delivered items, items delivered way past their due date, and horrible quality issues." even some of the 5 star reviews point those things out: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KantiKane

I think in our community we are too eager to want more tail makers and free tails. We believe anything. I was curious if anyone remembers if Kanti has actually worn a tail or owned one? Not that that always applied, but if you want to a win a tail from someone I think it's best if they have used one before and maybe made a few.

I had completely forgotten about my $25. I could use it too. I notice she recently updated her tail tutorial on YouTube (a few days ago I think) but that's all the activity I have seen from her in a while - though I know she posts on the Atlantis forum and I have not been on there in so long and I was never really active on there in the first place and only popped in every now and again to check how her tutorial was going. I don't know if she has ever worn or owned a tail before, the only thing she mentioned is that she has never actually made one before.

I had completely forgot about this until now. I had really wanted to enter, but now I'm glad I didn't. I'm so sorry all of you are in this situation. :(

I had around $200 in tickets that I had gotten for my mom, on top of having started making payments to pay for a tail outright. So yeah :/ I'm not happy at all. Specially since I can't even get her to respond to me.

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I had around $200 in tickets that I had gotten for my mom, on top of having started making payments to pay for a tail outright. So yeah :/ I'm not happy at all. Specially since I can't even get her to respond to me.

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That is really awful Morticia, I hope for your sake that this gets sorted soon :(

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Originally Posted by AniaR

So, I'm not trying to throw mud or anything and I know it wont be seen that way since it's ME and Kanti and I had that big blowup last year but...

two of my friends work in cosplay which I don't. They're on forums etc and they sent me some screen shots about Kanti, the comment is highlighted in pink though be aware it's 4chan which I guess is pretty much the ass end of the internet lol :p I find it hard to follow: http://imgur.com/2nMtiZi

Also, one friend pointed out " looking through her shop she has quite a few reviews of non delivered items, items delivered way past their due date, and horrible quality issues." even some of the 5 star reviews point those things out: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KantiKane

I think in our community we are too eager to want more tail makers and free tails. We believe anything. I was curious if anyone remembers if Kanti has actually worn a tail or owned one? Not that that always applied, but if you want to a win a tail from someone I think it's best if they have used one before and maybe made a few.

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I completely understand where you're coming from. I don't feel like I'm much the kind of person to do something like this but with Kanti she was really active on the forum, had gone to a lot of trouble for the tutorial, helped Jazz and others out a lot...she seemed really trustworthy and I was for sure she would pull through. She still may with refunds, but it's disappointing that she hasn't already.