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    My sequin tail or my fabric tail?
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    So I found this girl who has been painting on fabric tails and hand painting each scale https://youtu.be/PBiz33XcDlE


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    She makes a series called the Mermaid school https://youtu.be/1WOu3q9NYKQ


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    These are a couple pictures of my sequin tail. I have a lot more photos of it on my Instagram: Tybee_Mermaid
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    The ''mermaid fabric'' is awesome! Take my tail for example;
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    Quote Originally Posted by TybeeMermaid View Post
    Sequin tails are super high maintenance and super expensive. If you're going to make one, I recommend actually sewing the sequins on instead of gluing them. I did something similar with my tail and sewed sequins on before adding E6000 underneath to help the sequins stay in one place. Once glue is applied to the fabric, it loses all flexibility. This includes being able to bend at most parts of the tail. For example, the knees are a super high-stress point where I often lose sequins and have to repair it by reattaching and sewing sequins.I think you should seriously consider a fabric tail over a sequin tail for a number of reasons: It's cheaper, it's lower maintenance, it's just as beautiful, and it's safer. If you're just coming off of your knee surgery, you're gonna need to be careful in the water. (I know because I had knee surgery a few years ago and had to stop swimming with my team for 3 1/2 months because of it.) Even when you're allowed to swim again, it's not going to immediately be like it used to be. Recovery takes time and it took me about 9 months to get back to my old swimming speed. A fabric tail would be much safer and easier to swim in than a sequin tail.

    (plus you can make a bunch of different fabric tails for the price of one sequin tail!
    I agree, regular fabric tails are a great start! I started out with many fabric tails. I am greatly inspired and very determined to make a sequin tail, not only for a beautiful tail but also as an in-between tail before I make a silicone tail.



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    The fabric really is awesome. Not trying to copy Faithonthebass style but I'm wearing my glasses over my goggles. I didn't expect that to work so well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    The fabric really is awesome. Not trying to copy Faithonthebass style but I'm wearing my glasses over my goggles. I didn't expect that to work so well.

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    lol, that looks great slim! I know Speedo make prescription goggles so if you ever get tired of wearing your glasses over your goggles, you can order a pair from them. I used to wear them all the time before I got contacts! [link]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mermaid Kane View Post
    The ''mermaid fabric'' is awesome! Take my tail for example;
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    That looks awesome, Kane! I love the look of that fabric with the black Mahina!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TybeeMermaid View Post
    That looks awesome, Kane! I love the look of that fabric with the black Mahina!
    Thanks!



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    There's also sequined fabrics. I made my tail using a pre-sequined fabric (the one in my sig), and I've been swimming in it for four years. Still going strong! It's just very important to get a fabric with at least a two-way stretch, and to line it with something.

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    This is the design I’m going for poorly made on paint


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    Thank you. That link will come in useful for the goggles.

    Quote Originally Posted by TybeeMermaid View Post
    lol, that looks great slim! I know Speedo make prescription goggles so if you ever get tired of wearing your glasses over your goggles, you can order a pair from them. I used to wear them all the time before I got contacts! [link]
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    So this my inspiration for my tail


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    Great inspiration! I love those guys.



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    So making a Sequins Tail!

    So here’s what I think I will do. It will be a fabric tail but still look real like this tail this tail the scales are stenciled on with your design that you make on a plan divider then they pain each scale looks real


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    Using some early birthday money, I went ahead and order the goggles. They work Thank you TybeeMermaid.

    Quote Originally Posted by TybeeMermaid View Post
    lol, that looks great slim! I know Speedo make prescription goggles so if you ever get tired of wearing your glasses over your goggles, you can order a pair from them. I used to wear them all the time before I got contacts! [link]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    Using some early birthday money, I went ahead and order the goggles. They work Thank you TybeeMermaid.
    You're welcome! I'm glad I could help out!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TybeeMermaid View Post
    Sequin tails are super high maintenance and super expensive. If you're going to make one, I recommend actually sewing the sequins on instead of gluing them. I did something similar with my tail and sewed sequins on before adding E6000 underneath to help the sequins stay in one place. Once glue is applied to the fabric, it loses all flexibility. This includes being able to bend at most parts of the tail. For example, the knees are a super high-stress point where I often lose sequins and have to repair it by reattaching and sewing sequins.

    I only ever use my sequin tail for events and photo shoots because it's not worth the effort of repairing my tail after every swim. If you're going to be using your tail for leisure swimming, I recommend making a fabric tail. Joann's Fabrics has some great mermaid fabrics for easy to swim in (but still beautiful) leisure tails!

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    I've made my own tail out of this fabric and I love it! It's just like mermaid scales and it's as sparkly as sequins! (but I'm not constantly losing them! )
    Another great part about this fabric is how much cheaper it is to make a tail! It only cost me about $20 to make my second tail! I'm at the point where I'm seriously considering buying this fabric in other colors just so I can have more tails to choose from!

    I'll go ahead and link you to the rest of the fabrics I've found just because they're all so beautiful!

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    And if you're looking for some cool accent fabric that aren't covered in scales, Joann's has that too!

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    I've seen lots of great tails made out of this fabric before! I know my friend, Mermaid Shelby, made her tail out of these fabrics and it looks awesome!

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    I think you should seriously consider a fabric tail over a sequin tail for a number of reasons: It's cheaper, it's lower maintenance, it's just as beautiful, and it's safer. If you're just coming off of your knee surgery, you're gonna need to be careful in the water. (I know because I had knee surgery a few years ago and had to stop swimming with my team for 3 1/2 months because of it.) Even when you're allowed to swim again, it's not going to immediately be like it used to be. Recovery takes time and it took me about 9 months to get back to my old swimming speed. A fabric tail would be much safer and easier to swim in than a sequin tail.

    (plus you can make a bunch of different fabric tails for the price of one sequin tail!)
    The dark green scale fabric pattern would be great to make an Ariel tail! Plus with little work you can make silicone fin thing around her waist and the fluke. Make the fluke and the waist thing separate so it dose not stretch it out the fabric and the fluke attached to the mono fin and it would make a beautiful tail!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MermaidAuquita View Post
    So here’s what I think I will do. It will be a fabric tail but still look real like this tail this tail the scales are stenciled on with your design that you make on a plan divider then they pain each scale looks real


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    Isn't that a picture of "Wanda"? The Vancouver mermaid's tail? Looks very similar I could be far off


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