Hey Y'all! I'm brand new to all of this, but exciting to learn some things. I have a good knowledge base in construction, I've been sewing since I was 12 and have a degree in costume design. How hard could making a swimmable tail be? I'm sure the answer is plenty difficult, just like with everything else. However I'm excited to take on the challenge!
I got my first monofin [going to the pool later this week to give it as test drive] It's the Mermaid Linden Monofin. However I can't ignore it came in my favorite colors Purple/Light Blue! Must be fate.
On the way [Should be here by the end of the week!] The is the swimsuit fabric that'll be the base of my tail. I'm in love with the pattern!! I also did a crude color scheme test before I ordered the paint. The actual pattern will be smaller, but I was stuck by the photo on the website on not being able to size it correctly. Oh well. It at least gave me an idea.
Last but not least I got my airbrush textile paint in the mail today! As shown above I'm going with Aqua and Purple as my overlay colors. I know the test is more light blue, but when I saw the aqua on their website I fell in love. I played around with my airbrush to see the colors laid down on some scrap swimsuit base I had in my fabric stash. I love the results, but don't think I'll be airbrushing the actual scales. It just isn't the look I'm going for and think I might do the fishnet hack or just paint them by hand with a stencil. I'll cross that bridge when I get there and see what option looks better with the actual fabric I'm going to get.
So anyway that's the progress so far! Once I get my base I'll be doing a tape mold of my legs so I can accurately do the patterning and painting. I also have a couple fun things planned for the top if I can get it to work the way I want. I'll be posting updates as I go along. Also if anyone has wisdom to pass along I am all ears!
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