I finally made a leg form and covered it with powermesh!
Here are all of my current scales pinned onto it.
The color is definitely not that blue in real life, I wish I could photograph the real color!
I'm still not 100% sure on the lighter purple, so for now I'm going to focus on the darker scales.
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That looks so pretty! I can't wait to see it done - I loved your design.
Mermaids - not so graceful on land...
Luna Dreamtide
(Formerly Leina)
Okay, so we're rolling again! I just got another trial kit, and I'm hoping that it'll cover at least the rest of the front!
I decided against the lighter purple I had, it just looked kind of weirdly brownish in some lighting. I picked up a jar of misty lavender pearlex, and while it looks really cool, I'm not sure that it matches. I just ordered a sample of a cooler toned lavender, so hopefully it's nice! I'll probably mix the misty lavender into the new one.
I does look really nice with flash though!
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Just read through your entire thread. Wow your first tail looks exactly like your drawing! Second tail looks like it's coming along nicely. Love love love the dark purple, hope the new lavender works out for you
Mermaid Kait
Thanks Kait!
I don't have much more progress, but I did finally find a lighter purple that I like! Once I'm done with my current tail order, I'll be able to get back to working on this!
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I'm a bit farther than that now, the front should be done by the end of the week! It's hard to balance school, making tails for customers, and making my tail!
But I just ordered my leaderfin, so excited!!!
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Yayyyy! I just found this and I will be stalking this thread for progress reports! I love your first tail and this one is coming along beautifully!
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I love these! I really wanted to do dark purple but I couldn't find the sequins in the color I wanted!Originally Posted by MerQueen Nerissa
Thanks!
I know cartwright has a darkish purple for their smaller sequins but the color rubs off really easily.
I got my leaderfin, it's huge! I might end up changing my fluke design a bit so it'll work with the fin better, I don't want my fluke to be too gigantic!
Finals week is next week, but after that I'm free and I can focus on getting this tail done!!
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Got my fluke all drawn out, it's gonna be huge! It's just over three feet wide and three feet long. I can't imagine how people make/swim in bigger ones! Attachment 36726
I've also made a couple darker purple scales for the back, but I used some lumiere paint to pigment them,and they turned out kind of sticky. I'm gonna give them some more time to cure to see if it'll go away.
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Oh no for some reason I can't see the fluke design attachment!
Beautiful dark purple, reminds me of like a midnight purple.
Mermaid Kait
Tapatalk is being weird for me right now, hopefully this attachment works!
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Yep! The attachment is working, and your design looks great!
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formerly known as Julianne.
OOOO I love it!
Mermaid Kait
You are doing great!
I really love the shape of your scales, and your fluke is so unique!! I can't wait to see you pull the fluke!
OOOO I love it!Thanks everyone!
I don't have much progress, because I'm working on a tail order at the moment, and I still need to go buy clay. I really wanted to finish before summer, but now my goal is sometime in june!!
I've also been working a bit on my first silicone tail when I have the time. I took the polycarbonate monofin out and moved the scales farther up on the fluke, to give the tail more length. I went back to my original plan of having a foil in the tail, and used some extra silicone calking to seal the new monofin in there and make the fluke a little thicker. I can't wait to swim in it again, the fluke is really floppy now! Now I've just gotta take the top in a bit and fix up some small tears and it'll be ready to go!
Just bought two big blocks of plastalina clay! I can't wait to start sculpting!
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Your first tail looks great! And I can't wait to see you second tail! I'm also considering to buying a leader fin, how did you decide on the stiffness of the blade?
I wanted to get whatever hardness was closest to the competitor, and after asking and doing some research I came to decide on the medium stiffness. I still haven't swam in it so I'm not sure how it'll look but it's pretty stiff, but I can bend it pretty easily with my hands. I think it'll flow nicely underwater but also have good power!
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