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[MermaidHyli]

Taken from my cell phone but will have the professional pictures in a bout a week!

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

Wow, Kakarotte, I love the parrotfish tail! I'm green with envy... parrotfish are perhaps some of the most beautiful fish in the sea, and Mermaid Shelly is going all out with your tail.

MermaidHyli, your tail is also lovely... the fluke style is especially cool, and your pose and the scales' gleam comes across beautifully for a cell phone picture.

[FreshWaterMermaid]

I absolutely love your merbellas take Hyli! And that is gonna be an awesome tail Kakarotte!

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[Triton-Mahtlinnie]

realized I've never shown off pictures of my tail. It's black spandex with a black sequin mesh over the top. Makes me very sparkly.



Not the greatest shot, but it was late and we were at an indoor pool. Onto the next project: a Mer-binder to wear for a top. :d

[Mermaid Tula]

Ooh how gorgeous!

[Mermaid Photine]

That's really awesome, exdraghunt. How did you get the fluke to look like that?

[Mermaid Varshana]

[Ashe]

It looks amazing! And I'm loving Jake xD

[Simone]

Everyone's tails look so amazing! Here is the first tail I ever made. I think I made it back in 2006 when I was in high school but I recently found it in the back of my closet and put it on for this photo. I made it out of my grandmother's spandex pant leg because both of my legs could fit into one, and the fluke is painted vinyl. I swam in it though it doesn't propel me at all due to no monofin. Back then I had no idea about tailmaking and just went for it, so to keep the fluke rigid I had inserted pieces of a cut up wire hanger that would poke me when I wore it. This photo is probably from the last time it will ever be worn as I'm in the process of getting ready to make my first silicone tail. I'm also making a new fabric tail with a monofin that will look similar to this one so I have a tail to swim in while I'm working on the silicone tail.
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[MerMarla]

@ Kakarotte ------> WOW I love the colors! This tail will be amazing in the water! WOOO HOOO! !!!!!

Mermaid Marla

[MerMarla]

realized I've never shown off pictures of my tail. It's black spandex with a black sequin mesh over the top. Makes me very sparkly..... :d

That black sequin mesh is just amazing sparkles... Where did you buy it? Do you remember how much it was? I saw similar one way stretch with dangley sequins on it on sale at Joann Fabrics for $50.00 US per yard.... yikes!!!! and that was on sale! Would you share?

This is so pretty and I love the water reflecting too, it's not a bad pix for low lit pools! You did well!

(((Hugz))) and Bubble 'z
Mermaid Marla

[Triton-Mahtlinnie]

@Photine: Well, the color is just paint on spandex. for the shape, the fluke is actually two swim fins taped together with some thin plastic extensions to either side. (I make everything on the cheap because I'm a poor art student)

@MerMarla: I bought it at JoAnn actually! It's probably the same stuff you saw, but it was on sale for 40% off and I bought the end of the roll. I got 2 and a half yards for $30, still haven't used all of it.

Thanks for the compliments everybody!

[Mermaidmechanic]

First swim in my tail. Had to try it on as soon as I got home! (Which happened to be at night XD... better pics to follow eventually)

[Mermaid Tula]

Mech it's gorgeous! <3

[Mermaidmechanic]

Thanks! ^_^ I'm suuuper pleased with Eric's craftsmanship! I mean, even the seams are pretty!!! And my first swim in it felt so natural too.

[Toxotes]

Looks really fantastic!
I'm happy the tail matches your expectation.

[Echidna]

We believe the obsession with super-realistic silicone tails is robbing mermaiding of its soul....for some it become more about having the "best tail" than anything else, which of course is highly subjective.

Hm yea...while the 3000$-tails of course look the most realistic (how could one not love them?),
I've to say I'm actually even more impressed if someone makes their own tail with "inferior" materials such as fabric,
and if it STILL looks realistic and aquatic then, that person has my highest esteem.

There's much mer-soul to someone who spends months making their tail, whatever the result;
to get a super silicone tail, you just need lots of cash.

That said; I've seen many fintastic non-silicone tails in this thread already.
Diablo and the batman ones are stunning!
If only I had a bit more talent with handicraft lol.

Here's a pic of a bellydance performance, which I did in a magictail (with the monofin taken out)



If I ever get around to make my own tails, I hope they'll look similar in quality.

[Mermaid Varshana]

Hm yea...while the 3000$-tails of course look the most realistic (how could one not love them?),
I've to say I'm actually even more impressed if someone makes their own tail with "inferior" materials such as fabric,
and if it STILL looks realistic and aquatic then, that person has my highest esteem.

There's much mer-soul to someone who spends months making their tail, whatever the result;
to get a super silicone tail, you just need lots of cash.

That said; I've seen many fintastic non-silicone tails in this thread already.
Diablo and the batman ones are stunning!
If only I had a bit more talent with handicraft lol.

This. One thing that has surprised me a little about the community is that, for some mers, super realistic silicone tails that cost the same amount as a weeklong tropical vacation seem to be the end-all, be-all of feeling like they've earned their scales as a mermaid. Like it's needed to feel legit. Some people seem to want one of those to be their first tail, even though that's not recommended. So they're willing to wait years before they even wear a tail and learn to swim in one. I would think it would be super important to get or make a starter tail or two before you spend a few years saving for a 14kg behemoth that you may need a couple other people to put on to begin with. Not that I think there's anything necessarily wrong with that - whatever frosts your cookies. It's sort of a nonthreatening, benign elite in-community custom. Those exist in every community.

[Mermaid Varshana]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Oh my gosh, Kakarotte!!! ^_^ You're going to look freaking fantastic! I can't wait to see it all put together!