Oohh, that could work! I have a buddy or two locally who might be willing to loan me / help me with their airbrush machines, and commissioning the tail in a base color would definitely be easier and likely cheaper!

In that case, I'll just have to find somewhere to get a good neoprene tail with fins like the ref. :P

That's a really great suggestion, Ireneho, and it'll definitely help me out a lot! Thanks! <3