Merbellas Thread

[Mermaid Evolet]

TORUK MAKTO!!!!!

haha that was my first thougth too.
still, this tail is truly a work of art.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

TORUK MAKTO!!!!!

Y'know... I didn't even have that in mind when desiging it, but I loooooooove Avatar and the Turok Makto was amazing, so I'm cool with that. XD I totally see it, too. Was an accident, I swear. ♥♥

[MermanTyphoon]

Yes that is also the first thing that came to mind, and the funny thing about that is i have been working on a na'vi themed tail!

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[Mermaid Kalliope]

Typhoon! We should swim together when you have that done. Haha

Sooooooooo.... Lanai gave me an idea.

When my tail arrives, I will be doing a Live stream of opening it on twitch.tv! So, when it is here, I will post a date and time so everyone can join. It's free to anyone and it has a chat room! ^-^

So, I'd anyone is interested in that, let me know and I'll get it set up! Just remember that I'm West Coast USA, so times will be in PST. (-8 UST)

Oh, and don't worry, I'll still record it and put it on YouTube for anyone who missed it or couldn't make it. ^-^

[MerEmma]

I'd love to

[MermanTyphoon]

Ok! Amazing! Lanai is amazing, and she is my role model! We will def have to swim together when i get my na'vi tail!

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[Mermaid Kalliope]

I made collages! I thought that'd be better than posting a bajillion (okay, six) photos. XD

Here ya go:

[Ariel-Starfish]

I'm so friggin happy for you! ^^

[PearlieMae]

I cannot wait to see that baby in the water!

[AniaR]

Disclaimer: not trying to be rude just in a rush and trying to be to the point here folks.

Okay, I'm just popping in here with a message for Ariel, but guys I reallllly wanna stress, I AM BUSY please stop messaging me about Raven, on every social networking platform... >.> It's not necessarily people in this thread but I know it's people reading this thread. I'm taking a break cuz I NEED it, and people are blowing up my social networking now and I'm still getting loads of PMs on here that give me email/phone notifications. (some people are messaging me here + instagram +facebook + youtube +twitter + emails- seriously!) I'm no one's secretary, and it bothers me that I get bugged to the point of intervening so I can get people to stop. :/ So please please please respect my boundary. I'm not pointing any fingers or naming names but people know who they are. It's just that I explained I'm busy and have a family member in the hospital and need to focus on my own life, I need people to respect that.

Ariel, I asked Raven about your stuff and your top is finishing up and she's literally in the middle of taking photos. As for the glue issue, everything she's been trying to test keeps curing before it can arrive with people, so she's testing out other glues that you may be able to get yourself and use. Personal advice: just keep working hard at taking care of your tail like you have been. Regular maintenance will prevent the silicone and neoprene from separating but understand this is a normal issue for all partial silicone tails. It's not a defect or bad craftsmenship or anything, it just happens sometimes. It happens with latex and neoprene tails too. Usually during the process of taking the tail on and off.

Also you've messaged me a few times about sending a photo, in the past year I have tried 3 times. I really appreciate your support, but I can't afford to send more and I really don't have anymore time to invest in it. I appreciate that you're willing to send me money but I've already spent a lot, and I'm just too busy, plus getting messages about it just adds to more messages I have to filter through right now. Maybe sometime in the future I can send you something high res and you can print it yourself.

As far as Raven goes, I hope people can appreciate while Kalani's tail was record setting for the wait. Raven chatted with me a lot about it while she was making it and it really stretched her as a tail maker. She's very proud of it, and I know Kalani will love it. She is still working on her orders and had deadlines to meet. SHe's shipping out a lot of tops soon too if you've been waiting. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH HER AND PLEASE REMEMBER I AM NO LONGER DOING THE EMAILS BECAUSE I AM TOO BUSY MYSELF. Raven and I check in with each other right now maybe once a week if we both have time, but I will not be relaying anymore messages. If people feel the need to constantly send them to me (especially on multiple platforms and more than once) I'm at the point where I'm going to start blocking people. :/ there is PLENTY of information HERE in this thread. And Raven keeps her facebook page as updated as possible.

Good luck, happy Holidays, see some of you at merfest! <3

[AniaR]

also please remember shipping times can be delayed because it's the holidays and the mail is flooded and that has nothing to do with Raven @_@

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Really? I'm record setting for the wait?! Dang.... I know it's been a long wait, but it doesn't feel like it. Haha I am so proud of Raven and what she has done. Immensely proud and happy and excited and just don't have enough words to express how I feel and I don't even have the tail in my hands yet.

I hope the holidays don't cause too much of a delay! I know everyone is expecting me to have it at Merfest. >< So much anticipation!

But really, the wait is worth it. Even just for the pictures. I feel like I owe Raven so much for bring this tail to life. I will be forever in her debt for taking on this challenging design. I cannot say enough good about that girl. She strived to make it real and she did. :-)

Also, best of luck, Raina! I'll keep you and your family in my thoughts and I'll see you at Merfest!

[SeaNymph]

Then we are at least two record setters for the wait ;-)

[mermaid Syrean]

Hey guys just wondering who now is actually waiting on an ordered tail! So I have an idea of the line up cause I've been waiting now 114 days haha super anxious to hear from Raven :P

[mermaid Syrean]

Ps: Kailani you could be the first mer-avatar hahaha looks super rad :P you just need the blue skin and flower hair look

[shimmygoddess]

I am waiting too. I ordered mid-August and around the same day as you

Hey guys just wondering who now is actually waiting on an ordered tail! So I have an idea of the line up cause I've been waiting now 114 days haha super anxious to hear from Raven :P

[Mermaid Isabel(:]

I'm waiting as well I ordered July 1st

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Ps: Kailani you could be the first mer-avatar hahaha looks super rad :P you just need the blue skin and flower hair look

Haha I totally should do that some time! Or just complete the turok look. X3

[Mer-Crazy]

So I messaged Raven a while back, asking about a foil fluke and she advised against it, saying what she can offer instead is a cut-down version which is cut down to about half way so less of the fluke is rigid but it still has a spine to it so you can control it easier and still have power to your kick. What I was wondering is if anyone has taken this option so I could see photos/video of what it looks like for reference?

[MerEmma]

As far as I know, nobody has a cut down competitor. If you want a floppier fluke then there aren't that many options...Foil, Finis Trainer, Oceanika, the custom monofins by Victoria...one of the Soft monofins from Leaderfins or the other places would be softer than the Finis version.