Kyle's H20/Mako mermiads inspired tail with a splash of personality!!!

[Mermaid Oshun]

this looks great. Since I am 5'8 I can't see any reason to add any length to myself in a tail except perhaps to put my fee a few inches above the fluke. I cant wait to see what you and Jazz come up with.

[jazz2453]

Golden Pearl, for me it's mostly about the movement instead of the length. The extra length provides flexibility for the tail to move as realistically as the one in your gif

[Mermaid Oshun]

Good luck. I hope the fluke can offer propulsion if it is following in a serpentine motion.

[Mermaid Oshun]

To get my personal feet above my fin I just bought a pair of Snap Body glove fins and will put them on top of a lexan fluke with an extension on top. This way I add a few inches without having the hazards of swimming with a pole attached to your feet

[Trident True]

Ok a little Update. i have created my extension NOW this thing wasn't easy. coming up with HOW to create it was the difficult part. it will be attached below my feet with a neoprene sock that I will create and it will move freely. it is solid by hollow in the middle to create flexibility. some pics. I originally tried to create it with foam but it was something Pearliemae suggest to jaz that made me think again. you freet are lighter than the rest of the body so uisng foam i deff would of be a yoyo. of course i origianlly though my weight would keep in down. live and Learn. I suppose.








Q: ive left the bottom open. where it tapers off. should i leave it open or slicone it back up? Ive had to recast my flipper in two halves again as my current flipper was too heavy and it just won't attach the way it was initally intended to. so a major setback. the two haves of the flipper will be places over the top of this extension then siliconed together. but im alittle worried with water not being able to escape. what shall i do?

[PearlieMae]

How about closing it up, but leaving openings every couple of inches so water can escape? I seem to remember someone using drinking straws to leave channels, once the silicone cures, slide the straws out.

[Jessica]

How about closing it up, but leaving openings every couple of inches so water can escape? I seem to remember someone using drinking straws to leave channels, once the silicone cures, slide the straws out.

^^ That was me! I've used straws, rulers, a plastic folder cut into strips....you can use anything really! It's a good idea to have your drainage channels a 1/2" or less....wider ones will allow water to run up the fluke if you're just sitting around

[Trident True]

Ok Ive put up a photo ive how im going to put my flipper together. I was initially going to silicone all the sides togther so that no water got in but as the extension goes in-bewtween the flipper i can't necessarily leave it close otherwise it will drage me down. pealiemae, do you mean channels though the flipper itself? or just the extension? does this image help?

[PearlieMae]

^^ That was me! I've used straws, rulers, a plastic folder cut into strips....you can use anything really! It's a good idea to have your drainage channels a 1/2" or less....wider ones will allow water to run up the fluke if you're just sitting around

I THOUGHT so! You're so smart! You know I'm your biggest fan, right?

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Tri, I meant through the flipper, but consult Jessica...my tail assembly is completely different.

[Trident True]

Ok here is an Update. the Extension has been attached to the suit. and now im playing around with hight of the flipper. the extension adds about 5 inches to the suit. I decided to this is sufficient as going any longer would be simply a fail. I don't believe I would have control over the flipper thus, just kicking water not to mention hard to manoeuvre. the pics show how long the tail is. now im quiet tall so don't get too freaked out with the pics. what does everyone think of so far? btw once i get up to the scaling im going to be JUMPING FOR JOY i can't wait for this to be finished. August of 2014 is 2 years since starting this project.









PS. after speaking with Jessica i have decided to add 6 channels. would this be sufficient or Insufficient?

[Deepsea merman]

Hello!
could you tell me how you will get the silicone tail, will use positive and negative mold? as the site: http://www.h-sama.com/2013/08/como-f...-negativo.html (have to translate into English because it is in Portuguese: \)
Thank you.

[MermaidBrandie]

this is looking amazing.

[Trident True]

UPDATE: the flipper has been attached should be cured by tomorrow. I had to cut back the extension slightly as when was playing around with the flipper for the extension the flipper was out of proportion to my body. the flipper just looked too long. there is an image you can see looking down at it. it gives a better view of what it looks like. now i may be tall but i am a walking skeleton so the fluke is perfect for my body and size. tomorrow i will be siliconning into place my fins.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Amazing!

[TheChimera]

Amazing work you have done here,

[Trident True]

Update: the fins have been attached, I'm pretty much up to the silicone skin, then scaling. getting closer and closer to finishing.

[Mermaid Adriel]

great!

[jazz2453]

So cool! I can't wait to see how your extension works! You you just used silicone to create it?

[Trident True]

yes, I used silicone to create it, its about 1cm thick around the edges and hollow in the middle. it has some stiffness to it but is flexible. but if i was to do this again. i would make it 8mm thick and not 10mm. Im just Hoping that it works the way i want it too. i think that is worrying me. but its all a learning experience.

[jazz2453]

Yeah, it visually looks amazing though! The second you finish, take a video of you swimming! I'm super excited to see the result