Merbellas Thread

[MermaidMichelle]

You're very welcome! Well, that tears it, then; we must all take care to give Raven the time she needs to spend with friends and family and make her feel wonderfully appreciated! (We don't want her to end up like Ursula...lol )

[Sea Mamma]

She does have an affection for Jetsam and Flotsam.

[MermaidMichelle]

Hmmm...an issue of the old Little Mermaid comic book (seen here on the Disney Wiki: http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Ariel/G..._comics#Comics) actually featured a race of merfolk called the Moray; they had electric/moray eel-style tails. I don't know if we want to give Raven ideas, though, as she's busy enough atm!

[Winged Mermaid]

I'm glad Raven is slowly getting better at laying down boundaries like that. Often she focuses so much on making other people happy that she puts her own happiness on the back burner :/
Happy to see you on here Sea Mamma

[Mermaid Evolet]

OMG i just got a mail from Raven saying that she will start painting my tail soon

I also ordered a scale bra with those little fins. Like this one:


But now she asked if I wanted to try the new fins on the side:


I really don't know what to choose so I'm asking you guys. Which one would you take?

[AniaR]

Mine will be like the bottom I'm psyched!

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

[Ashton]

Hmmm...an issue of the old Little Mermaid comic book (seen here on the Disney Wiki: http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Ariel/G..._comics#Comics) actually featured a race of merfolk called the Moray; they had electric/moray eel-style tails. I don't know if we want to give Raven ideas, though, as she's busy enough atm!

I think I had that comic! I remember thinking those tails were cool, and made sense that there were different 'races' of mer people. Since the ocean is So vast there had to be different people/animal Combos- like Ursula. I


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[MermaidMichelle]

OHMYGOSH! I wonder if I've started a trend of sorts...lol! Mermaid Evolet, I saw those scale bras with the downward-pointing frontal fins which you show in your first pic in Raven's gallery in February of this year. I then asked her if I might commission one such top to match my Mer on Fire (Fire Angel Sea dragon) tail, only in corset-style with the fins on the back to act more like wings. I'm not sure if that request began the "top fins on the back (or sides)" movement, as the Koi outfit was already in the works, but judging by Raven's early sketch of the Fire Angel the wing-fins will actually be on the back of the corset and quite a lot larger!

(Wow; I've written so much about the angel tail in the works for me, but I still haven't touched upon it's big secret! )

Ashton, I'm glad you had the comic back in the '90s; I just found it online earlier this year! It was the '97/'98 obscure anime Mermanoid that got me thinking of truly wild possibilities for mer-tails; like sea stars, shrimp, or even snails (Isis from America's Next Top Model suggested jellyfish to me, though of course as with the sea star it should probably act as a skirt to the proper fish tail underneath!). I never actually saw an episode of the anime as it was panned by Animerica magazine and sadly was released mere months before Pokemon would finally pave the way for Japanese animation (even BAD ones!) to take over North American airwaves en masse. Mermanoid didn't really offer much that was new, but the concept I saw for its "Athena" mermaid had her shield at such an angle that she looked like a snail...lol

[Siren Stargazer Moonglow]

Hey guys! I'm new to the whole mermaid community... Just wondering if anyone knew.. If I already have a competitor mono fin will raven use that for my tail? Or do I need to get one through her? Thanks in advance. And Iona.. You are awesome. I watched your "hi my name is Iona and I'm a mermaid" video! You just made me feel at home and accepted! <3

[Jadestone]

I AM IN LOVE WITH THE KOI TAIL!!!

I've had a koi-inspired tail vaguely in the works for.. over a year now D: I started it last summer, and was going to finish it over January (had to break during the fall for classes/while my sewing machine was at home) but then I got pretty depressed and haven't done much of anything for 6 months :| Maybe this'll inspire me to start working again sometime.

[MermaidMichelle]

Siren Stargazer Moonglow - I don't know how Raven would respond, but neither am I sure how much money you would save in the long run by having her use your own Competitor monofin; you would probably have to ship it to her and the postage could be expensive!

Jadestone - These are pretty depressing times, but I hope you are feeling better and inspired! You are beautiful in your .GIFs and your super-long hair flows wonderfully well with your mermaid movements; you would make quite a lovely koi!

[Siren Stargazer Moonglow]

Thank you Mermaid Michelle! Forgot about shipping lol! Well in that case I just ordered a finis rapid to practice with so excited!!

[Arella]

I love the fin bra look : )

[Lily]

Raina, yyour tail is absolutely lovely, and your fluke has great flow! Does it really have a competitor monofin inside it? Those things always looks to stiff to me...

[AniaR]

Yup

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

[Lily]

Cool, thanks for the info. I love Merbella's tails, but I was worried the monofin would make it too stiff to look real in the water. Guess I don't have to worry about that after all!

[MermaidMichelle]

Competitor monofins are fibreglass, so they are both strong and flexible. From what I've seen, the stiffness of the fin on land is countered somewhat by the added weight of the silicone coating a mermaid fluke, and the additional pressure of the water entirely eliminates it while swimming; it's no more stiff or floppy than the fin of a real fish!

[Lily]

Competitor monofins are fibreglass, so they are both strong and flexible. From what I've seen, the stiffness of the fin on land is countered somewhat by the added weight of the silicone coating a mermaid fluke, and the additional pressure of the water entirely eliminates it while swimming; it's no more stiff or floppy than the fin of a real fish!

Thanks for this! I am super tempted to get a competitor fin just to practice in, and maybe send it to Raven to use when I'm finally ready to purchase my tail. Unfortunately I have tiny feet - usually a US 6, but I've been as small as a 5.5 in some brands and can actually wear kids' shoes sometimes - and it doesn't look like Finis makes the little ones anymore. Maybe neoprene booties would help?

[AniaR]

they dont make comeptitors that small

[Lily]

Curse my tiny feet! I just posted over on the monofin board. Maybe someone can give me advice on how to make it work.