Merbellas Thread

[liliekitsh]

thank you raina!!! maybe arion could explain me

[MermaidMichelle]

Mon français n'est pas parfait (je suis un Canadien de l'Ontario), mais je peux vous dire que le silicone purement est préférable à silicone en néoprène bordées mais est plus cher. Triton Arion devrait être en mesure de vous offrir plus d'aide.

Raina - Thank you for keeping me abreast of the situation with Raven! The bright side is that, considering that every tail that she does seems to surpass the last, imagine how impressive yours shall be!

[AniaR]

sorry I didn't call you by your mermaid name, it slipped by me!!!

[MermaidMichelle]

It's quite cool! Tiamat is just as appropriate a mermaid name as Michelle; it does mean "the Deep" in Hebrew, after all!

[Lily]

Trying so hard not to be jelly, but it looks like someone else had the same coloration idea as me and got theirs first!



It's not EXACTLY what I want (mine would be an angler fluke, less spotty/more stripey) but still. Jelly.

Also, holy crap, can't wait to see more of... whatever this is:



(I may or may not have joined Instagram just to stalk Merbella. Hint: I totally did.)

[Mermaid Evolet]

first i thought this was mine haha lol
mine will also look kinda like this one just without spots :-)

[Mermaid Wesley]

The second pic you posted is of her she creature tail it's her personal tail and she doesn't let anyone use the fluke style (pretty sure) here's picture of it without filters n stuff


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[AniaR]

The first one is a year old.

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[Lily]

The first one is a year old.

Are you sure? Instagram says it was posted last week. Either way, sooooo in love right now.

[AniaR]

Yes she posted it but I almost bought it. Its one of her personal tails

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[MermaidMichelle]

The second one - the "She Creature" tail - has a fluke similar to but slightly different from the Angler; they both have this scary, slightly tattered/ragged appearance which gives the impression of a mermaid who does a lot of fighting. It's a very memorable style!

[Lily]

I looked up more pictures of the She Creature tail and it's absolutely gorgeous!

they both have this scary, slightly tattered/ragged appearance

I love the angler fin and that one for this very reason. One of the reasons I want one of her anglers so bad is that it would coordinate really well with one of my tattoos: a pair of tattered fairy wings on my shoulders. No idea how I would explain to little kids why a MERMAID has FAIRY WINGS, but maybe I could pass them off as vestigial fins or something.

[Chrissy]

I know Raven isn't talking tail orders now, but does anyone one know if she is taking orders for just the scale bracers for your arms???? I am in love with those and have to have a set????

[AniaR]

Shell be making etsy listings when she's done her current tail load which including mine and 1 after I believe is 5.

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[Imogen Finnly]

You know what would be cool is if the mermen got a cool armor looking top made of shell or bone or something.

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[Lily]

You know what would be cool is if the mermen got a cool armor looking top made of shell or bone or something.

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Literal scale mail would be awesome!

[Imogen Finnly]

Right! Urgh! I would kill to see a merbella design of some cool armor!

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[Mermaid Lilium]

Right! Urgh! I would kill to see a merbella design of some cool armor!

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you should check out organic armor's work =) a quick google should bring up their pages xx

[MermaidMichelle]

While I don't approve of killing in general, I must say your idea is a fine one indeed! Having something of a fantasy-gaming background I have seen plenty of armoured/warrior mermen (and even the occasional warrior mermaid; such as the Athena-style character in Meremanoid, the blizzard-wielding mermaids in Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, and Queen Neptuna from the Toy Story short "Small Fry" (all of which hail from 1997-98 for some reason!)). The shimmering beauty of the mer-tail coupled with the relative helplessness it confers upon a wearer on land are the prime contributors to the concept that merfolk are lacking in dominance/manliness, but given the right approach one can display a rather intimidating "amphibious soldier"!

It certainly reflects a direction in which Raven has been heading, too. We've all seen her Sea Dragon armoured plate-scales, which can not only be used for a tattered gladiator/veteran/predator combined with the Angler fluke as we have seen but also for a shining angelic Paladin as they will be with mine! (I'm a mermaid, but Joan of Arc has recently become something like a role model to me). Other possibilities include bone ridges or lobster-like carapace bits to give a different sort of natural armour to the tail, barbs, or even suction cups....*Actively keeps mind from going to the obvious fantasy*

Accessories could be easily masculinized. (Faux) sharks' teeth, giant crab claws, sea-snake fangs, squid tentacles, etc. give the impression of trophies violently-wrested by mighty warriors, perhaps literally in a primeval test of manhood.

So there are some possibilities. If we ladies have butterfly koi, angelfish, dolphin and even lake trout motifs, the menfolk can have barracuda, pistol/mantis-shrimp, stingray, viperfish (crazy deep-sea nightmares), electric eel, etc. motifs, and as always there shall be some delightful cross-over!

[Arella]

So excited to see more in the future