Lorelei's First Silicone Tail Attempt!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Last night my boyfriend was the most amazing person on the planet and put together my scale form box for me so that I can begin laying all of those silly little foam circles I've punched. If you've seen Star's wonderful tail progress, you'll notice that this looks eerily similar. Well, it is. XD I'd been planning on putting my scale sheet together this way from the start and I simply followed Star's lead on the actual materials. Thanks Star!

I should hopefully have progress photos up later tonight. :3

[Mermaid Saphira]

This design is beautiful! I can't wait to see it in action! Goodluck!

[merpirate]

wanted to say love the beta fish idea and keep us posted looking forward to your tail!!!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Thank you both. :3

I wanted to let everyone know that yes, I am going to continue working on this tail and I'm not going to change the fluke, or any other part of it. I am not, however, going to be posting anymore progress photos until after I have finished the tail. I'm sorry, but with the Mertailor issue, I simply don't see it as being a good idea to put anymore of my process online until I have a finished product.

[merpirate]

That makes perfect sense. Just keep us updated. I am loving the fact that your tail and Star's will be done soon it seems. I can't wait for hers to finish so we can get in the water and film some action shots with it! Tell your boyfriend I said good on him helping you and I hope to see him on this site soon if he isn't already

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I'll let him know merpirate. :3

As for updating you all, today's a sick day. Blegh. Gives me plenty of time to sit and work on scales though. XD Hopefully I'll have the last of the scale pattern put together sometime today or tomorrow.

[Mermaid Saphira]

^ Aww feel better

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Well, I'm in the process of redesigning my fluke right now. Unfortunately it just looks too similar to another fluke coming onto the market soon and I don't want to deal with a 'is that a ________ tail?!?!' No, it's my design. So, I'm messing around a bit right now. I'm going to apologize now because I won't be posting this new design until I've actually produced a tail with it. Just thought I'd let you all know. :P

And yes, I know I said I wasn't going to change it, but I guess I lied. Sorry. :/ The more I change it, however, the more I like it. It might not appeal to everyone, but it's looking more my style anyways. I guess that's good, yeah?

By the way, I want to say thank you to everyone for looking out for me. It makes a little fish feel loved. :3

[lasserine]

Can you take pictures of the progress and post them after the tail is done?

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I'll see what I can do Lasserine. :3

[lasserine]

I'll see what I can do Lasserine. :3

It is what I plan on doing. Also will share with those close to me how it looks.

[merpirate]

Hope it is going well, looking forward to seeing your tail...................................... That doesn't seem right to say

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Hahaha, no problem merpirate. C:

[Mermaid Lorelei]

My first batch of silicone has officially been ordered! Hopefully I'll be able to put together some of the molds and start pouring this coming week! -dances-

[Sea Pearl]

Those drawings look fab Lorelei! Can't wait to see what it all looks like when it's finished.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Why thank you Pearl!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I figured while I was waiting for my silicone to come in, I'd start working on my monofin. Turns out it's not as easy as it sounds. XD


First try. This happened on the very first cut. :P


Second try, the blade is good for scoring, and the hacksaw works (sort of).

Suffice it to say I'm buying a jigsaw tonight. C:

[Mermaid Sirena]

You might want to use sand paper to remove rough edges and burs.

[lasserine]

Think you will get rough edges with the hacksaw. Just be careful.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I'm actually going to be using a jigsaw, those were just shots from me testing the corner of the material. And I have a dremel on hand with tons of sanding bits just for this job. :3