Merbellas Thread

[AniaR]

She doesnt like showing people much WIP. both for trade secrets but also just being shy

[Mermaid Kassandra]

Wow she's like a star for lots of us!
What does she thinks about this?

[annika]

congrats on your payment! i remember how freaking excited i was!!!!!! can't wait to see it

[Green Tea Mermaid]

Was a page full of posts removed? Werid.

[Mermaid Kelda]

I assume they were moved to the Finfolk thread, since they were to do with Finfolk

[Winged Mermaid]

Moved it to it's own thread in the finfolk section (didn't want to dump all that in the Finfolk thread).

[Starfrit]

Just wanted to ask-- Are the top styles listed on her Facebook page the only ones she openly offers to clients at the moment? I'm thinking about using my next tax return in a month or two to order a top from her to go with my tail from Morticia, and although I'm definitely considering a Siren top I'm still kinda torn between doing that, an Atlantis top, or maybe a custom design with fins on it, but I don't know if she'll take custom top orders or not or how much more things like fins or custom detailing would cost.

[Mer-Crazy]

I'm fairly certain she offers the Atlantis filigree and fins upon request and I feel like she'd take a custom order if she has time. However I can't say for certain how much each costs to add I just paid for my top (which is a scale bra with the Atlantis design ad the fins) and I paid $340 for it, however I did have to pay extra because I'm a D cup. I may have also paid more for some other things I ordered (not sure if they were added to that invoice or not since it didn't specify pricing.)

[Starfrit]

Ahh, okay! I figure once I'm closer to getting my tax return back I'll shoot her an email inquiry to ask about it. I was just worried that the Yeses and Nos were listed in a really obvious place somewhere and I might have missed it. Thanks for the head's up!

[Green Tea Mermaid]

Moved it to it's own thread in the finfolk section (didn't want to dump all that in the Finfolk thread).

Ahhh...makes sense!

[Aurellia Gyldenscale]

Does anyone have any insight into how well the tops stay up? I like the strapless look, but I feel like I'd be hiking it up all day (I'm only a small b-cup). Are the real shells less comfortable than the silicone?

[Aurellia Gyldenscale]

Also, are her real seashell tops lined with something? or is it literally just seashell? Like is there a bra behind it? Also, Also...Mermaid Raven sent me a collection of images of her past tops she's made. Would it be ok to post that here since they're all already existing? I don't believe any are proprietary or haven't been seen before?

[polyhymnia113]

Does anyone have any insight into how well the tops stay up? I like the strapless look, but I feel like I'd be hiking it up all day (I'm only a small b-cup). Are the real shells less comfortable than the silicone?

I am also a small B and I have the octo top already which stays up nicely because of the halter netting. I have folded the netting in and worn it strapless above an underbust corset before and had no issues / felt very secure. The bra is super comfy yet snug enough I never feel the need to yank it up higher. I imagine the strapless scaled styles of varying sorts are even more secure as they appear to be built over wider side strapped bras and the silicone is probably a bit thinner and therefore less weight than the octo adds, so possibly even less worry about needing to constantly tug it up.

[polyhymnia113]

*I haven't swim-tested the octo top without the netting straps...only a dry land run. It swims securely with the straps on.

[AniaR]

Bra inside all tops

[Little_Orca]

Forgive my asking, as I am just super anxious, what is the average wait time for you lovely merfolk for sketches? I don't expect her to have mine done already, I am just curious. <3

[Aurellia Gyldenscale]

Paid in late december, got sketches in early feb.

[Little_Orca]

All right. Thanks. Now I have a window to base my wait time on.

[Mer-Crazy]

I got mine about a month later <3

[MermaidMichelle]

Approximately 1-2 months of wait time seems a reasonable window, and I recommend being generous to Raven in terms of time; she's an artist! I paid approximately 374 days ago (early February 2014, but who's counting ) and received sketches in early April. The sketches are sometimes in colour (especially, it seems, if the piece is a tail as opposed to an entire outfit), yet while mine were in black and white I could tell that such was due to mine being a special project not only combining tail and top but also requiring unique fin and scale sculpts. I could also tell that, artistically, Raven was really cooking (no pun based on the theme of my outfit intended).