Two-tailed project! One fabric, one silicone

**MermaidAine** · 06-29-2015, 10:18 PM

Eeeeee you are getting so close!

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**Ashton** · 06-30-2015, 07:06 PM

Watching your progress is amazing, I am so falling behind! Seeing your progress is totally motivating me!

**Yulia** · 06-30-2015, 08:00 PM

Oh wow, those big scales are so cool!

**ShyMer** · 06-30-2015, 10:13 PM

Lovely job so far! I'm really into those large scales too. It looks really cool from a distance! I'm a big fan of blue and copper color schemes, too. So lovely <3

**Dancing Fish** · 07-01-2015, 07:14 PM

Thanks!!

Visiting the folks for a few days, so work is on hold. But look at what my mom dug out of the attic! Anyone else have one of these?
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**PearlieMae** · 07-01-2015, 08:24 PM

**Aysun_the_Mermaid** · 07-01-2015, 08:28 PM

*call upon the sea ponies when you're in distress*
*shoo be do shoo shoo be do*

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**Dancing Fish** · 07-08-2015, 09:31 PM

Back home again...now comes the terrifying prospect of gluing on all those scales. Yikes! I started a top but I've realized it's just me avoiding the next big step.

In other news, still haven't been able to try out the finished fluke due to THIS ENDLESS RAIN!!!

**IllynReaver** · 07-08-2015, 10:25 PM

That tail is gorgeous.

**Lotus the Mermaid** · 07-08-2015, 10:34 PM

Lol! Lunette introduced me to the Sea Ponies.

**Lotus the Mermaid** · 07-08-2015, 10:37 PM

Oh, and I absolutely LOVE your tail design!! I need to get to work on mine, but I'll have to buy all new materials because Texas decided it was going to throw the craziest weather ever on us all at once this year.

How did you do the fluke and scales so perfectly?? This is your first time, right? I'm so impressed!! <3

**Dancing Fish** · 07-09-2015, 08:46 AM

Hahahaha! Omg how cute, my daughter's going to make me find all those cartoons now...
and gosh, thanks, Lotus Blooming! It is looking really cool-- better than I'd hoped! I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I'm trying NOT to spend so much time getting everything perfect, or nothing will ever get finished.

there are plenty of little lumps and drips and fingerprints and cat fur that show up when you get close, though. I'm sure it's the same with any tail!

**Dancing Fish** · 07-10-2015, 04:58 PM

I got a chance to swim with the new fluke! First thoughts: compared to a Fin Fun original, this thing is HEAVY, unwieldy, and surprisingly stiff. Clearly they were using a much thinner Lexan (I know they switched to something new-- we bought ours last year) than the kind you find at Lowes. But I've also been training on a Finis Rapid, and it's comparable in stiffness to this crazy thing I've created. Bonus! I get massive propulsion in this thing! Zooom! After about ten minutes I felt perfectly comfortable swimming in it. It looks phenomenal in the sunlight!!

Downside: I apparently have bony feet. I nearly gave myself blisters where my own feet were rubbing together. And I probably made the Lexan part too big, so there's not enough, well, flop. It's extremely stiff, apart from the flowy ends. Those flowy ends save it from being entirely too stiff, I think, but I would've liked the whole fin to be a little more floppy in the water. But thank goodness I listened to my husband when he advised me to make the whole thing smaller.

So, for the next fin: smaller Lexan, separate foot pockets. And smoother powermesh pocket; there's lumps of air inside my fin that I can't get rid of. But for my first tail, this is all going, dare I say it, quite swimmingly!

**Dancing Fish** · 07-10-2015, 10:15 PM

Here we go! Final scale placement!
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**Mermaid Kate Silverfin** · 07-10-2015, 10:18 PM

Looks gorgeous! Are you going to stick the whole scale down, or just the base? The 3D effect of the scales that aren't fully stuck down is cool, although I imagine a lot more drag in the water!

**Mermaid Sabie** · 07-10-2015, 10:26 PM

I love LOVE your scales! You're doing such an amazing job!

Mermaid at <3

**Dancing Fish** · 07-10-2015, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Mermaid Kate Silverfin

Looks gorgeous! Are you going to stick the whole scale down, or just the base? The 3D effect of the scales that aren't fully stuck down is cool, although I imagine a lot more drag in the water!

Thanks! I did consider that, but some of the scales tend to curl up a little awkwardly. I'm going to glue them all the way down. The colored tips dilineate the scales at a distance, and their edges are clear up close. Besides, biological fish scales are rather sleek looking. I might be candy-colored but I was going for a fishier look.

Thanks, Sabie!