Lorelei's First Silicone Tail Attempt!

[Ilonka]

Looks really awesome!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Here's a sneak peak of my jewelry and such for those of you who haven't seen it yet. (Sorry for the huge picture...)

[Spindrift]

That looks really awesome! I think the gold chains would be phenomenal as a stand alone piece!

[Mermaid Dottie]

Sexy necklace!

[Kanti]

Holy cow Lorelei everything looks awesome!
I remember seeing the necklace already I love it :')
As for the fin it looks great!
You did a really awesome job painting it!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Thanks everyone, and I agree Spindrift, the gold chains are awesome. :P

To be honest, I think the painting portion is my favorite part. XD Which is good, because I'll be doing a buttload of it.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I'm going to try and make a daily update now, just to make sure I actually get something done. XD

Today's big update: I made a crap load of progress on my fluke. It's just about ready for molding. (FINALLY) After this comes the finishing touches on my scales, and then putting everything together! (And the pouring of silicone, and pouring of scale mold, and painting of everything, and finishing of bra, and finishing of jewelry, and yeah...)

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Woo! I tested my homemade monofin yesterday and, though I really need a different heel attachment to keep my feet from slipping out, it works beautifully! I'm so excited to start building my tail around the dang thing finally. :>

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Well, I'm not sure this is so much a forum thread as a private blog at this point, but hey, it keeps me on track. XD

Today's progress: Finished half of the fluke detail. Now to get the other half completely detailed. Ugh...

[Mermaid Saphira]

Here's a sneak peak of my jewelry and such for those of you who haven't seen it yet. (Sorry for the huge picture...)

LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 MUST HAVE!!!

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Haha, I make necklaces like them as custom orders Aqua. :> Feel free to message me on my Etsy if you are interested. I would be more than happy to make you something.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Darn, I'm failing at the daily updates. X'D Sorry guys. Anyways, I've been dealing with college work this week and last week and haven't had much time to get anything done, but my homework load will be a LOT less next week, so expect something then. I should also be getting in a new monofin on the 18th, so there will be an update then for sure. I've also started a new idea with my guy, Orion, and I can't thank him enough for the fabulous design! (Love you!) News of his idea will be up eventually, but that idea is staying hush hush for a while. ;P

Let's see, anything else? Uhm, oh yeah. New color scheme. X3 At this point, I'm just not even going to say what my color scheme is. It may end up changing again and I'm getting tired of having to constantly update on my inability to choose colors. :/

Yup. Goodnight.

[Ilonka]

I'm having the same problem, working allot this week + moving again! Ugh, d I'm also having issues with the colors, I know which ones to usr, just can't deside how to arrange them.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Where are you moving too? And I feel your pain on the colors. I always think I have them just how I want them, and then something catches my eye (like a new fish species) and suddenly everything goes out the window and I'm stuck desiging all over again.

[Ilonka]

I'm moving a town over, to my mother in laws house for a month and then I'm going home to Florida. I'll get inspired once I start painting, I'm gonna start from the fluke up, so far its gonna be light blue, white and gold. I'll probably add green too.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Ooooh, nice colors and man, I would just love to live somewhere tropical. Gah. I'm stuck in Oklahoma for at least two more years... -dies-
I'm kind of thinking of doing something with yellows, blues, oranges, and maybe some other fun colors. But who knows. It might change again.

[Ilonka]

I hear Oklahoma if freezing! Iv lived between Florida and Puerto Rico all my life so iv never seen snow and have zero cold tolerance! The fin u made looks awesome, will it be a splash kind of tail?

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Actually, Oklahoma has every kind of weather. We are known for having record lows one day and three days later having record highs. We just never know what our weather is going to be like. XD

Thanks! I'm actually going with a completely unique design. The colors on my test fin were different types of paint that I was testing out. I wanted to make sure that my ideas were working, and they did! However, those aren't the colors I'm actually going to be using. I just happened to have them on hand. :>

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Alright, time for an update. And guess what... I have pictures! Here we go.








(Sorry it is so big. :/ I can't figure out how to make it smaller.) This is my new monofin. It's a competitor style, but it has none of the annoying ridges of the finis brand. I just finished attaching the foot pockets this evening, so I haven't gotten to test it out yet. I plan on swim testing either tomorrow night or Saturday.


Here's a size comparison between my new fin and the finis rapid.


Here are some fin molds in the process of setting up. For those curious, I used Shell Shock Liquid Plastic for my molds.


If you guys remember those little silicone shells, these are what they looked like before I poured them. Just a preliminary color test, but it came out really well.


My first mermaid belt. Unfortunately I won't be using this belt (I'm switching my netting color to black) but I will be selling this on Etsy when it is completed. If people are interested, I will consider making these regularly. :>

So yeah, there you go. I'll be done with school this week, so the updates should start getting more interesting. YAY!

[Kanti]

Yay! That new fin looks great~ Very big :'D Also will probably last you a lot longer than the
rapid xD those foot pockets just seem very weak to me.

Either way finally you give us an update! >8( lol
Can't wait to see what else you bring up~