Playing Koi

I'm still not switching to a flexi tail as my main aquatic body part, however I do have to say this fin set I got at Safe Waters sale going on now, was pleasantly surprising. Let me go on about the texturing- I love the colours of everything. The texture work and colours from Safe Waters are usually crisp and exacting and simply beautiful. The options for the upper body of this set- amazing variety! I love when the light hits everything just right how the pattern of the koi just flows from tail to body beautifully no matter which combination of tops you wear. I didn't expect it to look so modern and fresh and just a little bit edgy but it did. Yay happy me!

The fins come in three sizes/styles- male, female and child. Including a shape so there's no fussing to get things just "so". Of course I went and used my own shape - which is actually to say I used my regular shape which recently I've modified a bit to be a bit softer with more curves. That's another story though :P
Anyway I still have a "skirt" version of my "new" shape but what I was trying to say up above is that I didn't use the "skirt shape" of my regular shape with this tail set. It actually looked better with a fuller lower body, which was very nice.

The AO included with the fin set is also quite appropriate and accents the flexi design well. The overall design and execution are really very well done and I am very happy with this purchase.

I will note that at times depending on your lighting, the demarcation from avatar to prim tail is very pronounced. There is also the awkwardness of trying to use various mer poses or non flexi mer animations- they simply don't work with a fexi tail. A surprising number worked well with this fin set to my pleasant surprise, but quite a few didn't. There is also some of the normal issues associated with invisiprims used to hide part of the avatar legs- sometimes they would be very noticeable from water level or against certain textures. All of these things are common SL limitations though and nothing to do with the designs themselves.

Pretty Koi!

Showa Koi Merfolk Set: Safe Waters by Goldenstar Sands

skin: Mother Goose's by milok Hermit

eyes: Shine by Brandy Rasmuson

bracelets: Legend by Fatal Raine

ears: Slink by Siddean Munro

lashes: TSM&M by Helena Stringer

hair: Waka & Yuki by yukitan Farrjones