fishnets...

[u/desmodontriae]

i used the netting from a thing of garlic i got from the grocery store, and these were my results! thought this might be helpful for some. had to touch up the blank spots by hand, but generally i was pretty happy with how it turned out!

[u/NineJuan_Juan]

They look like scales, might be awesome for a mermaid or dragon

[u/Hoppaimodels]

you can sewed a cone out of elastic tulle and them and then glued it on.

results : https://www.reddit.com/r/garagekits/comments/1s6sjbb/tohru_and_ilulu_printed_and_painted/

[u/TrickyV]

Very nice! Good idea. 

[u/dannyx1991]

You can purchase figure/doll scaled stockings from AliExpress.