[dartsanddragons]

20H just planted

and another

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[dartsanddragons]

20H just planted

and another

 

[mydumname]

What did you use for your background?

 

[dartsanddragons]

Background

I used a 2 part apoxy.

Scott

 

[kyle1745]

Nice, could you offer more information and/or pics on how you did the epoxy?

 

[dartsanddragons]

Kyle
I used Zoopoxy #307 sculpting putty over a 1" foam board, I created the shape with wire mesh covered that with ready wrap " plaster cloth " allowed to dry mixed the putty coated and shaped it applied some color pigment allowed to dry again used silicone and peat for background areas. All in all I spent maybe a hour total on each it really was quite easy.

Thanks Scott

 

[dartsanddragons]

Oh I forgot to mention it's non toxic " used in many exibits " and has no nasty smells.

Scott

 

[kyle1745]

Where can you get it? I have some mortor I plan to try soon, but am always open to new ideas.

 

[dartsanddragons]

What Mortar do you have? I hope it's not the stuff that everybody is using that eventually breaks down and flakes, I will not mention the name of that mortar on the board but if you PM i'll let you know if thats it, I'll have to find the details of where I got this I got a 2 Gallon kit for about 70.00 and have barely touched it. I could easily do 20 of these with that kit more if I do smaller surfaces.

Scott

 

[mindcrash]

Looks cool, i like the background.

 

[dartsanddragons]

Thanks, like I said this is just planted I think as it grows in it will be much better but I wanted to start with this size and than move to the larger one it will be about 4ft x 4 ft.

Scott

 

[dmartin72]

Nice start! I can't wait to see it grow up! I like the way the background looks.

Where did you get the zoopoxy #307 sculpting putty?
http://www.polygem.com/zoo/mixing.php ?

Kyle
I used Zoopoxy #307 sculpting putty over a 1" foam board, I created the shape with wire mesh covered that with ready wrap " plaster cloth " allowed to dry mixed the putty coated and shaped it applied some color pigment allowed to dry again used silicone and peat for background areas. All in all I spent maybe a hour total on each it really was quite easy.

Thanks Scott

 

[dartsanddragons]

David
That's the place.

Kyle
david saved me the trouble he linked to the site above

Scott

 

[Guest]

I like the feature in the last tank pictured...
Any shots of the building process?

 

[dartsanddragons]

building process

I don't, but I am going to make another for a third 20H and could take some pics and either E-mail or post them. Please note that due to the use of materials no two would ever be the same without alot of planning but I like it that way.

Scott