2 new builds I'm doing right now

[IrishRonin]

Okay so I know it's been awhile since I've updated so I'll make up for it with a picture heavy update now. Okay so the streams were being more hassle then anything so I used some old skills and did them out of fiberglass. Years ago I did a giant yellow submarine on wheels with a certain little red fish on it for a black mouse with big ears. So to start I got some foam blocks and laid them out the way I wanted them, I then hot glued the pieces together. After that I carved them into their final shape, you have to do them upside down and backwards so when you pop them out there the correct way. Once I had my bucks the way I wanted them I them brushed 8-10 layers of hot wax on them so the glass wouldn't stick. When they were dry I went ahead and fiberglass them. If you've never done it before it's really easy, first you paint your buck with resin then add a piece of fiberglass mat then you repeat until you've got 3-4 layers. When they dried I used my dremel to cut it off the cardboard I did it on, and then I cut the buck out. Then I had to glass them to there pond/ drain tube. Now all that was left was to decorate them, for that I used silicone, hot glued, sand and rocks. So as you can see one is done and the other is about 60 % done. I also finished the background for the large enclosure but I somehow forgot to get pictures, next time I guess. Well let me know what you think.

[deranged chipmunk]

out-freaking-standing!! i know a lot of guys who do glass work for automotive customizing, never thought to apply it to a build. awesome!! but, for some reason, now i got a hankering for weinerschnitzel.

[IrishRonin]

Hey Bill thanks, yeah I'm not sure why I never did it before though doing it on this small of a scale was a little tedious. My next mission is to try my hand at making my own tree like the one in the large tank but with a large root system.

[IrishRonin]

So I finished and installed the lg one in the pet store, they seemed really happy with the way it came out. Unfortunately the sun was just about to go down and left the worst glare on the glass for the pic. I'm going back in a few days to check on it so I'll get better pics but for now here's the one I got

[deranged chipmunk]

very cool! and it looks so much better than a glass tank with some fake pothos in it. btw, i'll take 4 assorted cichlids please.....LOL

[IrishRonin]

Bill I'll bag them up and have them shipped out to you pronto, lol. Well I got a few more pictures, Idono if there any better as the camera on my tablet kinda sucks but here you go. Also I'm shipping the other one out this week, so I should have some pictures soon. Thanks for the comments every one