universal rock backgrounds?

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As pinefamily said, Google is your friend. The stuff is sold as "EPS Panel". Sometimes the big hardware chains carry it or similar. Perhaps even a rendering supplier may carry it.

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polystyrene, heat gun, pva, liquid sandstone, oxide tints. $50 + time + lots of observation of local sandstone.

Bit busy at the moment, might put up some more from the diamond aviary later.
 

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Best homemade one's I've seen, Jack. Is the one with the hand stencils real or homemade?
 
These are some that I have made from other people using polystyrene, cerment, and acrylic paints
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Buy the time you've bought all the gear, experimented and spent a few hours on it, you would probably be financially ahead and saved yourself some time/ effort by purchasing one of the Universal backgrounds. Lightweight, retain heat well, look good, no nasty out gassing or toxic chemicals for you/ or your herps and will last forever. These are going on 9 years old now, outside in the UV and all weather and still look as good as the day I bought them home.

What's the rough price of one of those rock panels and are they easy to get hold of nation-wide?
I'm thinking of having something like that as a waterfall in an outdoor pit I'm about to build, basically having a hose run up the back so water runs over it into a pond I already have. But it would need a back on it as it won't be flush to the wall. So considering trying to make a free-standing one with wire mesh and expandable foam etc but have never done this before.
Any tips from the DIY guys?
 
These come with provision for fitting pump, etc for a water feature already, but run out at $1200 for a 2M squared panel like this. I have Lace monitors in there and the panels do hold up well to grappling hook claws while also maintaining good surface temps of 50C + on a 25C ambient day
; they'd need to at that price:).

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For larger outdoor panels with big lizards, have you considered concrete over mesh? I know some zoo displays use this to great effect in permanent set ups. As Jack mentioned, you need to have a good eye for the sort of habitat you want to create, otherwise you can end up with something that looks like a glossy pile of poo.
 
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