marteed
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Its not finished yet. This is the 3rd layer of render. I will put the last coat on tomorrow and then it will be painting time. :lol:
Will post more pics when its done
Will post more pics when its done
My first hide
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GeckoGuy
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look's good,what is it made of?
marteed
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Thanks!
Polystyrene and acrylic render.
Polystyrene and acrylic render.
Jewyy95
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that render looks so much better than grout
lizardloco
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Yeah, it does
cadwallader
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that looks really good
is it very heavy? what colour are you painting it i think it looks great already...
is it very heavy? what colour are you painting it i think it looks great already...
marteed
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Thanks everyone!
I went with render as I couldnt find a big bag of grout that didnt cost to much (was probably looking in the wrong place or stuff). I come across a 20kg bag of acrylic render for under $11 and given that this is my first project a 20kg bag gave me plenty of room to stuff up (touchwood i havent so far, lol). It was also really cheap so I wouldnt lose to much money.
It does have a bit of weight to it, but i guess the good side to this is that my snake wont be able to push it around as much.
Not sure on colours yet, but going to try and give it some detail. Maybe along the lines of the red/orange rocks.
These were the stages before the above pic
I went with render as I couldnt find a big bag of grout that didnt cost to much (was probably looking in the wrong place or stuff). I come across a 20kg bag of acrylic render for under $11 and given that this is my first project a 20kg bag gave me plenty of room to stuff up (touchwood i havent so far, lol). It was also really cheap so I wouldnt lose to much money.
It does have a bit of weight to it, but i guess the good side to this is that my snake wont be able to push it around as much.
Not sure on colours yet, but going to try and give it some detail. Maybe along the lines of the red/orange rocks.
These were the stages before the above pic
TaraLeigh
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Well done. That looks fantastic. Thanx for sharing.
What did you use to stick all the bits together?
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!
What did you use to stick all the bits together?
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Froggiestyle
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mate that looks really good i could say looks better then the real product in texture and very creative idea, well done man
Thumbs up!!
Thumbs up!!
marteed
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I used pva glue to stick together as i had no liquid nails. Here is another pic, just needs to be sealed now which i will do over the next couple of days.
I was going to do more on it but I think I will over do it and ruin it.
Thanks everyone for your kind comments!!
I was going to do more on it but I think I will over do it and ruin it.Thanks everyone for your kind comments!!
nico77
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wow nice hide , great job on the paint work
TaraLeigh
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Yeah this is deff one of the best DIY hides I have seen!
I love it. Great work. What paint did you use? What sealer are you going to use?
Gotta tell us all the steps.... someone might want to copy you'r awesome job =p
I love it. Great work. What paint did you use? What sealer are you going to use?
Gotta tell us all the steps.... someone might want to copy you'r awesome job =p
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