Professional artist enclosure background

[Just_Plain_Nuts]

Looks great its a shame heat lamps and lights look so hideous...I am working on ideas to hide these or make them more attractive and natural looking.

 

[Banjo]

Absolutely amazing, it is a credit to you. Plus I'm soooo jealous.

 

[python_dan89]

thats just awesome work =)

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

Is just the lighting or is he coming up for a shed ? he's looking a bit on the dark side ... he'll find all sorts of places to hang his shed in there....... I've said before that it is awesome, stunning and gobsmacked,.....
I've changed my mind........ now i'm just jealous :lol:

he sure is Jax. i mentioned in a thread elsewhere, he is almost totally the one colour down his back. and his eyes have just gone white last night. its been about 10 weeks since his last one, so definitely due.

Looks great its a shame heat lamps and lights look so hideous...I am working on ideas to hide these or make them more attractive and natural looking.

hmmm, not quite sure about hiding the light.... wouldn't that be counter productive?

it doesn't bother me too much, it is an enclosure after all.... i still have plenty of poly left, so am thinking about designing a cover to go over the thermostat. it would cover front and sides, and still allow air in top and bottom, where the vents are.....


thanks everyone. i am very lucky to have such a talented and generous sister!

 

[Just_Plain_Nuts]

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hmmm, not quite sure about hiding the light.... wouldn't that be counter productive?
that's why i am STILL thinking about an idea...

 

[SNAKEBOY33]

HIi i would make a small section in front of the light a bit like a piece of cave roof between the glass and the light only . Not completly surrounding, just hide the light behind behind it..

 

[Just_Plain_Nuts]

that's all i have come up with so far too, will keep pondering about better ideas

 

[Noongato]

Thats gorgeous, she should make reptile enclosure, sure it would cost a fortune though.
Did she do a training course or something like that, or is it more of a personal artform?

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

Thats gorgeous, she should make reptile enclosure, sure it would cost a fortune though.
Did she do a training course or something like that, or is it more of a personal artform?

its actually her job (in a manner of sorts). professional prop artist. has worked on loads of different stuff from egyptian themed casinos in macau, to the latest Narnia film making fawns and beavers. she is on standby at the moment to go to NZ to work on The Hobbit. Just waiting for production to start.

She trained in fine arts at VCA (melbourne) and started out on 'round the twist' then went to a puppet company. just kind of progressed from there...!

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

that's all i have come up with so far too, will keep pondering about better ideas

yeah, i was thinking about it too, and it would be nice to have it like the light was filtering through a tree or something....

 

[Tinky]

A lot of enclosures have a 100mm face board on the front top, so that the lights are 'recessed' from front on viewing.

 

[WayneC]

I like the idea, and you both did a great job!

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

thanks WayneC

also been thinking about camouflaging the light and thought maybe just stringing up a line of hanging ivy or whatever, or weaving it into a light cage...? couldnt do it around a heat globe though probably.

 

[Jungletrans]

Ever thought about making fiberglass casts of the original . l would buy one . lf you made some different sizes you could make megabucks , just a thought .

 

[Rox.n.Lix]

Ever thought about making fiberglass casts of the original . l would buy one . lf you made some different sizes you could make megabucks , just a thought .

hmmmm, have to determine what the most common size is i think. or make one a little less elaborate, that people could cut to size once they got it?

 

[Akraziatic]

She trained in fine arts at VCA (melbourne) and started out on 'round the twist' then went to a puppet company. just kind of progressed from there...!

Round the Twist. I used to love that show. Haha. She has done a fine job mate. She should be proud..

 

[REPTILIAN-KMAN]

your sister could make a lot of money making these displays in the reptile industry what type of paint did your sister use as some paints eat into poly as they are solvent based ( petrol mixed with poly makes napalm ) and most paints contain petrol solvents as i said so this could be an issue but i love what shes done

thanks for the insight

 

[J-A-X]

i think you'll find that she 'sealed' the poly with the cement before she painted, but its a great warning for others.

 

[Snake_Whisperer]

Wow, that has to be one of the nicest backgrounds I have ever seen! Is it inspired by one of the temples at the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia?

 

[AUSHERP]

thats awesome, shes lucky shes not my sister, i'd fill my garage with poly and lock her in there with a knife, render and some paint. hahaha