another fake rock/desert enclosure

[sushigeezer]

my approach to whole thing, this is for my beardies!

step by step

Luckily my coffee table is the same width as inside of my viv so I had a good model of the size i need/I can go for!

Polystyrene, extremely sharp knife (little butchers knife!) and some cocktail sticks to get everything together without glue (U might need to get some parts off to make little adjustments ) here we go:








tomorrow I'm going to buy some grout so will let you know what's the final cost of the whole thing
and of course will keep you updated!

let me know what you think

[Gill]

Lookin good keep us posted

[asm1006]

looks great-awaiting next installment

[Kellybee]

Thats wicked....

Out of interest, did you get millions of little bits of polystyrene stuck to you or does a mega sharp knife stop that from happening? I tried to do this last year and made a complete pig's ear of it...

[reptiles_galore]

any update?
looking good so far

[sushigeezer]

Originally Posted by Kellybee

Thats wicked....

Out of interest, did you get millions of little bits of polystyrene stuck to you or does a mega sharp knife stop that from happening? I tried to do this last year and made a complete pig's ear of it...

yeah.... sharp knife helps a bit but you need to clean up every few cuts so hoover is your best friend when you doing it.

Update:
2 layers of grout are on, waiting till it get proper dry then another two layers and some pva with sand

I hope I will be done by tomorrow evening

o I forgot, shopping list

polystyrene 8 sheets £8 (I've used only 4)

Wickes:
grout, PVA, dust sheets, brush - bill came to £30 but I'm sure It's possible to get it less than that.

apart of that I have 4 bags of reptisand but I had them for ages so not sure of the price, anyway will see how much sand I will use.

Cheers

[Fuko]

would love to see some updated pics of your progress

[sushigeezer]

messy... I'm trying to be as clean as possible since I'm doing it in my lounge

[Ben.M]

Looks brilliant, reminds me of the flintstones, what did u use in pic 4 coz i'm sure you cant cut polystyrene that smooth, can you???

[sushigeezer]

just knife and some patience