Pimp my Vivarium - Pic Heavy

[RankinsDragons12]

wow well done, you are one talented person!!!!!!!!

[Mini Mosh]

Originally Posted by spatte88

we used the paints from Games Workshop as they are water based and so less likely to be toxic to the beardies anmd also come in a very wide variety of colours that are readily available in pretty much any city! if you are doing a large area then these paints can become a little pricey however we found that after a good base coat you could water the paints down a fair bit meaning they lasted a bit longer. in the latter stages of painting (before detailing) we found they (GW) do a spray gun which isnt too pricey and makes the paint go alot further, nevermind making the whole job a lot easier/quicker - only wish i had one from the off! oh well i know now for the next one!

we dont intend to use PVA we are going to use a varnish. The 1st layer is going to be another water based varnish from GW in a spray can to make it easy to apply the 1st layer and give an even coat. we then plan to finish it with a paint on ronseal varnish, of which we will be giving multiple coats! hope this helps!!

wow thaank you very much for the advice, i really wanted to finish them but i just didnt know where to turn. We have a GW in our town which is convenient as there isnt much here!

thanks again

[Pono]

This is the best viv i've ever seen! You really have an amazing talent, and you must be a genius to come up with that unique under floor heating! Keep us all updated as i cant wait to see the finished article!

Ed

[adhamyo]

wow! thats one of the best fake rocks i have ever seen.

[suey]

Wow!!! You must be back from holiday by now! More pics wanted!! :o) Excellent project, well done!

[spatte88]

Originally Posted by suey

Wow!!! You must be back from holiday by now! More pics wanted!! :o) Excellent project, well done!

We're Baaaaaack!!! lol will post some pics tonight to show the little bit we have had chance to do, just to keep you all informed!

[toxic]

cracking m8 good job but dont look like there much room left for the Bearded Dargon . Maybe just the photo

[Massis]

This must be one of the most beautiful vivs I've seen to date! It's truly great! and I really really like the ice structures.

there is one thing I worry about though: will your beardie (when adult) have enough room to run around in the tank? Since they are only semi-arboreal and live mostly on the flats in Australia, I'd think they prefer large flat areas with a few climbing possibilities instead of a small patch of flat space (left bottom & perch in your tank).
Of course I don't really know how your beardie will react to the sloped walls of your piramid...

to conclude on the good side: you're idea of the floor heating is absolutely brilliant!

[haunted-havoc]

Originally Posted by spatte88

yes you were right about the stacker sytem with two vivs in it and WOW on the brilliant ideas. really love the heaven and hell one though not sure what beardie heaven would look like..... possibly full of locusts with silkworm gates

read on anopther thread you were thinking of a roman theme for one of yours! jealous i didnt think of it and cant wait to see what ideas/creations you come up with, would love to see some drawings/photos of whatever stage you are at with yours.

after reading haunted-havoc's post about him doing a project on the sunken city of atlantis we started thinking about Stargate Atlantis and how if we used this idea we could have the 1st/top viv with an above water view of the atlantis city and the lower viv being the underwater scene. Peoples views????

keep the ideas coming guys as the more we have to choose from the better! any pics/drawings you want to do would be fantastic!

where do you think i got the idea from, also watching that disney film atlantis helped lol.


it would be awesome for a 50/50 land/water amphibian cos then you could get a really cool panoramic view of it all. maybe something like a newt
...damnit now ive given my self an idea lol

cant find any piccies, will ring the school i used to go to tomorrow see if they have one kicking about

[spatte88]

Just a little update for you guys!

so far we have started to highlight the pyramid and here is a little snap shot as we havnt finished the whole thing.



Was thinking of doing some painted patterning on the pyramids though it will take quite a while to make it look really good and time is something im running short of at the mo so may end up leaving it plain - sometimes the simple things look the best! what do you guys reckon????