Building a rock wall!

[paulnattress]

Sounds good, I do like writing articles (I run a creative writing website, plus I'm a web content editor in real life too) so I would be up for that! I'll write something up for you once I've finished it.

 

[Select Gex]

Excellent!! Thanks

 

[GeckoGathering]

Looks good....just a word of caution if you feed crickets. Hungry and not so hungry crickets like to eat the foam...Foam is a not a suggested gut load item. I certainly suggest more than one coat of grout and observe closely where the geckos may rub off areas to due their shed. Take care and nice construction. HJ

 

[paulnattress]

Thanks, I've taken your advice to heart and it's now got another layer of grout and I've put more on the underside so that the crics can't have a nibble on it anywhere. The final coating (after painting it with acrylic paint) will be a layer of yacht varnish (natural varnish made from oils and resins) so the combination of the plasticity of the acrylic and the layer of varnish should keep the crics off.

 

[Halley]

looks like it is coming along nicely, thus far!!!

 

[brsisko]

Could you use spray paint on something like this?

 

[reptileluv13]

this looks cool

 

[paulnattress]

Could you use spray paint on something like this?

I didn't want to use spray paint because I didn't think it would be safe, plus I haven't really got anywhere to spray it. I went for acrylic paint in the end as it's water-based and has a plastic-like finish once dry. I've got the first coat on now... pictures coming soon!

 

[scottprice]

would you fix this to your back wall or are you just going to sit it in the vive?

I'm going to be doing something similar (probably going to take me forever because I specifically have an idea that I want it to look like a combination of South Western American backdrops like Monument Valley, White House Ruins... etc) Big project, tons of time. :main_thumbsup:

 

[Wind Dancer]

wow, really cool! i can't wait to see it when it's done!

 

[paulnattress]

would you fix this to your back wall or are you just going to sit it in the vive?

I was just going to sit it in the viv so I can remove it and chase out and crickets that get behind there.

 

[blackbat67]

looks fantastic - i definately want to make something like this when i get more room

i reall want to see it finished and see how your geckos enjoy it!

PS what creative writng website do you run; i am a bit of a writer myself lol (mainly fantasy)

 

[supersonicgecko]

what do you use to carve the polystyrene?

 

[scottprice]

I used a foam carving tool I got from a craft store like AC Moore or Michael's

 

[skooge]

Any update?

 

[LeoMartin]

^i dont think so.

 

[nats]

^i dont think so.

Yeah, what happend?
I was all excited to see the end product!!! :main_huh:

This guy must have a HUGE terrarium :main_laugh:

 

[RepBex]

updates please *looks sweet*

it looks like a very cool rockwall

 

[Kwyk]

Update?

 

[GEKO-leko]

your gekos so lucky!