So after watching some of the awesome videos from Lizard Landscapes and getting a new 40 gallon tank this week. I have decided to upgrade my Dragons enclosure and make it really awesome. So I am going to make a rock wall with a castle sticking out of it.
This thread will be more of a day by day journal of my progress on this that I hope people will enjoy reading and find it inspirational.
My Beardie, Smaug loves to explore his current cage and he tends to be pretty active, so I believe he will find his new enclosure a lot of fun.
Here is a simple plan of what I'm going for. I used paper to cut out basic shapes.
The castle will have 2 openings as well as a hidden ramp around the back to go to the top of the walk wall and the 2nd level of his enclosure.
The materials that I currently have - Unfortunately the glue pictured does not work with Styrofoam AT ALL - it literally ate through it. The foam boards are 4 12"x28"x0.5" I have a couple bigger pieces that I'm going to order from Amazon this week to build the rock wall.
A close up of the paints that I have started out with. Went with the Americana Acrylics as they were $1 at my local art shop. Colors I picked out is White, Desert Sand, Slate Grey, Milk Chocolate, Burnt Sienna, and Black.
And even though I don't have glue to put it together, The first few pieces of the castle wall have been cut out and I have taken a picture of everything standing up (House of cards style).
And lastly, Smaug himself enjoying his current enclosure.
That's it for now. Will post more as progress continues this week and next!
This thread will be more of a day by day journal of my progress on this that I hope people will enjoy reading and find it inspirational.
My Beardie, Smaug loves to explore his current cage and he tends to be pretty active, so I believe he will find his new enclosure a lot of fun.
Here is a simple plan of what I'm going for. I used paper to cut out basic shapes.
The castle will have 2 openings as well as a hidden ramp around the back to go to the top of the walk wall and the 2nd level of his enclosure.
The materials that I currently have - Unfortunately the glue pictured does not work with Styrofoam AT ALL - it literally ate through it. The foam boards are 4 12"x28"x0.5" I have a couple bigger pieces that I'm going to order from Amazon this week to build the rock wall.
A close up of the paints that I have started out with. Went with the Americana Acrylics as they were $1 at my local art shop. Colors I picked out is White, Desert Sand, Slate Grey, Milk Chocolate, Burnt Sienna, and Black.
And even though I don't have glue to put it together, The first few pieces of the castle wall have been cut out and I have taken a picture of everything standing up (House of cards style).
And lastly, Smaug himself enjoying his current enclosure.
That's it for now. Will post more as progress continues this week and next!