smitch
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Welcome to my build thread. Im going to warn you that this will be a slow going process. First off, my tank doesn't fit down the stairs to get it in the basement. We are getting quotes to make our newly acquired house a walk out basement. Final quote will be in tomorrow.
On with the tank...
I bought a 240 gallon acrylic tank off of craigslist for $600.
The tank came with a bunch of plumbing, some crappy canister filter and a weird wave/surge device.
I've been watching way to much Netflix lately. While watching HeMan I thought it would be neat to build a theme tank. First and foremost my goal is to make this tank subtle and classy. I dont want to over cheese on the grayskull stuff. No action figures, no plastic, no nonsense.
First step, buy a castle. Its crazy some of the stuff you can find online. Come to find out people pay good money for replica castle grayskulls. Most were made of fiberglass, but it kind of got my wheels turning. I started searching for information on how to build cement castles. What if I could make a replica cement castle grayskull? I needed a the real thing to build a replica. I lost three auctions on Ebay and became pretty frustrated. Each time I got out bid by a dollar. There was a guy at work that I asked if he had any of his kids old toys. A day later I had my own castle grayskull.
Some more searching I come across some diy live rock videos on you tube. I applied some live rock techniques to some castle relief molding and this is what I got... second try.
The castle will get some grinding and hacking done to it. Maybe a small amount of paint work to make it pop. The overall look that I'd like to achieve is an old run down, fallen Castle Grayskull. Since the tank is eight foot long I'm hoping to play a bit with the lighting, or lack there of. The plan is to have one side of the tank, the left side fairly well lit. While the right side, the castle side some what dark. Maybe using only my small 24 inch led lights to give a stormy, flickering look.
Enough about the castle, on to the basement remodel.
We just started the remodel. Carpet is out along with the wanes coating. Drywall and tile will be taking its place.
This is the backside of the wall where the tank will be.
On with the tank...
I bought a 240 gallon acrylic tank off of craigslist for $600.
The tank came with a bunch of plumbing, some crappy canister filter and a weird wave/surge device.
I've been watching way to much Netflix lately. While watching HeMan I thought it would be neat to build a theme tank. First and foremost my goal is to make this tank subtle and classy. I dont want to over cheese on the grayskull stuff. No action figures, no plastic, no nonsense.
First step, buy a castle. Its crazy some of the stuff you can find online. Come to find out people pay good money for replica castle grayskulls. Most were made of fiberglass, but it kind of got my wheels turning. I started searching for information on how to build cement castles. What if I could make a replica cement castle grayskull? I needed a the real thing to build a replica. I lost three auctions on Ebay and became pretty frustrated. Each time I got out bid by a dollar. There was a guy at work that I asked if he had any of his kids old toys. A day later I had my own castle grayskull.
Some more searching I come across some diy live rock videos on you tube. I applied some live rock techniques to some castle relief molding and this is what I got... second try.
The castle will get some grinding and hacking done to it. Maybe a small amount of paint work to make it pop. The overall look that I'd like to achieve is an old run down, fallen Castle Grayskull. Since the tank is eight foot long I'm hoping to play a bit with the lighting, or lack there of. The plan is to have one side of the tank, the left side fairly well lit. While the right side, the castle side some what dark. Maybe using only my small 24 inch led lights to give a stormy, flickering look.
Enough about the castle, on to the basement remodel.
We just started the remodel. Carpet is out along with the wanes coating. Drywall and tile will be taking its place.
This is the backside of the wall where the tank will be.
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