Barbara Turner
Member
The time has come where I'm starting to think about a re-scape.
I'm looking at moving towards a stone heavy scape. With a difference, and massively more labour intensive than anything I have ever, I'm expecting the rock work alone to take a couple of months.
I'm looking at spending a whole lot of time with a hammer, and an angle grinder with diamond grinding disc, and some stinky glue to try and create some cliffs and arches..
I'm wondering about shapes like this with multiple arches, I want a more natural look than some of the arches I have seen glued together from pebbles (No offence intended)
I'm currently playing in photoshop and still a long way from anything I'm happy with, but thought I would get some feedback on rock carving..
I spotted a shot of an award-winning stone heavy tank, Has anyone done anything similar? Was this created in a similar way to the green depot cliffs below?
What I'm trying to avoid is something like below.
The other tank that's similar is, I just want smoother transitions between the rocks glued together, that hopefully, I can get with the addition of an angle grinder. (trying not to cut any visible faces)
Choice of stone?
The stone that jumps out for a project like this is Pagoda stone, I suspect it's going to be too expensive, I'm guessing at £4/kg and I'm looking for around 400kg .. I don't want to spend £1600 on the stone. (Closer to £500 would be nice)
Also having never done this before I could easily end up with a mess that will never make it out of the scaping box.
I keep hearing that you can't use limestone as it will dissolve really quickly, has anyone actually experienced this on a first-hand basis? Could I just change the water twice a week to reduce the impact on the water parameters?
Any recommendations on rock types or suppliers?
Has anyone tried glueing in stainless steel support rods?
I'm looking at moving towards a stone heavy scape. With a difference, and massively more labour intensive than anything I have ever, I'm expecting the rock work alone to take a couple of months.
I'm looking at spending a whole lot of time with a hammer, and an angle grinder with diamond grinding disc, and some stinky glue to try and create some cliffs and arches..
I'm wondering about shapes like this with multiple arches, I want a more natural look than some of the arches I have seen glued together from pebbles (No offence intended)
I'm currently playing in photoshop and still a long way from anything I'm happy with, but thought I would get some feedback on rock carving..
I spotted a shot of an award-winning stone heavy tank, Has anyone done anything similar? Was this created in a similar way to the green depot cliffs below?
What I'm trying to avoid is something like below.
The other tank that's similar is, I just want smoother transitions between the rocks glued together, that hopefully, I can get with the addition of an angle grinder. (trying not to cut any visible faces)
Choice of stone?
The stone that jumps out for a project like this is Pagoda stone, I suspect it's going to be too expensive, I'm guessing at £4/kg and I'm looking for around 400kg .. I don't want to spend £1600 on the stone. (Closer to £500 would be nice)
Also having never done this before I could easily end up with a mess that will never make it out of the scaping box.
I keep hearing that you can't use limestone as it will dissolve really quickly, has anyone actually experienced this on a first-hand basis? Could I just change the water twice a week to reduce the impact on the water parameters?
Any recommendations on rock types or suppliers?
Has anyone tried glueing in stainless steel support rods?