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Offline EmGee

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Fountain
« on: April 28, 2012, 15:39:51 »
I've been toying the idea of creating a fountain... so, here it is, water and all... enjoy!






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Re: Fountain
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2012, 15:49:11 »
That's superb  :clap: :clap:  :wow: :clap: :clap:
What a great use of parts.
Please show us how you did the water.

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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Fountain
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2012, 16:21:45 »
Magnificent custom project, EmGee :wow:! Very realistic! The water is a fantastic effect!
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Re: Fountain
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2012, 16:23:30 »
:omg: That's awesome! Yes, how did you do the water? I've been wanting to make a fountain out of my bronze elephant, plus some other fountains I have planned, but have been stumped on how to do the water.
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Re: Fountain
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2012, 16:25:38 »
very beautiful creation
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Offline EmGee

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Re: Fountain
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2012, 16:30:56 »
Quote from: skypurr on April 28, 2012, 15:49:11
That's superb  :clap: :clap:  :wow: :clap: :clap:
What a great use of parts.
Please show us how you did the water.

Elaine

Thanks Elaine... here are a couple of closeups of the water.

I used this product to create the standing water in the fountain. Pros: it's inexpensive (under $4), dries crystal clear. Cons: it takes FOREVER to dry, specially when using lots of it, like on the bottom bowl of the fountain.


After I had the body of the fountain assembled, I just filled up the bowls with the sealant, straight from the tube... just had to smooth it out a bit.


Now, for the falling water I used my warm glue gun. Just squeeze out a thin line of glue on wax paper and let it dry. It peels off easily when dry, which only takes a couple of minutes. trim to the desired lenght and attach to the fountain using some of the existing "water".  The only thing I didn't like is that the glue tends to get cloudy/milky when it dries. Because of this, my S.O. called it the "Snot Fountain"...  :-[   I haven't tried using the sealant for the falling water... I'll have to see how that works.


The rest of the fountain is pretty straight forward... lots of textured spray paint and a glue gun. :)

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Re: Fountain
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2012, 16:31:30 »
This is cool-looking; nice job! ;)
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Re: Fountain
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2012, 16:34:13 »
I like the use of the elephant platform for that bottom bowl. :)9
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Re: Fountain
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2012, 16:44:56 »
Quote from: bonniebeth on April 28, 2012, 16:34:13
I like the use of the elephant platform for that bottom bowl. :)9

I almost used the kiddie pool from 4864 for the bottom bowl, but the elephant platform worked better... plus, duplicating the blue, plastic water from the kiddie pool for the other bowls in the fountain would've been impossible.
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Re: Fountain
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2012, 17:14:26 »
This is sooooo beautiful  :love: :love:
Very beautiful work!!! Thank you for these pics and for sharing this techinic!!!
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