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[rtfoe]

Richard,
Looking good my man love the plants laying down due to the current.

Thanks Scottie, I had just turned off the laptop and got into bed when you posted.

Outstanding can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks Jim(What?)...me too.

Hi Richard
Love the look of the water weed going with the flow of water. I assume the tint to the water/resin will be quite subtle. It would be easy to spoil all the work on the stream bed even if the contrast is upped.
Jim

Yes Jim, I've seen some tint with just a tiny touch from a paint brush...not even a drop to get a light tint.

Sorry no update today...horrible sinus attack.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi all, sinuses cured, updates on the Olympics reviewed so into the garden in search of what nots for my dio and noticed the water hyacinth blooming.



Then my neighbour gave me some fruit from his wife's parents little orchard. Rambutans and Mangosteens. I would normally eat the rambutans straight from the stems but SWMBO likes them opened and refrigerated so while filling two tubs full I nicked a few.



Ok ok John...no more dilly dallying but still not the pour yet. I'm experimenting with clear vac-formed Marie biscuit holders which had the natural curve and corrugated. Using the drill bit and some incense sticks I got some shapes done. They are just dry fitted with still some work to do. The two on the left hasn't been worked on yet.



I intend to glue it down with a hot gun or just simple UHU and work some Deluxe Making Waves paste to hide the joint. Hopefully the "pouring" will camouflage it even further.



More fine sand and pebbles to be added. So John, be patiently "Upset". :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Hi all, sinuses cured, updates on the Olympics reviewed so into the garden in search of what nots for my dio and noticed the water hyacinth blooming.

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Then my neighbour gave me some fruit from his wife's parents little orchard. Rambutans and Mangosteens. I would normally eat the rambutans straight from the stems but SWMBO likes them opened and refrigerated so while filling two tubs full I nicked a few.

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Ok ok John...no more dilly dallying but still not the pour yet. I'm experimenting with clear vac-formed Marie biscuit holders which had the natural curve and corrugated. Using the drill bit and some incense sticks I got some shapes done. They are just dry fitted with still some work to do. The two on the left hasn't been worked on yet.

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I intend to glue it down with a hot gun or just simple UHU and work some Deluxe Making Waves paste to hide the joint. Hopefully the "pouring" will camouflage it even further.

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More fine sand and pebbles to be added. So John, be patiently "Upset". :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

Richard.

Stunning work and pleased to see this back. Love the plants bending in the flow, very nice , and the vac-formed Marie biscuit holders , just perfect for this. ( Makes note of name for later investigation )

Re the water hyacinth blooming, , is that a Prayer Plant in the back ground with the marked leaves ?
Along long time since I ate any rambutans, possibly in Hong Kong in the late 60's, can remember a fleshy texture if that 's right.

Contented of Croydon.
Dogs award committee member.

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Using that plastic from the biscuit packaging is inspired - looks as if it should work a treat.
Jim
water hyacinth flowers are very pretty.

[rtfoe]

Richard.

Stunning work and pleased to see this back. Love the plants bending in the flow, very nice , and the vac-formed Marie biscuit holders , just perfect for this. ( Makes note of name for later investigation )

Re the water hyacinth blooming, , is that a Prayer Plant in the back ground with the marked leaves ?
Along long time since I ate any rambutans, possibly in Hong Kong in the late 60's, can remember a fleshy texture if that 's right.

Contented of Croydon.
Dogs award committee member.

Thanks John, I hope the experiment works out. According to SWMBO it's a Calathea. She has the other broader leaf of the family as well. Regarding the rambutans yes you have the texture of the flesh right. The Cantonese call it Hong Mo Tan or red hairy egg but if you say it quickly it can be mistaken for English egg or white man's egg...go figure that out. :tears-of-joy:

Hi Richard
Using that plastic from the biscuit packaging is inspired - looks as if it should work a treat.
Jim
water hyacinth flowers are very pretty.

I hope so too Jim, trying to vary the look of the fall of the water is tricky. They're beautiful when they all bloom in th hundreds in a pond or lake.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Thanks John, I hope the experiment works out. According to SWMBO it's a Calathea. She has the other broader leaf of the family as well. Regarding the rambutans yes you have the texture of the flesh right. The Cantonese call it Hong Mo Tan or red hairy egg but if you say it quickly it can be mistaken for English egg or white man's egg...go figure that out. :tears-of-joy:


I hope so too Jim, trying to vary the look of the fall of the water is tricky. They're beautiful when they all bloom in th hundreds in a pond or lake.

Cheers,
Richard

Will you thanks the Good Lady please Richard, it is indeed a ,member of the same family of plants, I bet shes has great success with your climate . We have to grow then indoors. Funny after all those years I still remember the texture.

[rtfoe]

Will you thanks the Good Lady please Richard, it is indeed a ,member of the same family of plants, I bet shes has great success with your climate . We have to grow then indoors. Funny after all those years I still remember the texture.

I'll pass on the thank you via a text message later...she got me to replant the Calathea and move pots again when I asked her about it. Venturing into the garden while she's there is a boobytrap. :confounded:

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

I'll pass on the thank you via a text message later...she got me to replant the Calathea and move pots again when I asked her about it. Venturing into the garden while she's there is a boobytrap. :confounded:

Cheers,
Richard

Oh dear sorry I asked :smiling3:

[rtfoe]

No worries John, I have ways to avoid gardening. Anyways, as I said once the Olympics is over I have time to work on the dio so this is what was done today. Sorry no pouring yet but more painting and adding bits to the stream bed...

I added some more longer water weeds leading from under the bridge and twisted and turned them to follow the currents... I'm hoping those masks for the bridge legs will be easy to remove after the pouring as they look stuck solid.



Besides the weeds at the waterfall I added more stones...



Comparison of it after coloring...the shadows and highlights are painted in and not from lighting.



Unfortunately the camera didn't capture the added tones to the stones and sand. I varnished the stones where water would have splashed on and soaked the whole bed in white glue and left it to dry. I took the opportunity to dip the clear sheets in Future to get rid of scratches from the drill bit.



So while the stream bed dries I worked on the four corners of the stone heads for the bridge using dense polystyrene, cut, measured and carved out the brick work with a sharp needled tool.



This is the result I got from the first stone head. Later I used rough stone to press rough detail onto the brick work surface and then I will coat it with household white emulsion paint as a primer and to waterproof it.



That's as far as I got and still scribing the other three stone heads.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
All looking very nice mate.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie, I'm just about to turn in. G night.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Stream bed just gets better and better. I hope you're right about those masks for the bridge supports. I imagine a new blade in a scalpel could sort it anyway. Good forward planning to "splash the rocks".
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thank Jim, good thing I used balsa as part of the masking so that would easily be carved out with a sharp blade as you mentioned. Still can't pour as I'm finding suitable roots that will overhang the banks including tall grass and bushes. Appreciate you spending time to comment.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi,
This is how it's gonna be. I've actually glued the ends down and will paint in situ.



The polycraft glue I bought at the Japanese pound shop is pretty strong and will get some more once the lockdown is relaxed.
The bridge is crying out for paint and weathering. We'll see if I get to add oyster mushrooms growing out of the woodwork...nah won't go that detailed. :smiling2:



Not much done today, still sorting out the roots.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, this one's for John...

Doing some scrounging in the little garden and saw that my passion fruit plant has sprouted some flowers so decided to take some shots to see if you recognise any of the other plants as well.

Here is the satellite dish looking passion fruit flowers... The rest of the plants are in thumbnails.

This ones a special cat plant...
Oops...hit the twentieth file...next page.

Cheers,
Richard