SucculentShrimps

Hey guys,
Was wondering if anyone knew how to make fake rivers and streams like the ones below.








I wonder if you can use the stuff in those miniature modeling stores or are they toxic?

Dave-H

My wife has some of that in the closet - she uses it for modeling rivers/lakes for model trains.

spypet

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Sketch

@spypet so instead of flowing bubbles they just trap blue liquid in that thing?

Jark

Blue light under thin white sand? Blue spotlight under exposed glass tank bottom? Paint the tank bottom blue and use thin clear sand? Possibilities?

Jeffww

The top picture is a bare bottom tank with a blue piece of something underneath. Very similar to black bottom tanks reefers like.

edit: My mistake, I was thinking of a similar scape. This one I think uses a custom hunk of glass with a blue piece of something underneath. I've seen someone with a similar set up on TPT but I can't recall the name.

boss302man

At my petsmart they have a plastic type background that looks like water, maybe you can use that.

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Sketch

i'm really curious how they achieve the effect in the second picture. looks like ice lol. really realistic.

jimko

Looks like light from the top reflecting off of something on the bottom. some sort of led. Pictures 1 and 2. The third one I have no clue.

Blacksunshine

Sand fountain if you want it moving. the one in the 2nd picture was made as a temporary show piece out of polyfill. As a permanent feature it would require a lot of upkeep.