Whew! Wife and I just got back from hiking up north this afternoon so were pretty tired. I think we got a pretty nice "diamond in the rough" for the center-piece. I also picked some extra long branch pieces in case I get an idea as i try an sculpt this thing. I'll be giving it a shape-down with my saw and dremel until i'm satisfied, but overall, i'm pretty happy in what we found and it's general shape. Hopefully i'll get to pressure spray it clean early this week.
As It stands "raw", it's about 6.5'-7' at the tallest point and about 3.5'-4' wide at the base. I'll have to be a careful surgeon as I discect it to fit in the tank then place together again.
As seen in the first shot, my wife is a school teacher so she picked up a lot of loose pieces for her students. I'm not exactly sure what kind of art craft she's preparing, but she was pretty excited hunting these pieces down.
Thanks