Tikki Aquarium by thechoozen

Written by Brett Thomas

August 6, 2007 | 09:47

Tags: #june #motm

The Top

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The top of the aquarium started its life off as nothing but a chunk of styrofoam. Obviously, this wasn't going to provide the best painting surface, but clays don't stick well to the surface. Fortunately, papier-mâché works as a wonderful middle man.

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With the papier-mâché already covering the styrofoam, we used just a little more to create the face. After all, what would a Tikki-anything be without a wooden face?! This was then coated with a very thin modeling epoxy, which then gets sanded almost as if we were using bondo.

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The finished sculpture then needed a coat of paint to give it that "wooden" look. Fortunately, my airbrushing skills aren't too bad at all. At least, I hope you think so, as they're used a lot in this mod!

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The painted top needed...something. Ah, yes...a light! After all, fish can't see in the dark, and neither can we. Fortunately, we had stumbled on this LED contraption just looking for a home. It can do seven colours, which seemed great since so many fish lights are boring, one colour affairs.
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