Lava Lounge Grotto - need help finding finishing touches - Other Crafts

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 9:32 AM That looks fantastic! Perhaps what you're looking for are Tillandsias? Here's an online nursery with a good selection: http://www.teasnursery.com/page11.html Perhaps you could also try creating a lava flow in the firepit area, to give it a little movement. I've never created one myself, but every time I go through the Primeval World scene on the Disneyland Railroad, I pay particular attention to how it was done there. If you create a series of wide rollers that stack onto each other, and cover them with a flexible black foam with splits in it (similar to how you did the sides of the fireplace), put lights inside and have the rollers all slowly rolling forward, it might look like lava flowing. It would take a bit of engineering to flesh the idea out, but it would look cool.

That looks fantastic! Perhaps what you're looking for are Tillandsias? Here's an online nursery with a good selection:

http://www.teasnursery.com/page11.html

Perhaps you could also try creating a lava flow in the firepit area, to give it a little movement. I've never created one myself, but every time I go through the Primeval World scene on the Disneyland Railroad, I pay particular attention to how it was done there. If you create a series of wide rollers that stack onto each other, and cover them with a flexible black foam with splits in it (similar to how you did the sides of the fireplace), put lights inside and have the rollers all slowly rolling forward, it might look like lava flowing. It would take a bit of engineering to flesh the idea out, but it would look cool.

Post #257834 by Humuhumu on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 9:32 AM