I'm really excited to share this final installment in this series with you guys. So many have said they want to try the techniques from the first two in this series in their own DIY projects-- this is what its all about! I am very interested in your feedback, so please leave a comment if you have ideas, improvements, whatever! And as I have said before, I am just getting started, so if you like this kind of thing and want me to make more, please like, share and subscribe. My goal isn't really to be a RUclipsr, but it is nice to know when others might benefit from all this foam madness! Take care of each other out there! Randy
This three part series is wildly under viewed. By far the most detailed artificial tree build out there, be it for a set piece or prop or otherwise, this information is applicable across the border. Thank you
Wow, what a nice compliment! Happy to hear you found it useful. I’m not such a RUclipsr, so maybe there are better ways to get stuff out there. I just am happy you dig what I do, and I can pass on what I’ve learned. Lots more is coming!
I am blown away by the quality of your content. I love seeing small creators putting so much effort into their content when the audience is minimal. It’s proof that when and if they grew to a substantial following and financially were allowed the freedoms of content creation, that we will be getting amazing content. I’m not sure how your stuff could get better, but I can’t wait to see!!
I really appreciate your very nice comment. I don’t really have an end game in mind here in making these videos. I just really enjoy sharing what I have put together, and find it even bizarre that others are even interested in this kind of thing at all! It does take a lot of time to explain stuff, but if it can be understood by someone else, and somehow useful, then it makes it all worth it even more for me! To be honest, I don’t have the slightest clue how people have thousands, tens of thousands or even millions of followers! Completely beyond me! It seems to me the best I can do is just try to make things as well as I can and hopefully people will enjoy them!
I'm from switzerland too and you can use ReptiMagic or Elastopur if you want the props to be waterproof. So you dont have to take all the things with you from america 😊
Hi Strawberry! :) Thanks for the great tip! I never tried Elastopur. If you have time to explain a bit of your experience here, maybe it can help others!
@@SwissFrogGuy unfortunately, I have no experience by myself. it got recommended by a YT-Channel and when I saw you can buy it here i was very happy ^^. It is not as "stiff" as Epoxy when dry. I bought ReptiMagic for my next project. (Thats how I found your channel) There will be a Tree Trunk too and I'm so happy you made this video and I'm looking forward to try it out :)
Great series, the tree came out great and also serves a functional purpose. The rest of your enclosure looks amazing. Keep coming out with new ideas and tour channel will do great. I started using polygem zoopoxy on my current build. It's more of a puddy epoxy so molding is easy with a mold template of sorts. Looking forward to what you create next! 🤘💯🦎🐸🐍🐢
Hi Brad! Thanks a lot for your cool comments and ideas! I actually considered using some sort of 2-part epoxy clay, as I bet, you could mold it, just like you could anything else, provided it is fluid enough. At the same time, I wanted to try to do some thing that was a little bit of an experiment. I have never used zoopoxy- I’ll have to try it out! Thanks again for your support! This really means a lot coming from someone like yourself who is quite well established.
Thanks a lot! I spent a lot of time taking a look at how people cast foams and tried to learn from them. I did a lot of mold, making a while back, but I have never tried it with foams. It seem to natural connection. We don’t really have “Great Stuff” the brand here on Switzerland, so I just used cheap building foam. It seemed to work just fine.
This is so beautiful! What a wonderful home for Willy to enjoy. We have a Willy but he's a willow tree, my grandson named and planted him. We love trees and I was looking for ideas to put one as a hideout in his bedroom.
@@SwissFrogGuy So funny you asked, we have ended up weaving willow branches that we propagated to make an outdoor hideaway. It's so fast growing but it's becoming everyone's favorite spot. I hope Willy is still enjoying his habitat and thriving!
I wish I could literally do a giant version of this to decorate an entire room in my house 😂 i love nature so much and want to build a nature room for myself and my cats to enjoy! I wonder how i could build a life size tree that would be sturdy enough and also safe for cats to climb ... 🤔😂 you are so artistic and I really enjoyed watching this series and your tree making adventure! 😎🤜
By the way, I updated this video to fix a glitch. I will soon delete this one. If you want to move your comments over there, it is much appreciated! This is the correct URL: ruclips.net/video/DRokXtTXn6I/видео.html
Hi iv made 3 vivs now with various ledges and cliffs from foam what I'm struggling with is gettin the details to stay my dragons claws seem to make it thro even silicons .. not 100% sure what to use on my current build currently doin a stump hence how I ended up at your videos.. looking for somthing to harden and protect.. on previous iv used silicons sand mixtures acrylic paints industrial pva she still manages to scratch through .. my county also doesn't do this drylok you tried but there alot of ulternative options not sure which to try or choose.. I'm goin for a dead desert look so also hard to find anything on Internet to try
Yes, this is a bit of a challenge. One of the tough things with any painted covering is that you will need to find a balance between details and durability. If you put on tons of coats of a sand-containing paint like like Drylok, you will eventually get that super durable color. It will end up looking like a blog with no details. For my tree, I ended up painting on epoxy to try to get a more durable surface. But I think sharp clause would even break through that. If I were doing this again, and had lizards to deal with, I would seriously consider casting the details completely into the structure, as opposed to building something out of a substance like foam, and then attempting to make it stronger. This will certainly be more expensive, but the final result will be the most durable and will have the most details. I think this could be done either with fiberglass and resin, or epoxy-based clays. If you chose to use fiberglass and resin, you certainly would need to make one or more molds, and then layer in the fiber and resin. If you did it in pieces, they could be assembled into one solid piece. This is the route I would take, because you could make your molds from real tree, bark, and get super realistic details. However, this is a long and complex procedure, that might not appeal. If you prefer not to use molds, I think you could make a structure out of foam, and then cover it with a layer of epoxy-based clays. these clays behave just like normal clay, and can be molded by hand, and details added, but because they are made of two parts, they eventually harden into a super durable surface. Hope this helps!
Im making a scary tree for next halloween, do you think i can use a drylock variant for in and outside, because the details of the bark isnt that important..which after the drylock im gonna paint. Also im gonna make it 3 piece tree with branches so im gonna have to figure out how to make it ferm and wind proof
You can buy ready made brushes for "dry brushing" paint. They are available in a variety of sizes and should help keep your regular brushes from fraying.
@@gustavoandrade2643 Thanks! By the way, I updated this video to fix a glitch. Once the other version gets out there, I will likely delete this one. If you want to keep in touch, we might move comments over there! ruclips.net/video/DRokXtTXn6I/видео.html
I'm really excited to share this final installment in this series with you guys. So many have said they want to try the techniques from the first two in this series in their own DIY projects-- this is what its all about! I am very interested in your feedback, so please leave a comment if you have ideas, improvements, whatever! And as I have said before, I am just getting started, so if you like this kind of thing and want me to make more, please like, share and subscribe. My goal isn't really to be a RUclipsr, but it is nice to know when others might benefit from all this foam madness! Take care of each other out there! Randy
This three part series is wildly under viewed. By far the most detailed artificial tree build out there, be it for a set piece or prop or otherwise, this information is applicable across the border. Thank you
Wow, what a nice compliment! Happy to hear you found it useful. I’m not such a RUclipsr, so maybe there are better ways to get stuff out there. I just am happy you dig what I do, and I can pass on what I’ve learned. Lots more is coming!
Would love to see a full build of the rest of the terrarium too
It’s coming!
I am blown away by the quality of your content.
I love seeing small creators putting so much effort into their content when the audience is minimal. It’s proof that when and if they grew to a substantial following and financially were allowed the freedoms of content creation, that we will be getting amazing content. I’m not sure how your stuff could get better, but I can’t wait to see!!
I really appreciate your very nice comment. I don’t really have an end game in mind here in making these videos. I just really enjoy sharing what I have put together, and find it even bizarre that others are even interested in this kind of thing at all!
It does take a lot of time to explain stuff, but if it can be understood by someone else, and somehow useful, then it makes it all worth it even more for me!
To be honest, I don’t have the slightest clue how people have thousands, tens of thousands or even millions of followers! Completely beyond me! It seems to me the best I can do is just try to make things as well as I can and hopefully people will enjoy them!
This seems like a really fun project! It’s amazing how close to an actual tree you can make it look. Makes me want to live in that terrarium.
Thank you! You may live there, but the rent is high!
I'm from switzerland too and you can use ReptiMagic or Elastopur if you want the props to be waterproof. So you dont have to take all the things with you from america 😊
Hi Strawberry! :) Thanks for the great tip! I never tried Elastopur. If you have time to explain a bit of your experience here, maybe it can help others!
@@SwissFrogGuy unfortunately, I have no experience by myself. it got recommended by a YT-Channel and when I saw you can buy it here i was very happy ^^. It is not as "stiff" as Epoxy when dry.
I bought ReptiMagic for my next project. (Thats how I found your channel) There will be a Tree Trunk too and I'm so happy you made this video and I'm looking forward to try it out :)
@@SwissStrawberryOK, cool! Maybe I'll try some out on my next project! Looking forward to seeing what you make!
Great series, the tree came out great and also serves a functional purpose. The rest of your enclosure looks amazing. Keep coming out with new ideas and tour channel will do great.
I started using polygem zoopoxy on my current build. It's more of a puddy epoxy so molding is easy with a mold template of sorts. Looking forward to what you create next!
🤘💯🦎🐸🐍🐢
Hi Brad! Thanks a lot for your cool comments and ideas! I actually considered using some sort of 2-part epoxy clay, as I bet, you could mold it, just like you could anything else, provided it is fluid enough. At the same time, I wanted to try to do some thing that was a little bit of an experiment. I have never used zoopoxy- I’ll have to try it out! Thanks again for your support! This really means a lot coming from someone like yourself who is quite well established.
@Swiss Frog Guy the way you were able to mold the tree with great stuff is very impressive!
🤘💯🦎🐸🐍🐢
Thanks a lot! I spent a lot of time taking a look at how people cast foams and tried to learn from them. I did a lot of mold, making a while back, but I have never tried it with foams. It seem to natural connection. We don’t really have “Great Stuff” the brand here on Switzerland, so I just used cheap building foam. It seemed to work just fine.
Beautiful work! Great job explaining everything. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Lisa! Did you get a chance to watch the whole series?
This is amazing! Great job, thank you!
Thank you so much Lindsay!
This is so beautiful! What a wonderful home for Willy to enjoy. We have a Willy but he's a willow tree, my grandson named and planted him. We love trees and I was looking for ideas to put one as a hideout in his bedroom.
That’s so cool! Good luck with the tree! They grow fast!
@@SwissFrogGuy That's why I chose it and planted it in a low wet spot. Teaching him to be a tree hugger early. 😁
How did the project go? Did you make the hideout?
@@SwissFrogGuy So funny you asked, we have ended up weaving willow branches that we propagated to make an outdoor hideaway. It's so fast growing but it's becoming everyone's favorite spot. I hope Willy is still enjoying his habitat and thriving!
@@QuiltyNana So cool! I have two new snakes Lilibet and Margaret and they are growing super fast!
Insane project ... woow
Thank you so much!
I have really enjoyed the series! The tree and entire enclosure looks amazing! Enclosure Goals right there!
Great work, can't wait for more videos 😊
Hey, thanks a lot! Really appreciate your support! I love your work!
@@SwissFrogGuy no worries 😊
I wish I could literally do a giant version of this to decorate an entire room in my house 😂 i love nature so much and want to build a nature room for myself and my cats to enjoy! I wonder how i could build a life size tree that would be sturdy enough and also safe for cats to climb ... 🤔😂 you are so artistic and I really enjoyed watching this series and your tree making adventure! 😎🤜
Wow, thanks-- and what a cool idea! You should make it! You only live once and foam isn't so expensive! Just film it so I can watch too! Randy
Great work mate loved the series
Thanks Damian!
By the way, I updated this video to fix a glitch. I will soon delete this one. If you want to move your comments over there, it is much appreciated! This is the correct URL: ruclips.net/video/DRokXtTXn6I/видео.html
Absolutely brilliant
Thanks Don!
Hi iv made 3 vivs now with various ledges and cliffs from foam what I'm struggling with is gettin the details to stay my dragons claws seem to make it thro even silicons .. not 100% sure what to use on my current build currently doin a stump hence how I ended up at your videos.. looking for somthing to harden and protect.. on previous iv used silicons sand mixtures acrylic paints industrial pva she still manages to scratch through .. my county also doesn't do this drylok you tried but there alot of ulternative options not sure which to try or choose.. I'm goin for a dead desert look so also hard to find anything on Internet to try
Yes, this is a bit of a challenge. One of the tough things with any painted covering is that you will need to find a balance between details and durability. If you put on tons of coats of a sand-containing paint like like Drylok, you will eventually get that super durable color. It will end up looking like a blog with no details. For my tree, I ended up painting on epoxy to try to get a more durable surface. But I think sharp clause would even break through that.
If I were doing this again, and had lizards to deal with, I would seriously consider casting the details completely into the structure, as opposed to building something out of a substance like foam, and then attempting to make it stronger. This will certainly be more expensive, but the final result will be the most durable and will have the most details.
I think this could be done either with fiberglass and resin, or epoxy-based clays.
If you chose to use fiberglass and resin, you certainly would need to make one or more molds, and then layer in the fiber and resin. If you did it in pieces, they could be assembled into one solid piece. This is the route I would take, because you could make your molds from real tree, bark, and get super realistic details.
However, this is a long and complex procedure, that might not appeal. If you prefer not to use molds, I think you could make a structure out of foam, and then cover it with a layer of epoxy-based clays. these clays behave just like normal clay, and can be molded by hand, and details added, but because they are made of two parts, they eventually harden into a super durable surface.
Hope this helps!
Im making a scary tree for next halloween, do you think i can use a drylock variant for in and outside, because the details of the bark isnt that important..which after the drylock im gonna paint.
Also im gonna make it 3 piece tree with branches so im gonna have to figure out how to make it ferm and wind proof
Sorry I didn’t see this until now! Yes, Drylok would work great!
You can buy ready made brushes for "dry brushing" paint. They are available in a variety of sizes and should help keep your regular brushes from fraying.
Hey thanks! Great suggestion!
That is an awesome vivarium! Do you have a video of how you made it?? Great job!!🎉
Thanks! Yes, I am making the building of videos as we speak! The tree is part of that! Did you get to see the whole series?
@@SwissFrogGuy I did, and found it very interesting! Great content 👍
@@gustavoandrade2643 Thanks! By the way, I updated this video to fix a glitch. Once the other version gets out there, I will likely delete this one. If you want to keep in touch, we might move comments over there! ruclips.net/video/DRokXtTXn6I/видео.html
@@SwissFrogGuy will do, thanks! 👍
Awesome content, the way you talk actually reminds me of Dāv Kaufman
@@relevantreptiles Hey there! Thanks a lot for the compliments! I’ve actually checked out a number of his videos- he goes on great trips!
@@SwissFrogGuy Def does great info off his channel as well
Cooll
Thanks!
I like it. Picasso.
@@NamelessNancy1312 Thanks!
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Thanks!