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PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:40 am 
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YES!! 2 Pink flamingos! HAHA... It's so funny Howard-- I was just at the local Dollar Tree here yesterday and bought 2 of them :P . One for my front porch area and one to use as a "model" for my putz version! I will make a weency beency little fella outta polymer clay. Wow, you read my mind sir :lol:

Also, thanks Lucy for your kind comments. I have decided to build a little "community" of them over the next few months. As far as the stonework is concerned: I used some of my leftover stash of lightweight decorative concrete when I did concrete overlay years ago called "skimcoat". It's white and has the texture and look of powdered sugar. I have about 20# left from a 50# bag that will probably last me the rest of my life, so-- anytime in the future I decide to use it, it'll be on hand. That should make my house quite sturdy, yes? lol... Then, I just layer it with some of my leftover water-based concrete dyes for the "stone" effect. I had to use a pair of magnifiers to put that stuff on! :geek: . I have also in my arsenal, some very thin hair paint brushes to do the detail work. I did a lot of highly detailed work on vertical concrete installations (faux finishing walls) when I used to do that kind of work. I also took a few classes on it to learn the techniques. Kinda long winded, but- there ya have my story on how I did it! :mrgreen:

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After seeing the Welcome to Oasis sign, it seemed the right time to introduce to everyone the most iconic and incredible outdoor advertising sign to ever be created using the starburst theme: the Rotosphere. Some may already know about them. A rotosphere is a split ball mounted atop a pole. The ball rotates around the pole in a horizontal path. Each half of the ball also rotates around the center of the sphere in a vertical path, one clockwise, the other counterclockwise. The half spheres are adorned with long arms outlined in neon. To see one in motion and fully illuminated at night is pure ecstasy. To see an abandoned one with neon broken or arms broken is heartbreaking. They definitely don't make them any more. Here is the best page I have seen with complete details:

http://www.thelope.com/2007/10/sputversary.html

A Christmas tree topper was made that is created in way similar to a rotosphere. I just haven't been brave enough to open one up and attempt to motorize it. Maybe someone here will be that brave. The tree topper was made by Bradford and is called the Star of Bethlehem.


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Awesome Will!!! VERY MOD!! The colors are great and you got the stone work down! Cant wait to see how you finish it off!
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