Reef related snow sculptures!!

Skipponator · 12/11/2012, 12:46 PM

I was going to post this in the lounge, but this is reef related

We got our first snowfall in Minnesota this past weekend, and we got busy! I recruited my mother inlaw, and the two of us transformed a pile of snow into:

We worked off of this:

Hope you all enjoy them, as the local traffic seems to very much enjoy! My wife doesn't care for all of the attention, but at times, it is quite entertaining to see people stop, whip you turns, or back up, or reload a vehicle full of people and see flashes all night. Every plow truck that stops, I wonder which one is going to be the jerk to push it over(that's just me thinking of the Grinch).

-Skip

S14Swap240sx · 12/11/2012, 01:01 PM

nice work! id stick an arm outa the sharks mount for good measure.. might reduce the amount of attention

Tank Girl · 12/11/2012, 01:34 PM

LOL, pretty cool

powderhound · 12/11/2012, 02:06 PM

thats great.

mark54321 · 12/11/2012, 02:19 PM

This is awesome, makes me want to do mine when snow finally arrive here.

Ms Tanky Panky · 12/11/2012, 03:22 PM

Thats what I would call, making the best out of what you have on hand! Nice job Skip

jake koppen · 12/11/2012, 04:19 PM

mine from last year

Skipponator · 12/11/2012, 05:28 PM

Very cool Jake!

jake koppen · 12/11/2012, 05:31 PM

Yours is too. Cool to see people stopping to look. I meant to compliment yours but my boss almost caught me on reef central at work AGAIN! LOL

Redhaloangel · 12/11/2012, 05:39 PM

nice! that looks awesome.. great job!

Redhaloangel · 12/11/2012, 05:40 PM

HAHAHA i just noticed the black pug!! AWSOME!!!!

Skipponator · 12/11/2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Redhaloangel

HAHAHA i just noticed the black pug!! AWSOME!!!!

Yep Daisy had to get in the pic! Good eye! Is your avi a boxer/pug? Looks like it!

SBV · 12/11/2012, 08:30 PM

Awesome!!

cody6766 · 12/11/2012, 08:37 PM

It's really cool that both of you did that, but it's terrible that both of you COULD do that! WAY too cold for this guy.

slant77 · 12/12/2012, 08:06 PM

cool

RonV · 12/12/2012, 10:31 PM

Skip, you and your mother inlaw done a great job! I love it and I can see way people slow down or stop to look at it. What did you use to color the snow? I would think paint would melt it but I could be wrong.

Skipponator · 12/12/2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RonV

Skip, you and your mother inlaw done a great job! I love it and I can see way people slow down or stop to look at it. What did you use to color the snow? I would think paint would melt it but I could be wrong.

Thank you. We used cheap Wal-Mart spray paint, with exception to the orange and yellow, that was the cheapest Krylon I could get. About $16 for 8 cans of paint. Today it was in the mid to high 40s, it's pretty sad right now, but people still like it. I don't think Dori is going to make it to the morning without tipping over, and Bruce's fin looked like Free Willy's, that likely will fall over.

12/11/2012, 12:46 PM	#1
Skipponator Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Apple Valley, MN Posts: 537	Reef related snow sculptures!! I was going to post this in the lounge, but this is reef related We got our first snowfall in Minnesota this past weekend, and we got busy! I recruited my mother inlaw, and the two of us transformed a pile of snow into: We worked off of this: Hope you all enjoy them, as the local traffic seems to very much enjoy! My wife doesn't care for all of the attention, but at times, it is quite entertaining to see people stop, whip you turns, or back up, or reload a vehicle full of people and see flashes all night. Every plow truck that stops, I wonder which one is going to be the jerk to push it over(that's just me thinking of the Grinch). -Skip __________________ Got crabs? Current Tank Info: Exiting hobby.

12/11/2012, 02:06 PM	#4
powderhound Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe, CA Posts: 552	thats great. __________________ If it's snowing I'm going! Current Tank Info: DSA 190 pro 48inch cebu sun with 2x 400w radiums 4x54 t5 bubblemagus 220cs

12/11/2012, 02:19 PM	#5
mark54321 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: chicago Posts: 2,040	This is awesome, makes me want to do mine when snow finally arrive here. __________________ ############## ______MARK_______ ##############

12/11/2012, 03:22 PM	#6
Ms Tanky Panky Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: OKC Posts: 170	Thats what I would call, making the best out of what you have on hand! Nice job Skip __________________ Dreams it seems, never come with enough dollars, but never let that stop you from chasing them.

12/11/2012, 05:28 PM	#8
Skipponator Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Apple Valley, MN Posts: 537	Very cool Jake! __________________ Got crabs? Current Tank Info: Exiting hobby.

12/11/2012, 01:01 PM	#2
S14Swap240sx Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 258	nice work! id stick an arm outa the sharks mount for good measure.. might reduce the amount of attention

12/11/2012, 01:34 PM	#3
Tank Girl Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 96	LOL, pretty cool

12/11/2012, 05:31 PM	#9
jake koppen Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: lakewood Posts: 593	Yours is too. Cool to see people stopping to look. I meant to compliment yours but my boss almost caught me on reef central at work AGAIN! LOL

12/11/2012, 05:39 PM	#10
Redhaloangel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Langley, Beautiful British Columbia in Canada (Near Vancouver) Posts: 271	nice! that looks awesome.. great job! __________________ Jenny Current Tank Info: 15g, 75 g reef tanks

12/11/2012, 05:40 PM	#11
Redhaloangel Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Langley, Beautiful British Columbia in Canada (Near Vancouver) Posts: 271	HAHAHA i just noticed the black pug!! AWSOME!!!! __________________ Jenny Current Tank Info: 15g, 75 g reef tanks

12/11/2012, 08:30 PM	#13
SBV Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Anderson, SC Posts: 260	Awesome!! __________________ Will race for Christ Current Tank Info: 120 LPS RR, 40 gal. fuge

12/11/2012, 08:37 PM	#14
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	It's really cool that both of you did that, but it's terrible that both of you COULD do that! WAY too cold for this guy. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

12/12/2012, 08:06 PM	#15
slant77 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 611	cool

12/12/2012, 10:31 PM	#16
RonV Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New Kent, VA Posts: 52	Skip, you and your mother inlaw done a great job! I love it and I can see way people slow down or stop to look at it. What did you use to color the snow? I would think paint would melt it but I could be wrong.