Great Stuff Water Falls

[Pittylova]

OK, so here I am...I have my waterfall carved all out and I have my newspaper laid out....I have my silicone ready. It's all been sitting over there on the table for 2 hours now. I'm dying to do it but am nervous I'm gonna mess it up some how! I'm still not sure how exactly I'm going to do this....I'm using Coco Fiber for the background, with some vines and hopefully some moss to grow up it. I'm not so sure how it will look on the waterfall though??

I have a combination of gravel, black sand, and river rocks for the stream and pond area. I also have a bag of sphagnum moss I thought I could mix in here and there. Any ideas? Can I see some GS waterfalls so I can get some ideas? I did a search but I'm having a hard time finding waterfalls that aren't either made to look like rocks with the silicone, etc (I like them, but don't think that's the route I want to go with this one), or they're coming down branches/wood.

HELP I'M STUCK! LOL. I'm gonna take a picture of what it looks like and post it to give an idea

[Pittylova]

Alright, I can't find my camera, but here is one when I got it started. It's been carved out and tested to be sure the water runs correctly. But it gives an idea. The top left corner where there's a big bulge is a planter. It's going to be kiddy cornered against the left side and back of the wall. I'm such a chicken haha! bawk bawk bawk

[Austin]

Bawk!

It looks good, I can't really tell where the water is going to come from though.

[Pittylova]

Yes the picture makes it difficult. On the right hand side of the picture, in the middle of the piece there is a plastic tube. It will be cut back and hidden once I'm done with the silicone, etc. That is actually the top where the water will come from. Down the right side of it there are multiple ledges that the water flows down in a stream, trickling off of some onto the next in the middles. It's hard to describe really...and hard to tell by the image. I'll try to get a better one tomorrow.

I've been scanning the internet looking at waterfall pictures and I think I have an idea of what I'm going to do. I think I'm going to go with the sand where the water will hit, with some gravel as well. I'm going to spread it away and then add a mixture of the coconut and the moss (more moss than the coconut in most places). I think a mixture of it all will give me the most natural look without making the fall stand out like a sore thumb against the coconut background. I'm not sure if that all makes sense...it is quarter to 2 in the morning lol! I was going to attempt to start tonight, but my sand is frozen bleh.

[froggsong]

Sometimes you just have to jump in with both feet. Besides, if you don't like it when it's done, you can always peel it off and start over. Good luck! Make sure you post a pic when you get it done.