Anybody try a Shadowbox Background?

im crazy about my black background already, first spot or coraline i see i scrape it off, so that wont be a issue for me.
i have alot of rubble rock that i could epoxy together to make it pretty realistic. ive been looking around for a blue acrylic sheet locally all day. im pretty sure i want to do this.

 

I know Lowe's sells and cuts acrylic sheets. My local one also carries it in blue and black.

 

Seano, yes that is the thread i was reading and his came out awesome. i just havent seen anyone else try this with such good results.

 

hmm maybe ill check them out lol i know they sell acrylic but never knew colored acrylic. i was thinking i could also get clear and tint it with blue automotive window tint. ill have to see what i can find.

 

Yeah, the window tint might work. You would just have to rough up the front side and put the window tint on the back to make it look foggy.

 

yes thats what i was thinking. i have the strip of RGB strip from ikea already that i use for moonlighting now but i would prob use it for the shadowbox lighting. i only am using 2 of the 4 strips it has and it lights my tank awesome at night so if i use all of them i think it will work. then i can tweak the color between white, blue, aqua or green and see which looks more realistic.

 

Your fish are going to go straight into the glass, thinking its a bigger set up lol, looks like a great idea, id be interested in seeing it in action and take form

 

Lol ya they might if I make it look good enough haha

Checked out lowes and they only have clear acrylic. I'm going to call a couple places tomorrow and see if I can start this project this weekend.

 

BashSea has that blue acrylic, and he could probably custom engrave the thing on there using a CnC

 

all i have ever seen him use is the solid blue acrylic though. do you know if he has transparent? ill give him a call today.