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Title: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: gloriousbattle on 12 December 2011, 03:14:41 PM
http://www.thesmartpetshop.com/exotic-environments-skull-mountain-aquarium-ornament-medium-9-inch-by-6-inch-by-6-inch/

Great for VSF, Pulp, Swashbukling, etc., as well as sword & sorcery, whether you need a tasteful pirate's treasure cave or just a capital building for the discerning dark lord.  The highest cave mouth stands 70mm from tabletop to highest point of opening.  I use it with 15mm, and it looks great.  Pretty affordable, too.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: manic _miner on 12 December 2011, 06:15:44 PM
 Nice find.Pet shop's are a great source of terrain for wargames.I picked up a cool piece the other week when my son bought his tarantula.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: gloriousbattle on 12 December 2011, 08:03:19 PM
Pet shop's are a great source of terrain for wargames.

Cosign.  I also have a pagoda (lost temple in the jungle), a sphinx, a stone pharoah on a throne, and many other such pieces.  As you say, a great source of terrain.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: DeafNala on 12 December 2011, 09:30:01 PM
EXCELLENT FIND...there are some really cool pieces on that site. I rather like this one:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gZRe-U-lL._SS500_.jpg)

Of course, I'd probably want to check it out in the flesh/whatever for size.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: white knight on 13 December 2011, 08:12:02 AM
I think that one is pretty small, even for 15mm.

A lot of my dedicated terrain is from the pet store. The best of it is made by Europet Bernina (I've shown several of them on the Latest scenery received thread). I have loads of caves, Egyptian stuff, Greek mythology, some oriental and lots of jungle stuff, including a forest worth of different exotic tree types.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: HerbyF on 14 December 2011, 12:33:08 AM
Nice piece. I can see that rizing out of the red sands of Mars or the jungles of Venus. As well as some pirate harbor some where.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: gloriousbattle on 21 December 2011, 03:34:56 PM
Definitely.  Also, of course, aquarium terrain makes excellent VSF Captain Nemo stuff, since much of it is overgrown with seaweed.

If I had a minis gamer on my list, a trip to the pet store before Christmas would be warranted.
Title: Re: Skull Mountain Aquarium Ornament
Post by: HerbyF on 26 December 2011, 04:52:55 PM
It does look bigger in the pictue than it is in real life though. It is still really nice.