yes the dragon is polymer . i started out with aluminum foil to get the basic shape then put green clay over it and shaped it , then made canes for the scales out of 3 colors in a teardrop shape then sliced it very thin ( took forever ) . his eyes are glass beads . i made his wings with a very thin wire for the frame then mod podge tissue paper over the wire frame . Gordon lowes carries a very light weight fake rock siding in the roofing and siding dept that would work nicely for that and is easily cut . of course you will need a big rubber liner and you could build a simple box lined with rubber liner for the catchment and put the fake rock on the sides of it as well . i have a friend that does roofing and i get all of my pond liners from him for free . when he has extras from doing rubber flat roof's . you could go wider at the top than the bottom and have a few sticking out here and there to get nice sound and look like a waterfall trickling over a cliff . then just adjust your pump to the right amount of pressure so that water doesn't spatter everywhere . make sure when you buy your pump you get one that will pump the right height for your waterfall . all waterfall pumps have on the package the height they will pump.
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