Sand Castles

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Alright, direct from SoCal, an acquitance of mine made this castle. Nyahh!

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It will stand the eternal tests of time - or high tide, whichever comes first.
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Wow! That is a great sand castle. :D
Do you have links to more pictures?

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TwoTonic Knight wrote:Alright, direct from SoCal, an acquitance of mine made this castle. Nyahh!
It will stand the eternal tests of time - or high tide, whichever comes first.

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!

That is so freakin' gnarly man! I agree with ben! can we see more of that puppy!

DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!

Awesome!

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I actually have only seen one of his sand castles in person - here's the link to his site:

http://www.sandsculptors.com/1/index.htm

There's another sandcastle on that particular page. Hmmmm, Todd is definitely no longer dark haired. Anyway - I virtually never see these things since he travels about the country doing sand sculpture.

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There's Sleeping Beauty's castle for you.
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Sandcastles, meh,

Ones of lego last longer :lol:

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I have nothing new to say, but WOW :shock: those things are amazing! I wonder what kind of sand he uses.
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Post by wlister »

Lego castle do last longer, but it is the fleeting nature of a sandcastle that adds to its beauty. All that work for a work of art that will disappear usually within hours of completion is a testament to the artists drive to create. Thanks for posting those pictures, awe-inspiring to say the least.

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lemon_squeezer2 wrote:I have nothing new to say, but WOW :shock: those things are amazing! I wonder what kind of sand he uses.

I know that for some applications, sand has been either provided or shipped in - he once mentioned that at a hotel in Hawaii they provided high quality sand that was basically dumped on top of the regular sand. Others he just used what was there. In the above two pictures, the first was native soil, the second was sand shipped into a mall, presumably filtered. I never really asked him - the only thing I asked was if he sprayed the sand with starch to help it hold its shape and he said no.

Oh, and thanks for splitting this off into its own topic - this was supposed to be just a humorous one-shot castle-envy post.
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