tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post1513620597545477144..comments2024-03-21T06:41:19.202+08:00Comments on Art and Musings of a Miniature Hobbyist: Experimenting with Water Effects and Realistic WaterFourEyedMonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-20746968970086531602014-04-29T18:18:03.718+08:002014-04-29T18:18:03.718+08:00Thanks. ^_^ I have always been fascinated by the ...Thanks. ^_^ I have always been fascinated by the sea ever since I saw Jaws the movie as a small boy. More terrified than fascinated actually. Now that I recall, my dearly departed grandma made things worse by buying some cheap but realistic looking plastic sharks and dumping them into my bath. O_O FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-28120729710274458282014-04-29T17:44:01.211+08:002014-04-29T17:44:01.211+08:00Paint water is always a mess, it doesn't matte...Paint water is always a mess, it doesn't matter if you are painting it in an illustration or for a diorama, but your results are very good indeed :)Fed Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559163455880542242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-35086493206855940672014-04-29T12:21:38.445+08:002014-04-29T12:21:38.445+08:00Thanks. :) But to be honest the final results didn...Thanks. :) But to be honest the final results didn't look very good. Maybe it's because Realistic Water is more suited to calm water surfaces such as a pond, lake or slow moving river whereas the Water Effects coupled with some creative sculpting would have been better in creating dynamic sea waves.FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-47008922461392455872014-04-29T12:18:07.516+08:002014-04-29T12:18:07.516+08:00It's less of a tutorial and more some experime...It's less of a tutorial and more some experimenting to see what I can get but distilled down into a series of steps to share in my experience e.g. where I went wrong etc. Phew that was indeed a mouthful from me. :)FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-73839050950454102012014-04-29T09:30:07.147+08:002014-04-29T09:30:07.147+08:00Water has always been one of those really cool thi...Water has always been one of those really cool things which is difficult to pull off. Looks like you're on the right track. Good luck! Looking forward to see it done.spunkybasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854729157258095368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-86175085686171376182014-04-29T03:59:00.339+08:002014-04-29T03:59:00.339+08:00That's a great tutorial, thank you.That's a great tutorial, thank you. Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-33414964879603050082014-04-29T01:41:08.884+08:002014-04-29T01:41:08.884+08:00Heavy gloss gel is basically a very thick gloss co...Heavy gloss gel is basically a very thick gloss coat that maintains some it's texture as it dries. i think it was den of imagination who did a whole post on how they did their water with heavy gel. I use Liquitex, but Golden is great too.Zabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000817078818838705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-62822942404719535172014-04-29T01:16:44.249+08:002014-04-29T01:16:44.249+08:00Thanks for sharing luca ... it's always good t...Thanks for sharing luca ... it's always good to be aware of the many types of products out there. :) <br /><br />I think there are many other better ways to use the Woodland Scenics Water Effects product but I am just keeping it very simple as I have not used it before. I might try more complicated waves to see if the shapes hold and share in future posts so that people can learn from any FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-19165347835744974622014-04-29T01:09:38.186+08:002014-04-29T01:09:38.186+08:00i knew this very interesting product, but never us...i knew this very interesting product, but never used it, so thanks for sharing!<br />i used some Das modelling paste to create water: it's cheap and can be easily sculpted and painted.<br />if you want, you can take a look here:<br />http://modelstorming.blogspot.it/2014/02/arrivano-i-vichinghi.html<br />http://modelstorming.blogspot.it/2013/08/pattugliatore-fluviale-pbr-2.html<br />let me Luca Tempestahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164244952867378423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-47690921668193176942014-04-29T01:05:38.571+08:002014-04-29T01:05:38.571+08:00Thanks Andrew. I just wanted to see if I could qui...Thanks Andrew. I just wanted to see if I could quickly churn out a sea-themed base without too much work. Well, I could but it doesn't look that good obviously. Also it had to be flat to accomodate the black plastic base (which I will most likely get rid off if I can do a better sea-themed base) ... this meant no fancy waves with the water effects which equals dull flat looking calm sea. :)FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-74926136439822456872014-04-29T00:28:43.373+08:002014-04-29T00:28:43.373+08:00Thanks as always Zab for the superb reference info...Thanks as always Zab for the superb reference info. ^_^ <br /><br />By the way, what is gloss gel? (Duh ... noob question alert.) any particular brand that is easy to use?FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-47011620220125021752014-04-29T00:26:26.226+08:002014-04-29T00:26:26.226+08:00For sure your water effects will look much better ...For sure your water effects will look much better than mine. :)FourEyedMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161202517627920103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-87419031210375458082014-04-29T00:22:11.503+08:002014-04-29T00:22:11.503+08:00Damn nice. I love that lady. Heavy gels work quite...Damn nice. I love that lady. Heavy gels work quite well too and let you create/ add some white caps with a little white paint mixed in. A test piece i did a while ago (scroll to the bottom)<br /><br />http://almostperftec.blogspot.ca/2013/08/wip-dv-chosen-details-making-waves-plus.html<br /><br />Also if you want to create water with more depth i recommend this stuff:<br /><br />https://Zabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000817078818838705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509003442852854674.post-67847364284059823262014-04-29T00:14:52.606+08:002014-04-29T00:14:52.606+08:00Interesting work, may be one day on my table!Interesting work, may be one day on my table!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.com