Thanks Gamera.

Today I will try to give the footings some depth. If it works out, I'll post that later today.

Dry-brushing the wave crests looks great!

PeterPan

I am for the TexMex or Q, and I'll buy the drinks.

One must needs be delicate in such matters, as this is Texas, and fisticufs have proken out about which venue is the ideal for TexMex or for BBQ.

Which gets quite complicated.  Lockhart, TX is but about 40-45 minutes up the road, and has, arguably, four of the best five barbecue joints in the entire State (and that by agreement of several periodicals, and also customers).

However, should there be an impasse, I would then offer up the Gristmill, there at New Braunfel's north side (in the former hamlet of Gruene ["Green"]).   The Gristmill has a fascinatingly varied menu of a little bit of everything.

I may be waxing a tad much, as this DFW metro area is wearing me down of late.  Which is arrgravated by being in sight of the stadia wher the Dallas Cowboys play, the Texas Rangers play, and the Six Flags amusement park.  Being in a toursit trap with chain establishments can be wearying.

Tanker - Builder

Hmmmm;

 That looks pretty good to me . Now , don't go in ! There are sharks and kraken in there !

No way! 

Tanker - Builder

Oh CapnMac82 !

Wouldn't that be the cat's meow ! I'd go for that too !

 Live hot dogs and Cats-up.

Hmmmm;

 That looks pretty good to me . Now , don't go in ! There are sharks and kraken in there !

 Hi Peter !

 If you visit the States You better make it to TEXAS ! A warm welcome awaits !

Can you obtain some brew from home and treat us ?

Oh CapnMac82 !

Wouldn't that be the cat's meow ! I'd go for that too !

Sorry to show similar images. 

Spent the whole day dry-brushing the water surafce with lighter shades for the water crests. When it dried I was glad that it went darker, as previously explained. Now it's not so noticeable. Yet the whole water surface became slightly lighter shade

Still lots of little touch-ups required. Then a three day drying period is needed before applying the varnish. Each coat requires 24 hrs drying time. Looking forward to see how it will look then.

CapnMac82

Tanker - Builder

You wanna come to New Braunfels , Tx.

If you convince him, I just need 4 hours' notice, as I'd like to shake that man's hand.  Well, and yours, too.

Then we can rock-paper-scissors as to whether to drag him to TexMex or Q

Thanks for great complement. I am for the TexMex or Q, and I'll buy the drinks.

modelcrazy

Very cool Peter!

All kinds of neet stuff to look at. Like a treasure hunt.

 

Thanks. Yes it is a bit like that. At least it will give those not operating the bridge someting to look for.

Tanker - Builder

You wanna come to New Braunfels , Tx.

If you convince him, I just need 4 hours' notice, as I'd like to shake that man's hand.  Well, and yours, too.

Then we can rock-paper-scissors as to whether to drag him to TexMex or Q

Hey ! DINNER ! 

 Calamari Is served ! LOL.LOL. Nice touch !

Very cool Peter!

All kinds of neet stuff to look at. Like a treasure hunt.

Thanks fellow friends for your pats on the back. It sure settled my worries. So I had a crack at the Kraken. 

Tanker - Builder

Peter ;

Last photo , of your model . What the h#$$ is wrong with that ? Looks good to me . Now , put the shiny water stuff on it and call it done .    T.B.

Not so fast T.B. Still got lots more to do yet.

Yeah, looks pretty darn close to perfect to me!!! 

Ay , Peter .

You wanna come to New Braunfels , Tx. and paint our new " N " scale backdrop ? It's a protected Bay/Small harbor , with bridges in front of the wall about a foot . Im tinking ya culd do it . T.B.

Peter ;

Last photo , of your model . What the h#$$ is wrong with that ? Looks good to me . Now , put the shiny water stuff on it and call it done .    T.B.

Just to clarify why I added a card strip along the back edge of display. As I painted the water surface, I would also paint the card strip. This strip gets transposed onto the bottom edge of the canvas. It will be a water colour reference for the background of the diorama. The canvas painting will be in oil paints, my preferred painting medium.

The painting will only look, in perspective, from the console operator's point of view.

Below, is an idea of what the background will look like. As you can see, it will be mostly sky.

modelcrazy

Well now Peter, that looks excelent 

Thanks Steve.

Well now Peter, that looks excelent 

Thanks Steve, CapMac, and John. Musch appreciate your feedback.

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After finishing the basic colours for the river, I went for a needed bike ride. It has not rained for over a week and Richmond River, near the ocean, is very clear. Could not help notice a similar teal colour to what I have been painting. Took photos to show that such waters are not too overboard as such. Though, 20 miles up river, where Wardell Bridge is, is still dirty green.

So far . . .

PeterPan

keavdog, please tell me what 'working bridge' means to you.

 

A bridge (conf call) everyone dials into to work an incident. 

Carry on with your excellent build!

Yeah, that water's edge is looking good.

Sometimes you have to "cheat" the depth and make it a lot darker than seems apt.

Definitely worth expending a poster board or the like to double check.  However, since it's paint, it can be painted over, too.  (A cogent argument against casting resin for water.)

Hi Peter,

I work with seascapes a lot and acrylics are the only medium I use for them. After the initial base coat, I'll mix another batch and thin it to a milky consistency, then blend the colors. Adding this coat will also help mix the base colors should they be different colors.

After you're happy with the color, then apply several coats of acrylic varnish as a top coat. This will add gloss and depth to your water.

Thanks guys for your support and confidence in me. Sure hope not to disappoint. The following is just a start. Got half way with the basic blending one shade with the next. Once the basic coverage is done, there is still lots more to do. I still have lots to learn with using acrylics.

Starting from waters edge, I was assumed the water/wet mud and rocks would look darker, yet mliky due to dirty water. As the water gets deeper, the milky dirt browns take over. Then green got mixed into it (according to some silly plan of mine). 

Lots of detail stuff to be added later. Hoping the overall effort will improve the general appearance of the river. We will see.

PeterPan

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I blotched it up big time. I only painted 1/10th of the riverscape so far, and that turned out too dark from the beginning, but could not see it. Will have to repaint it.

Your above posts have skyrocketed above your expectations of my capability. I am doomed to disappoint. In all fairness, you would be better of looking at a mud puddle for a better comparison.

This is surely one of my bigger learning curves which will take a few weeks to grasp.

Will see you then.

 

Heck, you've already knocked my socks off multiple times already!!! 

Love watching you build this, a few setbacks aren't going to stop you after the head of steam you've worked up!