Revell 1/144 Type VII C/41 U-boat

Wow Steve, that is amazing! Stunning work not only on the sub but also the water!

Steve

I am stunned by your work!

Bill

Excellent tutorial Steve, hope you can publish it.  

Steve

Im off to a dentist appointment but will pm you on how to do it later.

I can only echo the awe that has been stated before me! I would love to be able to replicate your water effects, some of the best I've seen. Awesome work Steve!

How would I go about doing that? I have sent in several Reader Gallery photos which 3 or 4 were accepted, but an artical is a completly diffrent monster all together. Do I just write one and contact the editor, or do I get the go ahead from them first?

Steve

Steve,

It looks real! Absolute perfection! I agree with Stik, you need to contact FSM!

Steve

I would like to suggest something to you. I have submitted several articles to FSM and some of them were published. This is one of those articles that FSM will grab from you and will get some $ in return and get your work on the magazine along with your name. This is an excellent execution of artistic talent and the use of several mediums to come up with what looks to be pictures of an actual U Boat in heavy seas. The color blending and wave shapes are awesome. 

Wow, I'm trully blown away with this display.   

Yeah, feeding the wolf to keep it from clawing down the door does crimp our style somewhat.

Another absolute beauty........only can hope my water comes out 5% as good as your scene.

You are starting to build on Toshi's schedule now

mate , that is absolutely awsome , way above what I could accomplish , and you did it so fast

Steve, that looks absolutely awesome. Fantastic work. I would love to see it in person. I bet it looks even better than in the images.

Thanks for sharing!

Steve, that is some serious ocean swell happening here.  Hats off to you, I think you were very successfull with your creation here.

regards,

Jack

Wow, Steve! That build is fantastic! The water looks real! Outstanding job! And I can't believe how fast you put this together!

Thanks Bish and PJ,

More to come tomorrow after this has dried.

Steve

Holy cow Steve, I'm truly impressed!

That looks freaking fantabulous !

Steve, first, thanks for the explantion on the products.

Second, o WOW, that looks amazing already. I am so impressed with the look of that water, almost makes me feel sea sick.

I purchased some Golden regeular (medium) gloss gel today to complete the water effects. I bought Golden because it was what Michaels had in stock and I had a 40% coupon. Liquitex works just as well. I spread it on, filling any gaps and working it to make peaks and ripples. The trick is to work it so you dont leave brush strokes. When this dries I will paint the water blueish grey.

Steve

Steve,

I think you're doing a swell job. (pardon the pun )

Mike

Bish,

The difference is consistency. The pouring medium is similar to a thin white glue, in fact I could use a thinned whit glue instead.
The medium gel will not spread as well and is consistency of toothpaste. It is easier to form into lumps and peaks like water.
Thick gel is similar to shortening like Crisco. It will hold its peaks well, almost too well. It can be hard to smooth out.
All of these products are intended to use for canvas painting and can be found in that section in arts and craft stores.

Steve

Steve, thnaks for posting those photo's. Its really handy to see how this works.

Whats the differance between the pouring medium you used under the paper and the gel you are waiting for.

Dang!!

Steve

I started finishing the water after installing the rigging. I added the shavings from the trough cut outs to the crests and applied some heavy acrilic gel. I will allow this to dry and then add strips of paper for texture.
I know it looks bad now, but after the paper and gel has been added to the base it will look better.