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                        sea base experiments

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                        potchip
                        • Member since
                          September 2010
                        sea base experiments
                        Posted by potchip on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:57 PM

                        Relatively new to the whole sea scuplting side of witchcraft

                        1st attempt, comment: wake pattern a bit dis-jointed, lacking depth

                        2nd attempt - comment: tried to use white putty to build up volume of the foam, found hard to control transparency

                        3rd attempt comment: first time using cotton, overall reasonably happy

                        4th attempt comment: all cotton less painting (white) for foam. Found key to cotton is amount of clear/gel to apply - the more applied = more transparent (and volume decreases) and if want volume and whiteness, apply clear only at surface to hold shape rather than soak through

                        5th attempt comment: ran out of artist gel medium used 'vallejo water effect' product, don' t like it at all. It's too 'tinted' with a sickly blue colour that can't be used easily for realistic effect. Does not appear to be dilutable with water either, I have 4 bottles of this stuff...argh...had to compensate with a duller base colour to hide the blue-ness

                         

                         

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                        PFJN
                        • Member since
                          January 2015
                        Posted by PFJN on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 7:58 PM

                        Hi,

                        Those look nice.  I especially like the bottom one, with the ship at anchor.  The ripples look really convincing. Smile

                        Pat

                        1st Group BuildSP

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                        Don Stauffer
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
                        Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:01 AM

                        Great post- thanks.  And the sea aside, those ships are terrific too!

                         

                        Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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                        1943Mike
                        • Member since
                          December 2010
                        • From: Salem, Oregon
                        Posted by 1943Mike on Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:56 AM

                        All your ships look good to me.

                        As far as the sea base is concerned, I like your first attempt with cotton (the ship under a display case) the best. Very convincing to me. Also a wonderful build. What ship and kit is it?

                        Mike

                        "Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

                        Hector Berlioz

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