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Post by angie1985 on Jun 9, 2018 15:32:35 GMT
Any ideas on how to paint this? I have tried several times with less than sterling results. Am trying to make a small still overgrown pool with a statue centered in it, and am failing miserably. Am using water effects...tried painting and water effects over it...eh. Tried mixing paint in the water effects...again, eh...tried streaking paint in " hot glue" water...again, ugh. All looks very fake. Google keeps finding how to paint brackish water on canvas with oil paints, etc etc...way out of my league and not anywhere near what I want...
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Post by margaret on Jun 11, 2018 17:15:24 GMT
You may have had trouble finding a solution because of terminology. Brackish water is the slightly salty water you find at the zone where sea water and fresh water meet. I think what you are actually looking for is a swamp water effect - dark, still water with vegetation. The tutorial at this URL seems like it might be what you are looking for: www.tinyworlds.co.uk/blog/swamp-scenery-basing/
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Post by erho on Jun 11, 2018 21:17:59 GMT
I used some paint mixed with this resin water effect, but no leaves in mine. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LNS9CW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I put too much in so it only looks slightly transparent. Sorry I dont have a better pic. You may give 2 part epoxy a try, though you'll need to work quickly. Black Magic Craft did a vid on using the epoxy for small pools, etc. and mixes paint in all of them.
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Post by angie1985 on Jun 11, 2018 22:07:33 GMT
Margaret: you are right. That tutorial is exactly what's was looking for. Thanks a million for posting it.
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Post by angie1985 on Jun 11, 2018 22:08:54 GMT
Erho:it looks pretty good to me...I will hunt up black magic craft's video. Thanks much!!!
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Post by angie1985 on Jun 11, 2018 22:10:42 GMT
Erho: does that work better than woodland scenic realistic water and water effects? Thanks
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Post by erho on Jun 12, 2018 14:23:34 GMT
I think the WScenics are granules you heat up? Ive only used this stuff, its a 2 part resin(much like the epoxy) and dries rock hard and crystal clear. Alot of people use it to top coat pennies and such for countertops and floors. It tried it but didnt mix it properly and its sticky to this day after almost a year!
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Post by angie1985 on Jun 13, 2018 1:56:06 GMT
The woodland scenic stuff I have are both a clear thick liquid...pours about consistency of white glue...maybe a little thicker...have used it before and dries hard.
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Post by sotf on Jun 17, 2018 1:52:35 GMT
If you want an easier way to do it paint the underneath as you want, you can even go over flock for the rest of this.
Then in the areas you want the water, use a few layers of gloss polyeurethane until you get a relatively level layer. You can use some heavy layers to do this. If you want darker water, you can add a tiny bit of a dark ink of the color you want into the gloss.
Then you want to get a good leaf litter option. I tend to prefer the cheapest green tea I can find at the grocery or dollar store. Instead of a normal flocking method, take some more polyeurethane and apply it then sprinkle the flock onto it while it's still wet. You can do a few layers of this if you want, don't tint this or later layers though because it will mess up the end look. Also for layers over, use a light dabbing of the gloss in order to keep the leaf litter from breaking up on you.
You probably want a few layers with very light additions of the leaf litter followed by at least one empty layer. You can increase the effect by putting a few bits of the leaf litter on top of everything else, but be very careful doing so as it can break off and is more on the fragile side of things.
As another tip, if you want more of a algae filled swampy look, replace the leaf litter with finely ground flock and don't put any on the top at all.
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Post by erho on Jun 25, 2018 4:10:49 GMT
Saw this vid and had to share with you all
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