OK, so my Woodland scenic water effects did not come out the way I wanted....

Is there any way of making the water look murky? perhaps even with a green tinge? I've never actually seen a lake that was crystal clear down to the bottom, so Im wondering if applying a veeeeery thin wash in between a few layers might be the thing to do. Any suggestions??

There are a few ways to tint water. One is to use a clear tinted paint. You pour a layer of water, let it dry then paint a thing clear(ish) coat of color, more water, clearer coat of color, water, almost no color.
Another way is to use dye, there are special dyes for resin waters you can buy. You can also investigate Ritt - clothing dye from a craft store. I used it once to get a darkish color. Be careful with this stuff, it take a lot of stiring to disolve it fully, so if you have a two part mix, disolve the dye into the 1st part first, then add the second hardener.

Use Future Floor Wax tinted with acrylics - Tamiya, Vaalejo, whatever. Use either between layers or over the top layer. That's what I do for all my ship models - all of which ar mounted in water environments.
Kevin

I'm actually doing a dio right now with Woodland Scenics E-Z water, what I did was just paint the bottom service, looks great actually.I then used Windsor and Newton paints to make moss and some darker brown to shade it in. But I read a review from a guy that after 6 months it all starts to break up, so my fingers are crossed! I'm thinking that maybe you can add some extremely light colors to the top of the water? just an Idea.
David

Thanks guys!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you too David!

Yeah, Ive got some of that semi clear tamiya paint, was thinking of breaking it down even further with some thinner, maybe trying to give the water an algae approach.

I've used food coloring with Future to good effect for that strata look. Might want to try an experiment with Woodland Scenics ground cover (the ground up foam) as bottom moss. Might work well.
Cheers!

The thinned out green paint actually worked! Niiiiice algae effect! I used Tamiya flat green FX-5, about 1/3 of a teaspoons worth, to a tablespoon and 1/2 worth of ordinary tap water.

I freaked at first; I thought I had screwed up my project royally! I had initially
spread it out evenly, and by chance, it decided to bunch up into smaller pools, so it actually had the consitency of thicker algae, when it all clings together in nasty, horrid strands.

pictures? I'd love to see everyone's different techniques. Maybe a feature on it would be cool.

I'll try to get some pictures up today.

Yeah, I started to think about it, and I really couldnt recall ever seeing a lake that was so pristine, that you could see down to the bottom of it anyway.