Looking great. The water does look real to me. Nice birch tree as well.

Finally some plain english to explain it! :-)

Thanks Bradley

@Johanna, Thanks. I will add, once every ripple and wave is set, a few spots of foam, painted white, here and there, to suggest the faster running river, of course not at the JBA level, because he made a sea, not a river.

@Scott, i will add not very much more to the river. I will add more volume and foam in the hollow spaces, add a bit more on the last few centimetres, and of course, make some splashing on the river bed. For that i will wait till i nearly finished to model that part of the river. I also need to paint some more white in some areas of the stream. There are 2-3 Mini waterfalls who needs to be detailed.
A more water carrying stream is of course more interesting, but this is completely unrealistic in the setting around Clervaux. The one i make is probably already to much, but I will put that on my artistic licence freedom tab.

@Alan, Callmehobbes

Thanks guys, glad you like it ! It's a big relief indeed.

Claude

Yo Claude,

Thanks for the explenation and drawings....it is trullly spot on!

Keep going!

Greezt Nico

Hi Claude, lovely update I can't say one bad word about this diorama and I will get round to buying your book . Looking forward to the next part.

Maybe one day I will do a massive diorama like this.

Martyn

Claude, as always incredible work!
The river looks very good! Thanks for showing, and explaining, the technique.

I'm not sure what I find more amazing...the diorama or the fact that you haven't lost interest / motivation and continue to plug away at it while not sacrificing details.
I have three dios in the 34cm x 27cm range that have been alternating between the work bench and the shelf for probably 2 maybe 3 years. (Anyone remember the "Agony of Defeat" (I think that was the name) campaign? That's one of them.

Anyway. You're an inspiration Sir.
Thank you for continuing to post your progress!

Claude,
As always your work is the best. The water looks great. I missed your updates when you toke your break. Keep up the great work and always look foward to your updates.
Tom

Thank you Martyn and Tom

Thanks Bill, i'm very honored, but hey, i am just stringing together one dio after the other. In "normal" terms i made some 36 dioramas of 30x35 until now.
Oh, that sounds a lot indeed.

I think i am more crazy then i thought!

Claude

Very good, you've got my blessing
great tree btw!

Hi Claude

The water is excellent......so life like.

Unbeleiveable work, looking forward to each update.

Tom

Uff, the weekend is saved !

Thanks Jean Bernard for showing up, i really waited (prayed? :-) ) for this positive input.

I will add a few

of this white spots as shown on this picture from the original Clervaux river.

I will also test to make "regular" shadows, aka, painting darker resin on the insides of the waves. Because of the overall clear resin it is very hard now to distinguish the exact tipping points of the waves.
I am glad it works so far so lets not be pessimistic again.

@Tom, thanks also for your input. "Lifelike", hmm, probably the best verdict possible!

Right now some thickly applied Acrylic gel is drying (takes 2-3 days and i never remember to aply a few thin coats instead of one thick) and i am plying a bit with the construction of the two towers.


Claude

I must say that is the most realistic looking running water that I have ever seen. This whole project is wonderful.
J

Claude, Thanks very much for the explanation. I think I have enough room/height left to try and correct my problem. If not, oh well, the next will be better thanks to you. Looking fantastic also. bob d.

Hi Claude,
This is looking fantastic! I use your book to help me better understand how to model a good dio.

Good, very good :-)

Take your time and redo everything you do not immediately like, i think this are the most important tips.

@Jerry, uhhh, for a first time water maker this is some serious compliment, thanks a lot

@Bob, i am still not finished, did some more resin copies and need to think how to make the upper part of the river. This one was supposed to run faster then the lower part, but now i made already the lower part fast running.

I spend a lot of time to model the towers on the bridge. To make an accurate eight sided tower will cost me some patience, that's for sure.
I just recently discovered that the tower featured also some sculpted figures, meaning in 1/35 scale a figure (angel?) of 6 mm height! Getting better and better

Claude

Wow Claude, things have changed a lot since my last visit.
Congrats for such a great work.
Water really is well done.

Alexandre.

Merci Alexandre, je suis content de te revoir

I am alternating tasks again, a bit of tower work and sculpting but also bit of water work.
Today i would like to show you the nearly finished stream . I need to refine a bit some of the water flowing, checking if i did not miss a place where gravity and speed of flow requires some more water or at least a wet stone.

starting also the detail work on the river, "making it flow it the right direction"

What do you say?


I start to like it but of course you are allowed to have a different opinion

I say - leave it as it is - its perfect.

Cheers/Jan

hi claude!
this is really an awesome work you are doing here!

Thanks Jan!
Not a lot will change. It will be possible to look at this from just behind the stream and from very near, so i am sure fellow modellers wil look exactly how i did everything and will follow the logical pad of the water to control my work. There are a few stones who certainly need to be wetted a bit. Looking under macro, there are also a few spots who would profit from a more flowing look. (thin visible brushstrokes needed).
A few more white streaks on the lower part of the stream will be added also.

Thanks Adrien! You are the one i replied yesterday at Maquette Garden forum?

Claude

yes claude i'am this gibbs!

After pondering very long on the next phase of structure building i am finally decided.

These two buildings are effectively situated right across the street of the Hotel Central, so for once again i am imitating the real town here as it existed.
Better, the left one is still the local pharmacy today and looks the same apart the façade who was renovated, hiding the nicer stone work.

The building on the right looks like a very old (already in 1944) town house with a barn annexed to the left.
I may destroy it a bit and show a hidden car or so. That's at least one initial idea.

Here are two other interesting pictures showing hints of the buildings.
Opposite the Hotel Central, on the far right border is a tiny bit from the pharmacy visible.It's the best picture i have from the stone work!


On this picture from the entry of the german army into Clervaux (in 1940) you recognize the corner of the barn. Due to the curve, the pharmacy is not visible.


I will attack those building right after the towers and the finishing of the water.

Make no mistake, i will not be done with that :-)

Two more houses will be inserted in this row along the street and i am even not talking about Modul 7 yet

Claude

Dear Claude,
What a nice way of not only showing your architectual sources, but also a complete wagon train of the German army.
You got more of them?

Claude
The bubbles in the water really convey flow and direction. The random flow really shows off how well the rocky bottom would force direction and miss-direction.

Nicely done. I'm looking forward to the buildings.

Couldn't have put it better, nice work Sir.

Al

Thank you Paul,
Only one more


It is taken the same moment, in fact from the other side of the street and shows also the "Hotel Central" which i build already for my dio

The language under the picture is luxembourgish and means "The german's are coming"

Scott, Alan, thanks guys! Really glad you like it. I will finish the river during the next days, i stopped for some tower work , but as i need to wait for some silicone i go back to water modelling mode now.

Claude