What do you guys use for water? I am planning a diorama and have plans for some water in it but not sure what to use.
Thanks,
Mike

I m using Woodland Scenics Deep Pour Water. Its easy to use and works well. But that stuff is quite expensive.
EnviroTex Pour On is also good.

It completely depends on what you want to show. Deep,running water? shallow stagnant water? A stream...puddles?
Can you nail it down more?
J

A small creek.

Mike

Envirotex. You can dye it any color and simulate depth with tinting.

Depends on how deep you want to make your water, and if you to be able to see the river-bed. This is acrylic paste with waves modeled and painted, followed by a couple of coats of clear acrylic varnish.
The whole "depth" is a couple of millimeters.



The clear varnish on top of the painted surface gives the impression of greater depth.

Depending on the environment that you are trying to achieve, I would advise looking at YouTube. I recommend Luke Towan and Kathy Millat to start with.

That can be done by making a proper creekbed from painted plaster and small stones for the curbside or garden. The bulk of the "water" can be made using Liquitex artist clear acrylic paste. Darker tones on the groundwork add to realism.
Check out my 12SS mechanics in Normandy dio for a small stream of water running from a fountain.