Just wanted to start a forum of people showing the water effect of their dios, I enjoy looking at them and im sure other people do to. So please post some pics. Thanx in advance.
-NERVRECK-

Hi Nervreck, here are some of the pics from my last diorama that featured water. I hope this is what you are looking for.





For this water I used Castin Craft polyester clear resin and gunze sangyo transparent paints. A full explanation of how I did this water can be found here
http://dioramas.armorama.com//features/523
If you like this method and have any questions about it feel free to pm me I'll be glad to help. Cheers Kevin

Here are a couple





This is how I did it

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/150

Sorry, it's not the best pic. It's my first attempt at the dreaded water-It's cloudy because it was still wet when I took the pic. This is woodland scenics ready to pour water.

Ola nervreck

BE it Frozen... ICe is water too right. :-) :-) '
This is one I``m working on now. It is a little vignette called "Snowball!!!!!!"

I've only modeled water once, so I don't have a lot of pics to show, but here's how mine turned out...

How do you make those waves???? If it still liguid is it (I think) hard to make waves in the water... And you guys make water with Resin (clear)???

Greetz Hilbert

Hilbert - I use resin mostly for water - see the article under my post.
Other options are layered varnish - clear plastic - everpour etc. Lots of options

Ola Charles here are your pictures



And your ice


All brilliant work mate

+++Edit+++ When I was posting this it Appeared that Charles had deleted his post in which the pics weren`t functioning. The credit of these pictures go to Charles Reading (Creading)

m:-)

Water is always a fascinating subject matter for me if not challenging. Here's my go using locally available materials.

The first one was my first attempt using a polyurethane/ superglue combo for moving water.


The second attempt utilized wood varnish topped off with polyurethane glue for a slow moving river.


My latest go uses just layers of wood varnish alone for still water.

This was my first and last dio that included a water theme. Water was made from a two part epoxy. I now wished that I have asked members here on how to make the waves....oh well.

Your water effects are fantastic. well done. I love the first method and will try and duplicate it on one dio later on.

Beachbum that palm tree you have is incredible!!! Could you offer us up some insight on how you made it? Possibly do an SBS? Cheers Kevin

Surface was built up using plaster. Then lots of layers of gloss varnish with oil tints. Waves made with superglue gel, flicked up and shaped with a toothpick. Then more layers of gloss varnish not tinted to finish.
If its kept dark and has something to reflect in it like walls, this method works really well and cheap.

A bit of water in my latest dio.



Several layers of resin with the "weeds" painted in on each layer.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks. Its made from a aluminium foil + kebab skewer combo. I've actually wrote an SBS on it as part of feature on making tropical jungle plants. I've submitted Part I but it isn't out yet. The coconut palm unfortunately is in Part II which I've done but haven't submitted yet.

The leaves or fronds are made from aluminium baking foil. I would have liked to have cut the leaflets more fine but there's only so much you can do with foil and bad eyesight.

The trunk consists of a slightly bent kebab skewer which has string wrapped around it and then covered with thin 1-ply tissue. I loosely based the trunk on Eric Sikkema's article on Making palms.

I could email Part II to you if you like.

Here you go !

The next one will be with ice !







Cheers !

Magicbart #:-) #:-) #:-)

Hi guys....just to join in

A Panther I did a while back




How too is here

http://smallshopeu.com/Water_Panther%20photo%20page.htm



Slaphead

Nice, thanks for posting these pics. Ive always enjoyed looking at water effects.Just never could bring myself to touch the stuff afraid ill mess up the dio . That die pressing dio is just genius I love the water on that dio. Again thanks everyone for posting. Keep em comin if u can I could never have too much effects.
-NERVRECK-

Here are pics of some dio's concerning water effect built by "Art Instructor" - my armor/dio modeler :

"Sturmpionier w/ Assault Raft" :





"The Pontoon"





"VC River" :





To see more pics of these dio's- or other dio's that were built by him, please locate them in this menu :
http://www.geocities.com/~falconbbs/modelcnt.htm

Enjoy!

Here are some pics of my water effects in Seals vignete I did for the Quite Professionals campaign.