Well for those of you who offered help, I did some of them, newspapers in the corner (hard to see in this picture), a barrel, I made a small impromptu dock.

I poured the water, I tinged it with a bit of a brown/green tint.
The pic. is a bit dark and not that great.

looking good Scott. What's the overall scene going to look like?

You gonna added more green algae at the waterline?

That looks good so far scott i like the ripples around the barrel and the brick work, the water does look a little dark, but as you said the picture is a little dark i am shore its fine in person.

Beautiful work Scott ripples and all. Nice illusion of depth especially with the angled barrel. The greenish tinge of the water really contrasts well with the red brick embankments.

Thanks guys - I looked for a decent overall shot and I don't have one yet.

It's a basicaly a store front scene with an M16 covering the bridge.

I do plan on adding some more of the green wash to the waters edge. I didn't know exactally how deep the water would end up being so I left it basic until now.

Sorry about the sub-par photo, the corners are actually as light and "clear" as the front edge. Better pics to come. I'm actually working on a huge build story for it once it's all done.

I only know how to paint water, what did you tinge yours with?

I think maybe the tie down point for your barge is a little large. Maybe an eye bolt, or just a smaller rod would look better? Some green "slime" would look good on the lower part of the walls. I really how this scene is progressing.

Patrick

Patrick, I used the casting resin in the feature https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/150 from Michaels. There is a 'tint' coloring die set that you can buy. It looks like food coloring and you just drip in colors to mix up what the desired end result is before you add the catalyst. You can also use RITT die. RITT is a clothing die that comes in a grain like form and you pour it in mix it in to disolve it. I wasn't thrilled the RITT in past use. It is another option though.

In looking at the tie downs (which do look a bit big). I just realized I don't have any nail holes. That'll be done tonight. Thanks for making me look at it again.

Looks great Scott!

I'd hate to fall in that pea soup!
To expand on PLMP110's green slime... I'm pretty sure it would also be on the wood poles in the canal, and depending on the age of the floating dock/wharf, on both the dock and the guide lines... that muck pretty much gets everywhere from what I've seen...
My only crit (and this is my personal opinion) is that perhaps the bricks are a tad too red, bright and clean...

Can't wait to see a broader shot...

Rudi

Scott,

Very nice...as previously stated the barrel's angle is a nice touch. The water surface is well done look forward to additional pictures.

Jay

Ola Scott

Great job on the canal matey
Indeed the pic is too dark to really say something about it but I did some photoshop tricks on it to make it more visible


I like the angle of the barrel well done. The impromptu dock looks very impromptu..... I mean with this that they always tried to make the planks even. This gives a bit of pirate feeling to it. But probably I`m the only one with this comment.
Further I think even some more wood could drift in the corners but again this is what I would have done.
I also support the opinion of having green slime/algea along the lower parts of your wall and the wooden poles etc. in the water.

Further nice work there can`t wait to see the rest of this dio.

Scott,

this is really starting to look like something good !

Perhaps some fallen leafs in the corner and, I agree with Robert, a bit of extra driftwood...not too much, but just that tiny bit extra.

I'm impressed with the water !!

Thanks for the good comments everyone.

Thanks for the photoediting FAUST

I will definitely be adding algee everywhere along the waterline and a bit higher. The poles are Really dark and it's very difficult to see any green on them at all!

I'm going to consider the debris suggestions. Not sure if I'll add much more, maybe some papers to the top of the water. There are no plans for trees or any substantial bushes so there's no supporting line for the leaves.... But I am hearing that a bit more 'stuff' wouldn't be a bad thing at all.

FAUST - Bingo - I've got it.... the idea behind the dock was more the civilian population built it not the military. I didn't want a fishing canal so I stayed away from adding any fishing supplies, and a row boat would have overpowered the area. But, I see your point of a neat military dock - so the idea hit me. I am going to add the left overs from some kids! I'll leave it at that and let you guys see what my thoughts are when I get it done.
Thanks for the push to make me think more about the dio.

Scott, it's really fantastic! It looks like a real canal! Congratulations! I can't wait to see the whole thing done!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Looks good Scott...can't wait to see those bricks with a bit more weathering.

Looking forward to some overall shots as well

Eddie

Scott, that is looking very good. I look forward to having a peak at the whole scene Cheers Kevin

hi scott

looking good, Andrea do a nice set of small boy figures who could look like they are fishing on the raft. i



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would like to see a over all picture of the diorama

cheers

keith forsyth

Very nice work Scott:

The scene really has that "this is real" look. Eager to see more pix.

Scott this really going to be a nice peice of work. Your water is superb cant wait for the next update.

Scott,

If this was a 1:1 scale canal how deep would you say it was? I am just asking because the water seems a bit too clear. I can't tell from the photo but did you paint the bottom prior to pouring resin? I think that would have given your water a more depth.

These are just a couple of my observations.

Marty - well based on the size of the barrel the canal would have to be about 2' - 3' deep.
I can totally understand what you mean and honestly was a bit surprised at how 'clear' the resin ended up being.
Here is what I did
1. Added some smeared house spackel on te flat bottom to give it some texture.
2. painted it a burnt umber base coat
3. painted it in various shades of green and brown. This is about 80% of the coloring that you see.
4. sample poured an ounce of resin mix which came out pretty cloudy.
5. mixed up 4 ounces of resin and adjusted the mix ratio. In the cup it looked pretty cloudy so I poured it.
6. spread it around
7. as it cured I ran a tooth pick through to add ripples.

The resin is about 1/8" thick and I was surprised it came out less cloudy than I had anticipated. That's where the clear comes in.
Without pouring on more resin and drowning the dock I'm kinda stuck with it. Water is one of those things you kinda can't 'undo'.

You got that right.

I think that your water came out fine, just perhaps it should have been a tad darker. Believe it or not I use Vallejo acrylic paints when I want o change the color of resin. Tiny drop is all it takes to give it a drasticly different look.