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Dioramas: Water Effects
Water! A sometimes intimidating effect.
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Seaview rises from the depths.......
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 12:51 PM UTC
....Here's a sneek peek at my nearly finished Polar Lights Seaview vignette. I actually started this several months ago. About the time the kit came out, but there was a yellowing reaction between my clear coat on the submarine and the acrylic gel used for the water. I had to start over from scratch and strip the paint from the sub. I used that as a blessing and built a larger base and scratchbuilt the antenna aray as well as a few things here and there.



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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 12:59 PM UTC

I think your water looks great! Would love to see more photos. The color of the water is very nice and the white water coming off the top of the sub is great.

The water looks like its translucent. Is that just the photo or is it kid of clear?

Would love to do something like this myself but with a Sea Wolf or Akula attack sub instead of the the sci-fi Seaview. But, I did like that movie!

Great ice, what's it made of?

Steve
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:00 PM UTC
Very nicely done.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:06 PM UTC
It's somewhat translucent. I tried one of those acrylic frames and applied acrylic gel and a wash of blues and greens too both sides. It does a fairly good job of implying depth. The icebergs are resin copies of some rocks that I cut up parts of.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 02:10 PM UTC
That is very cool. I love it. Great subject, great scene.
Are you going to make the iceburgs a bit on the greenish side near the water line?
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 02:26 PM UTC
Very nice indeed!

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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 08:42 PM UTC
Unusuall subject, but very well done.. I like it a lot. If you have some more detailed photos I'd love to see them..

I like what you did with water emerging from the sub's openings. Nice detail indeed..

Mario M.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 11:40 PM UTC
This is great ! You did a beautiful job on the water !
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 05:32 AM UTC
Very cool... I can see a Boomer in my future...
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:13 AM UTC
Hi,

Very nice job.

More, more, more photos pleaseeeeeeeee


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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:15 AM UTC
VERY NICE WORK
MORE PHOTOS PLEASE

CONGRATULATIONS

ROBERTO
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:15 AM UTC
VERY NICE WORK
MORE PHOTOS PLEASE

CONGRATULATIONS

ROBERTO
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 10:25 AM UTC
All I can say is, GREAT WORK!!!
Like everyone else, I would love to see more photos.

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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:23 AM UTC
I love the water that runs down the top of the sub !
Gee, those series were a loooooooooooong time ago ! It would be fun watching them again. If wonder if they would still interest modern kids...
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:27 AM UTC
Very nice work.....

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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:27 AM UTC
Dont know what the subject is, but the water is brilliant. Looks really well. I think it deserves an article! We want more!
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Posted: Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 01:34 PM UTC
Unfortunately, I didn't take any really good step-by-step photos.
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