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Yep, well, a good friend of mine told me that I should always aim to do bigger and better than the previous one. I had this as a starting point, but then the decision was to refocus and make it bigger and better. Four layers of Liquitex have now been laid. Tomorrow is layer 5, 3 hrs dry...

Right, this is 99.99% done. Canopy not attached. And the real thing ..... Thanks for watching and for the kind words, this has been a first for me. Could have been a lot better, but, at least I don't feel like throwing it in the bin, that's a plus. Laurence

Been a while, so here's an update. Celluclay is nice, but it shrinks big time so had to patch along the edges a number of times. Oils dry (finally) then liquitex layer after layer - aiming for some 15 layers or so with some dry brushing in between to give it the 3D depth appearance. Far from...

Thanks Mike, but that is far from done .... Laurence

Thank you gents, appreciate it. I watched that video a while back, that works for the Pacific ocean and for a small scale. I get some inspiration from everything I watch and I appreciate seeing that video again. I actually started painting the base. Still have some issues around the edges that...

Welcome back Bob, glad to hear you are on the mend. Look after yourself and take it easy . Laurence

Right, more stuff done. Lay the clay (sounds like a bad rap tune) next day take it outside on the balcony, hoping for that yellow thing in the sky to cast some rays and dry the thing ... takes a loooooooooooooooong time. Ship still not attached to the base - just modelling the waves in close...

Good luck and speedy recovery mate, all the best from us. Laurence

I had some info on that one mate, just not in the logical order my brain needs to properly understand this stuff ... :blush: Laurence

Of course, my apologies for not being very specific. The water has been on my mind for a long time, waves, shapes, all of it. I have been watching videos on youtube on others making dioramas showing water of all kinds, from oceans to waterfalls, lakes, puddles, rivers, you name it. Materials...

Thank you all for the kind words, and a special note here ... Luiz, good to see you my friend, been a while. Sadly I got some orange peel, because I didn't know what I was doing with the Tamiya clear spray. I got the can, shook it for well over a minute - not good #1 - should have dipped it...

Thanks for that Bob, these are always helpful. I have always been tempted to do a corvette in rough Atlantic seas, but I got to do the Bismarck instead. Maybe in the future, who knows ... Shaping the water is what I am working on at the moment, slowly, very slowly. This is what it looks like...

Right, more work done while waiting for the "water" on the Bismarck dio to dry. Tamiya clear - spray and it wasn't easy to get some with the pandemic stuff going on. This is after the 5th layer. Those thin red stripes ...:ph:... the decals are very nice and easy to work with, but, for some...

Thanks for that Paul, appreciate it. The thing with this diorama is that I had to keep dimensions under control, I did not have a lot of real estate around the ship to make it obvious if the ship was sailing straight or turning. 3 massive props and full speed in a choppy sea tend to create a...

Thanks Bob, that is an epic post - I really appreciate the points you are making and the history too.:tens: Winter in the Atlantic - I like that. Laurence

Thanks Bob, that means a lot. The photo is great. Not sure about calling what I do art, I would rather call it improvisation hoping for something decent to come out of it at the end. I was focused on showing the ship in the Baltic Sea, where the waves are much smaller than in the Atlantic, but...

More work done ... getting close to the height of the waves I have in mind, and hoping I am getting this right. Slowly building more layers of celluclay, it starts looking better. Once the ship is in place, there will be a lot more "water" along the hull, for now it's the water along the hull...

Right, more masking, yay. (sarcasm here) - easier than the masking on the Bismarck I must admit, but still ... Still some red to go in, a thin stripe right near the big blue area. Masking in place for that one. The masking near the canopy is to correct some stupidity of me. Should have...

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Thanks Mark, appreciate it. Masking provided is certainly great, the thing is, some strips are not long enough. Well, more work for me, yay.