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Master at Arms
With the incoming Revell U boat, I started to wrap my head around making water. I want to go with serious North Atlantic swells, much higher than I think could be achieved with any type of water effects paste and I'm not about to drop a few hundred bucks on the amount of clear resin it would take. I'm talking bow out, side hull slamming 25 foot swells. 
To experiment, I ended up grabbing a CD case (styrene) and a heat gun, melting and twisting until is was wave like. Then I grabbed the nearest green and blue Vallejo shades and spread it on the underside, swirling and making a mess of it. I added some Vallejo water efffects on top for texture and tiny waves, then hit the top side with a lot of Future, some microballoons and diluted white paint.
I like where it's headed but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I like the painting from underneath on clear plastic, it gives a nice transparency. I guess I'll be ordering some large sheets of clear styrene and seting up some vacu forms.
If there are any refs you know of, or movies that I can look for to get ideas, please give me a heads up. I plan on spending a few hours on the interwebs surfing, but I doubt there are too many photos of U boats in high seas, but maybe other ships, etc. that can apply. I'll be taking another look at Das Boot, if there are any other sub flicks that you think I might find the scene I'm looking for please let me know.
Here's some pics, in the first you can see the right side without the Future/MB/paint treatment, just some light Vallejo water effects. The last is the paint on the underside. Besides the white trails, there's no paint on top at all. I'm trying to work out adding some lighting from underneath to enhance the effect.
To experiment, I ended up grabbing a CD case (styrene) and a heat gun, melting and twisting until is was wave like. Then I grabbed the nearest green and blue Vallejo shades and spread it on the underside, swirling and making a mess of it. I added some Vallejo water efffects on top for texture and tiny waves, then hit the top side with a lot of Future, some microballoons and diluted white paint.
I like where it's headed but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I like the painting from underneath on clear plastic, it gives a nice transparency. I guess I'll be ordering some large sheets of clear styrene and seting up some vacu forms.
If there are any refs you know of, or movies that I can look for to get ideas, please give me a heads up. I plan on spending a few hours on the interwebs surfing, but I doubt there are too many photos of U boats in high seas, but maybe other ships, etc. that can apply. I'll be taking another look at Das Boot, if there are any other sub flicks that you think I might find the scene I'm looking for please let me know.
Here's some pics, in the first you can see the right side without the Future/MB/paint treatment, just some light Vallejo water effects. The last is the paint on the underside. Besides the white trails, there's no paint on top at all. I'm trying to work out adding some lighting from underneath to enhance the effect.
