wet feet ...

[mlp]

ah well may be I'm doing too much at the moment, anyway I started another one. I call it wet feet.

It's 1/35, body is Preiser rest is Dragon and Tamiya

 

[AndyFettes]

Nice start !!!!

 

[moon puppy]

Interesting....

 

[panzerace007]

Really Cool !! I'm interested in seeing how this plays out !!!

 

[mlp]

Thanks folks

be patient I'm not a figure painter or a dio builder, so this will be a try and error one ... my first to be true.

 

[mlp]

ok some base coat

Well so far I experimented with acrylics mixed with future and some preshading ... a plane builders way

 

[moon puppy]

What's the life preserver looking thing?

 

[mlp]

What's the life preserver looking thing?

ah well I've forgotten to place it aside - it should be a life preserver in 72, it's for the Heinkel scene

 

[SA Dave]

Looking cool Martin.

 

[mlp]

Thanks

 

[moon puppy]

It's a pole...

Really, looks good, very realistic.

 

[mlp]

lol - Thanks Bob - yes, it's a pole! And now it has some green stuff

Some washing and then the water

 

[jknaus]

Now this is very cool. Are you going to add fish also? Really liking where your going with it.

James

 

[AndyFettes]

Its coming together really well

 

[mlp]

Thanks a lot!

well, now its a man walking in milk

we'll see how this will come out

 

[Gene]

Looking good!!!

 

[reconron]

Great concept!

What are you using for water,Martin?


Greetings,Ron.

 

[mlp]

Thanks a lot!

I'm not sure how this will turn out and how long it will take to dry completely. I used LUKAS Crystal Gel ( http://www.besthobby.de/shop/shop.asp ... german, sorry) which in fact is a acrylic clear gel, a good way to simulate water, if you don't want to go the crystal resin way.

There are several other acrylic clear gels around and I assume most of them are just the same.

This stuff is great for tons of other things, you even can use it as a clear coat, when thinning with water.

The wet feet is an experiment for using it in a very thick coat. A thin coat (about 5mm) dries in about 6 hours and is rock hart after 24 hours. This coat is about 1.5 cm thick .... well we'll see

 

[Kreighshoer]

i should have looked earlier! this is a splendid little vignette martin! great work!

 

[mlp]

Thanks Laura - well you haven't missed much - just a small test object for my DDay vignette and for the figure painting, well I'm not an hero here