Myself and again I am still working out all the bugs it this water stuff.
I start by glueing a sheet of Heavy Textured Water Color Paper down with a cut out area for the hull.
I then have the following Liquitex products, Gloss Heavy Gel (Jar), Meduim Matte Gel (Jar), a large Tube of Opaque White (could get by with a small tube) and a small tube of Clear Opaque.
I also have a bottle of Mogde Pogde paste or glue to smooth the surface out if need be.
After the Water Color Paper has dryed I spread a skim coat with the Heavy Gel and a larger Pallette/Painting Knife adding the start of swells here and there and let it dry.
With a wet flat brush I start to add more to the waves, crests, initial wake ect using the Meduim Bodied Gel and let that dry.
Next with Acrylic Craft paint (about .59-.89 a bottle here) I start the color.
I have about 20 bottles of shades of dark blue, through all the ocean blues, greens, grays, lamp black, charcol grey and a bunch of whites like Winter, Spring, Fall, egg shell....Just start buying every color you think you will need.
I also have a few plastic mixing trays to pour the paint in as well as water to make a wash.
Figure out where you want the deep water keeping in mind very deep water is extremely dark blue to almost black and gets lighter as the depth is shallower.
So figure out what you want and paint smaller areas of the darkest color slowing working to the lighter shades all the way up to the White Crests of the waves.
Example, paint your dark blue areas then some medium blue to a blue green and with clear water blend the paints together and left it dry. Come back with the lighter blue green and a water wash and paint everthing and let that dry.
Now you have an idea of your surface so you can start making more waves, swells and what not. Do the smaller waves, swells and crests with a Small Pallette knife ( took a grinder to one so it come to a shape point and is some what curved for this).
This is a good time to add your wave crests, wake or bow curls that are going to be White so in comes the Tube of White Opaque Paint and the same small pallette knife and smooth if all out with the Modge Pod Paste.
Then start painting again until you are happy and then give it a coat a Future Floor Wax and let it dry.
Then when you see where you messed up, want less dark blue more more of something else just start again with the gel, paint, washes or the shades of white and water to high light some swells.
It is your canvas and your work of art so you need to figure out what works for you and is within your comfort zone.
My 1st try was a 2X3 inch piece of craft ply wood and is nothing but water with waves. Next was a 3x5 inch piece the same ply wood with a 1/350 scale German Seaplane, then and IJN Destroyer and then a small diorama with beach, dock and a muddy river and hte USS Keokuk Cival War Iron Clad.
This is the IJN Destroyer that I paid $4.00 for that has been a test for P/E, Weathering, smoke and water.
Then the Keokuk the I need to get back and finish here soon.
And the Keokuk after a little more work.
Have a go at it and see what happens and doing it this way it doesn't matter if you get Matte, Gloss or High Gloss as the Future Floor wax wiil give you the Gloss you want for water.
Karsten
Myself and again I am still working out all the bugs it this water stuff.
I start by glueing a sheet of Heavy Textured Water Color Paper down with a cut out area for the hull.
I then have the following Liquitex products, Gloss Heavy Gel (Jar), Meduim Matte Gel (Jar), a large Tube of Opaque White (could get by with a small tube) and a small tube of Clear Opaque.
I also have a bottle of Mogde Pogde paste or glue to smooth the surface out if need be.
After the Water Color Paper has dryed I spread a skim coat with the Heavy Gel and a larger Pallette/Painting Knife adding the start of swells here and there and let it dry.
With a wet flat brush I start to add more to the waves, crests, initial wake ect using the Meduim Bodied Gel and let that dry.
Next with Acrylic Craft paint (about .59-.89 a bottle here) I start the color.
I have about 20 bottles of shades of dark blue, through all the ocean blues, greens, grays, lamp black, charcol grey and a bunch of whites like Winter, Spring, Fall, egg shell....Just start buying every color you think you will need.
I also have a few plastic mixing trays to pour the paint in as well as water to make a wash.
Figure out where you want the deep water keeping in mind very deep water is extremely dark blue to almost black and gets lighter as the depth is shallower.
So figure out what you want and paint smaller areas of the darkest color slowing working to the lighter shades all the way up to the White Crests of the waves.
Example, paint your dark blue areas then some medium blue to a blue green and with clear water blend the paints together and left it dry. Come back with the lighter blue green and a water wash and paint everthing and let that dry.
Now you have an idea of your surface so you can start making more waves, swells and what not. Do the smaller waves, swells and crests with a Small Pallette knife ( took a grinder to one so it come to a shape point and is some what curved for this).
This is a good time to add your wave crests, wake or bow curls that are going to be White so in comes the Tube of White Opaque Paint and the same small pallette knife and smooth if all out with the Modge Pod Paste.
Then start painting again until you are happy and then give it a coat a Future Floor Wax and let it dry.
Then when you see where you messed up, want less dark blue more more of something else just start again with the gel, paint, washes or the shades of white and water to high light some swells.
It is your canvas and your work of art so you need to figure out what works for you and is within your comfort zone.
My 1st try was a 2X3 inch piece of craft ply wood and is nothing but water with waves. Next was a 3x5 inch piece the same ply wood with a 1/350 scale German Seaplane, then and IJN Destroyer and then a small diorama with beach, dock and a muddy river and hte USS Keokuk Cival War Iron Clad.
This is the IJN Destroyer that I paid $4.00 for that has been a test for P/E, Weathering, smoke and water.
[img]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5204/mvc030skt2.jpg[/img]
Then the Keokuk the I need to get back and finish here soon.
[img]http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1872/mvc027frp6.jpg[/img]
And the Keokuk after a little more work.
[img]http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1760/mvc010sbk4.jpg[/img]
Have a go at it and see what happens and doing it this way it doesn't matter if you get Matte, Gloss or High Gloss as the Future Floor wax wiil give you the Gloss you want for water.
Karsten