Water effects with Envirotek

[Lastman]

James Wechsler wins awards. He is a prolific modeller and blogger. Scroll down to the Sept. 2, 2007 entries for a series of posts about prepping and pouring water effects.

 

http://www.track-link.net/forum/site_blogs/8381

 

I was so happy to rediscover his blog after my bookmarks file blew up I had to share it.

 

 

 

Track-Link is a great resource for modellers, dioramists, and basers.

 

Article about squash casting small parts- http://www.track-link.net/articles/102

 

Article about white washing, weathering, and camo effects using laundry powder - http://www.track-link.net/articles/1155

[demonelf3]

Going into the tutorial database. Thanks a ton, wow that was a great water article.

[awong]

Great tutorial!

Say, have any of you seen hints as to how one could avoid the meniscus creep along poured 'water' edges? I know that in 1:1 scale, yes, fluids do creep up slightly at container surfaces...unfortunately, it looks way out of scale on miniatures.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks for some great tutorial sites.

-AW

[KatieS]

Great tutorial!

Say, have any of you seen hints as to how one could avoid the meniscus creep along poured 'water' edges? I know that in 1:1 scale, yes, fluids do creep up slightly at container surfaces...unfortunately, it looks way out of scale on miniatures.

Any ideas?

 

The only way I have found is to pour all the way to the top of your "dam". In my case I place the tape (I usually use painters tape as a dam for my bases) at the exact height I want the water to be and pour to the top of the tape. Just put it somewhere safe and don't move it til it hardens!

[awong]

Great tutorial!

Say, have any of you seen hints as to how one could avoid the meniscus creep along poured 'water' edges? I know that in 1:1 scale, yes, fluids do creep up slightly at container surfaces...unfortunately, it looks way out of scale on miniatures.

Any ideas?

 

The only way I have found is to pour all the way to the top of your "dam". In my case I place the tape (I usually use painters tape as a dam for my bases) at the exact height I want the water to be and pour to the top of the tape. Just put it somewhere safe and don't move it til it hardens!

 

Thanks KatieG,

I'll give that a go. I guess that stuff half submerged, or river banks, etc, will get the creep no matter what.

-AW

[joshuaslater]

Thanks for posting that. I've a resin sewer terrain system to tackle this way.

 

Cheers.

[Lastman]

Here's a link to the best water effects I've seen. Waves, coloration... amazing.

 

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...&artid=1568

[awong]

That's a great link! In fact, you've posted a lot of very neat links L. It's starting to give the bug for armor again

 

That is a nice rendition of water, and at a scale that's very ambitious! I agree that his water coloration is beautiful.

 

The only thing I'm having any qualms about is his sand. Usually, wet or damp sand is a much darker color than dry sand. I'm not sure if that was an oversight or he was hoping the water medium would help alter the color of the sand...it just struck me as odd. He did "dampen" the front glacis plate for the one Sherman but the other doesn't have any indication of splashed water on it. For my project, I'm still struggling with how I'm going to deal with the sand color...it's all going on a small 1" base .

 

-AW