WestRider Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 I've managed to get something I'm happy with for still or lightly rippling water, but now I have these Beasts of Nurgle that are clearly moving in such a way that they should be making some serious splashes in the swamp basing that I use for my Nurgle stuff, and I don't even know how to begin modeling that. Anyone got any references or tips or ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torg Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 I've seen some things somewhere of a nice look - I will see if I can remember where I saw it. I know I have seen some nice things done with clear silicone. But I imagine you could do something with clear resin and making some molds. -d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 That would be a couple of levels above my current level of experience, but I might have to go there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 Never done it, but my understanding is that you use floral clear resin. You poor it and then wait for it to partially solidify, then you use like a toothpick or other "poking tool" and mess with the surface of the resin. I'm very inexact because as I understand it, this is more art than science and requires you to just know when and how to do this after you've worked with floral resin many times. I've still used it zero times, but I did have this same question a long while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 I've only done static water before, using Woodland Scenic's EZ-Water. For dynamic water, tutorials I've watched have used Woodland Scenic's Water Effects. Please follow up with what you used and how it worked out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted February 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks! I've got a couple of other projects that have taken priority for now, but if anyone else has any suggestions or resources, let me know. And yeah, I'll definitely share my results here, for better or for worse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 The best resource for this is the model railroad community. I've seen stunning effects that would make most professional model artist green with envy. I can remember 30 year old issues of Model Railroader showing the use of different resins to get the different states of water, and using dental picks to stretch these resins into shape while curing to get the splash and color effects (whitewater rapids). Start web crawling, I'm sure the info is out there. After a quick search I found this http://www.lauriegreensweb.com/Waterfalls/waterfalls.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 I kind of suspected I was going to end up digging into model railroad land. Thanks for giving me a starting point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 The best technique I've seen is to use fishing line to approximate the size and shape of the splash you want. Poke a few holes in the surface of the base and add a few strands and maybe a little loop depending. Then pour your water effects as you normally would for a flat surface, allow a few moments to let some surface tension build up and then tilt so that the liquid forms around the strands. It probably takes a couple practice runs to get right but it looks nice. The fishing line disappears. As with most accent type effects less is more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 5:38 PM, WestRider said: I kind of suspected I was going to end up digging into model railroad land. Thanks for giving me a starting point! Tends to be my go to for scenery type things. They've been doin it longer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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