Epoxy sea
Posted: January 25th, 2017, 8:10 pm
Hello! I mainly model aircraft and dioramas (although there are a sprinkling of ship kits in my to build stash) I'm planning a build which is going to involve a lot of "water" I've read somewhere that poundland 2 part epoxy resin is quite good but I've never used "water" in any of my models and thought the clever thing was to ask you guys!
So firstly, I know this stuff sets quick so the won't be time to mess about. So how do I work out how much I will need for a given volume.
Second, how do I texture the surface to model waves, wakes ripples etc
Third, in a 1/600 scale ship for example obviously use resin for texture then paint for colour but do you build and paint the ship and then mount it and add the water or do you model the base leaving a gap to slot the finished ship into.
Fourth
When pouring the resin, how do I stop it spilling over the edges, whilst not sticking to any boarders.
I'm building a diorama where so soldiers will be both above and below the water. I'm going to add some couloring to the water using some paint to murk it up a bit but so I can see below the waterline the diorama will basically have a base plate, some land sceneary and the water part effectively like a cross section. So how do I build up a big puddle of "water" without it all just spilling off the side, but not accidentally glue whatever I use as a dam not getting stuck as the resin dries?
Cheers
Mark
So firstly, I know this stuff sets quick so the won't be time to mess about. So how do I work out how much I will need for a given volume.
Second, how do I texture the surface to model waves, wakes ripples etc
Third, in a 1/600 scale ship for example obviously use resin for texture then paint for colour but do you build and paint the ship and then mount it and add the water or do you model the base leaving a gap to slot the finished ship into.
Fourth
When pouring the resin, how do I stop it spilling over the edges, whilst not sticking to any boarders.
I'm building a diorama where so soldiers will be both above and below the water. I'm going to add some couloring to the water using some paint to murk it up a bit but so I can see below the waterline the diorama will basically have a base plate, some land sceneary and the water part effectively like a cross section. So how do I build up a big puddle of "water" without it all just spilling off the side, but not accidentally glue whatever I use as a dam not getting stuck as the resin dries?
Cheers
Mark