wargamesculptor
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Demihuman's DemiWIP
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wargamesculptor
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Very nice Demi, very atmospheric
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I told you Sonya he's getting better and better but no one ever listens to so ya!!! (Inside joke b/n me and my crazy sister in law) lol I agree with my sis it's one of your best right up there with the alien spacemen!!! And I further concur the man keeps improving with each project. You really need to tell us how you did the water and its waves and its color.. Nudge nudge wink wink isn't that what the forums are all about(as he hopes to steal the brilliant idea) lol tell us dems tell us please pray tell!!!
Demihuman
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Thanks everyone, greetings to folks new to my WIP!
So the water was Easy Cast Casting Craft Epoxy, but that was probably teh wrong product to use because it required multiple layers and up close you can see a line betwen the layers. especially on the top layer.
I made a plexiglas mold and used carwax as a release agent. This mostly worked great but I think could use some perfecting, namely MORE RELEASE AGENT!
I tinted it with tiny drops of Golden Acrylic transparent turquoise (Pthalo) ink. I think using a transparent ink was key. The resin is poured in layers that need to be less than 6 ounces at a time, and you need like a 1/4 drop of ink for each layer. It's tough to gauge because you cant really see the ink until the resin is mixed with the hardener. I learned that you can tint the resin first, then mix in the hardener. That is smart way to do it because the reaction between hardener and epoxy, i think, can do weird things to the ink. In one pour I had to pick out hard little bits of ink. I think the reaction kicked the ink off.
The other trick, that I learned from Kretcher, is to paint the sea floor as if it were under water to start. I wish I had a picture. I used my airbrush to shade parts of my sea floor with the same ink i used to tint the water.. Darker parts representing 'deeper' parts of the 'ocean'. I think doing that really helps to sell the sea look.
The last layer of epoxy did not cure well, I thought I might be able to get a better cure by hitting it with my heat gun. The heat gun turned the epoxy to a very moldable goop and I was able to soften up some of my mistakes and add some pretty flat ripples to the top. I think a better thing to do would have been to monitor the epoxy as it cured and waited for it got gooey thick then come in and add waves. The heat gun only worked on the poorly cured area.
So I could have used molding paste for the waves but it would have taken like two weeks to get clear and I only had a few hours so I found this product:
http://www.sashco.com/products/lexel/
And it is awesome. It's just like silicon caulk - very messy and gooey, but it's MUCH more clear, dries gloss and is paintable in about half an hour. I think for anyone doing a dynamic water scene this is the product to get. It's also pretty cheap.
The last step was to add a little white to the crests of some of my waves and that was it!
So the water was Easy Cast Casting Craft Epoxy, but that was probably teh wrong product to use because it required multiple layers and up close you can see a line betwen the layers. especially on the top layer.
I made a plexiglas mold and used carwax as a release agent. This mostly worked great but I think could use some perfecting, namely MORE RELEASE AGENT!
I tinted it with tiny drops of Golden Acrylic transparent turquoise (Pthalo) ink. I think using a transparent ink was key. The resin is poured in layers that need to be less than 6 ounces at a time, and you need like a 1/4 drop of ink for each layer. It's tough to gauge because you cant really see the ink until the resin is mixed with the hardener. I learned that you can tint the resin first, then mix in the hardener. That is smart way to do it because the reaction between hardener and epoxy, i think, can do weird things to the ink. In one pour I had to pick out hard little bits of ink. I think the reaction kicked the ink off.
The other trick, that I learned from Kretcher, is to paint the sea floor as if it were under water to start. I wish I had a picture. I used my airbrush to shade parts of my sea floor with the same ink i used to tint the water.. Darker parts representing 'deeper' parts of the 'ocean'. I think doing that really helps to sell the sea look.
The last layer of epoxy did not cure well, I thought I might be able to get a better cure by hitting it with my heat gun. The heat gun turned the epoxy to a very moldable goop and I was able to soften up some of my mistakes and add some pretty flat ripples to the top. I think a better thing to do would have been to monitor the epoxy as it cured and waited for it got gooey thick then come in and add waves. The heat gun only worked on the poorly cured area.
So I could have used molding paste for the waves but it would have taken like two weeks to get clear and I only had a few hours so I found this product:
http://www.sashco.com/products/lexel/
And it is awesome. It's just like silicon caulk - very messy and gooey, but it's MUCH more clear, dries gloss and is paintable in about half an hour. I think for anyone doing a dynamic water scene this is the product to get. It's also pretty cheap.
The last step was to add a little white to the crests of some of my waves and that was it!
Gandalf the Grey
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Wow,in complete awe.
I have plans for a water scene and like the transparent ink, which produc did you use ?
I have plans for a water scene and like the transparent ink, which produc did you use ?
Digganob
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Wait! Wha! Just like that, your gonna drop it in our face and say jobs done without even warning us, you really are a robot witch 
Fantastic job man. That water is freakin awesome, paint job as usual sublime, and over all picture just an awe moment. Great way to start the year. Only thing I wanted to see were 2 blue dots in the back of the skull but its so cool, I dont care.
Fantastic job man. That water is freakin awesome, paint job as usual sublime, and over all picture just an awe moment. Great way to start the year. Only thing I wanted to see were 2 blue dots in the back of the skull but its so cool, I dont care.
Demihuman
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Thanks Sionid! I am so glad you spot the anchor. That was actually my favorite bit on this project beside melting partially catalized plastic and making my garage smell like a meth lab. :sidefrown: I did a little SBS on the reaper forum here:
http://forum.reapermini.com/index.p...p-02911-colossal-skeleton/page-4#entry1012125
