During the friendly competition that Andy G and Ten Ball arranged earlier this year with the orc shaman piece I got questions regarding how I did the water (Would love to have one more of those competitions). I have finally gotten around to make a tutorial for that, the summer have been a painting free time and a lot of other stuff too do. Now on to the tutorial enough chit chat man
http://www.coolminiornot.com/360554
the water I have done I have been using vallejo water effects. Its not floating and you don't get an flat surface and I have not succeeded to do thicker layers with it. That said when I start a base with water I do paint the water first in the colours that I want to use. I have used turquoise, blue and green to create different depths in the water. In this example I tried to create ledges in the water also, that didnt work out and I will come back to why later in the tutorial.
After that I started to apply one layer at the time to build up some thickness, you have to make sure that it gets enough time in between so that it dries before you apply the next layer. I have used approximately 3 to 4 layers to reach the following stage.
I then proceeded to paint very carefully with some white (thin layers) to make the water that are higher stick out some more and see the beginning of foaming water. In the picture above there are some grey areas that is water effect that is not yet dry. (wait for around 24 hours for it to dry)
After this I added even higher parts of water effect closer to the shore and also to make some of the waves bigger that is in the middle of the water area, I then proceeded to paint them with more white to get the effect of foam and create some more life to the water.
Also the different ledges that I painted before have disappeared, this since the water effects is not flat and therefore just the colours are visible through the "structured" water area. So mainly for the first painting you just need to paint the colours from light to dark and you don't need to be to pick about the result since it will be "blended" by the usage of the water effects. Just to create lighter areas for more shallow water and darker areas for deeper water.
Below is the finished result of the water:
If something is unclear or you have any question please let me know and I will try to answer them.
/Kretcher
