11-15-2010, 02:51 PM
S-two-fiddy and Tetters, thanks for the thoughts. On the non-shadowed water of the prototype, I supoose the sunlight scatters in the water which reduces the shadow somewhat. And as mentioned, maybe the gloss coat will have some effect on that. also, shooting the photo from a lower angle as suggested may perceptably lessen the shadow on the model.
As for the color of the water, I had mixed some white and black into the paint to get rid of some of the green, and then painted it on and let it dry. My wife came out and said "yuck, that water looks like nasty sludge - you need to add more green." :o
As I stepped back and looked, she was right, it was a nasty grungy gray color. So, I added some light green and some tan into the mix, and I think it is close enough now. I'm ready to move on to the next step on this bridge, I am tired of painting the water! I think it has 7 coats right now! I'll put up a photo tonight.
Next step will be to put in the old trestle pilings, then will come the gloss gel medium for the ripples and then a couple coats of water-basded gloss varnish over that.
As for the color of the water, I had mixed some white and black into the paint to get rid of some of the green, and then painted it on and let it dry. My wife came out and said "yuck, that water looks like nasty sludge - you need to add more green." :o
As I stepped back and looked, she was right, it was a nasty grungy gray color. So, I added some light green and some tan into the mix, and I think it is close enough now. I'm ready to move on to the next step on this bridge, I am tired of painting the water! I think it has 7 coats right now! I'll put up a photo tonight.
Next step will be to put in the old trestle pilings, then will come the gloss gel medium for the ripples and then a couple coats of water-basded gloss varnish over that.
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