Water effets

[Augustus_Gaius]

Hi guys, i'm going to be starting a project soon that will involve using water effects, so if any one has the answers to the following questions please answer:

what product do you use for the
how do you apply them
any special tips etc.?

i'll probably think of more later but Thats it for now, if anyone has any other information that may be beneficial post it up cheers.

[Biggus Dickus]

Carvel put this up a while back....I'm using it at the weekend on a viking longboat..to test it out then the Biremes get the full treatmnent!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOpc8Q6a7M&feature=related

[Augustus_Gaius]

Thanks BD looks very simple to do

The water effect i am going to be creating however is going to be a rather still water, so i want a very smooth texture, wonder how i could achieve this, i guess i could just spread the silicone stuff out very thinly and smooth over it, although i am not sure, also where can one purchase this silicone stuff from in the Uk?

[Augustus_Gaius]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqdPZK4K5qc

this stuff looks good for still water, although i can't vouch for it also it looks rather expensive :L

[carvel2]

I thought about this long and hard...its a matter of cost benefit analysis. Ended up using varnish in the end and it looks 'good enough' for the table.
If money was no object the silicone stuff looks good

[Augustus_Gaius]

Great video by the way yeah, as you say a cost benefit analysis of the situation is required, found a source for the magic water stuff in the uk: £27 inc delivery for 18fluid oz so yeah it is very expensive compared to your method (which looks much more fun to do as well :p) although i do very much like the idea of being able to tint the magic water stuff with paints, either way i now have two potential methods for doing this so thanks BD for posting the link to the video, and also thanks Carvel for making the vid

[carvel2]

@Augustus (and the world)...cant take credit for the video, I only trawled it from the sea of the internet. Good luck with your project ...hope we get pictures

[FrontierWilf]

I guess this wouldn't work for large bodies of water, or for any that need to show depth, but I've found a good cheap alternative for small, shallow pools and puddles is a bit of clear plastic cut from packaging (WG blister packs, for instance). Stuck down over a matt black or brown base, with a few rocks and grass tufts stuck on, it works pretty well.

[BigMike]

I like that idea a lot, simple but it sounds really effective - and it'd make great ice patches for snow bases!

[Augustus_Gaius]

@Augustus (and the world)...cant take credit for the video, I only trawled it from the sea of the internet. Good luck with your project ...hope we get pictures

There will be pictures aplenty,I assure you