Time to pop out the second shelf queen ^^
Last year I started the seascape, and apparantly I forgot to take a photo from the next step. Which was glueing watercolor paper on top. Before I could glue on the paper I had to soak it in water for about 15 minutes to make it more pliable (I used Canson Aquarel Arches 300g paper). When removing the paper out of the water I shaked most of it off before pushing it onto the seascape. It was glued in place with white glue and ca glue in places. When this had dried I brushed on Humbrol Gloss coat to harden the paper.
And that was how it sat for over a year.
As basecoat I gave it two layers of Vallejo Dark Green SS since I wanted to give the seascape that rough Atlantic greenish tint.
After that a lot of very thin layers of green and blue paints where brushed on. Sometimes I blended the paints wet on wet. To do this I first brushed on some water in a smale area before adding the paints. Blending was done by stabbing a brush along the edges. It's hard to explain really. I must say I wasn't too happy in the beginning, but by slowly building up you are obtaining a very diverse color palette. Colors used were: (all Vallejo) German Camo Dark Green, Olive Green, Military Green, Reflective Green, Dark Black Green , Black Grey, Black and Blue Green. I wasn't 100% ready when that was done (no photo of that) but the magic happens when you add gloss.
I gave the seascape two coats of Humbrol Gloss Coat (very easy to brush on really!). With the gloss coats applied it comes alive. (I glued the submarine in place before I applied the gloss coat but after I did all the paintwork)
The gap between the U-Boot was filled with AK Interactive Water Gel Transparent. You need several coats because it shrinks. In between I added thin coats of Blue Green and Olive Green on the edges of the seascape and hull.
After that it was time to make some more waves. AK Interactive Water Gel Transparent was used, you brush it on and with a flatbrush I made wave patterns. When dry it become completely transparent.
Next: wave patterns around the sub. This is all completely new to me so it's quite the experiment. Around the submarine I glued a thin layer of Transparent Water Gel and then I added very thin pieces of cotton which I pulled out of cotton balls (you can buy them in bulk at farmacies and such, very cheap and will last you a lifetime) and then with a flat brush and some more Transparent Water Gel the cotton was pushed alongside the hull, trying to recreate the wakes and bow splash. When dry this becomes hard but it still looks like cotton, so we aren't there just yet. But this is how she stands (I took no photos during the stage because I was really 'in the zone' while doing this ^^)
Hope we don't need to wait for another year to continue this :tongue-out3:
Cheers
. We move house somewhere in May so hopefully I'll be able to start her up again, because it's itching for months now ^^
