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Author Topic: Coast extension for my urban board (last-minute updates for Crisis 4.11.)  (Read 20327 times)

Offline Zafarelli

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I'm currently working on a new segment for my derelict industrial board, a small piece of coast with a jetty. Not much to see yet:


There will be biohazard signs on the beaches, and I want the water to look accordingly :D I thought about giving the water an orange tinge, with greenish sewage running from a pipe in the quay, but what I'm really after is the impression that the water is covered by an iridescent oil film. Any tips on how to do this? Also, does anyone have a better idea for foam than, well, lumps of foam (something like clump foliage, only in dirty-white)?
« Last Edit: November 04, 2010, 08:19:47 PM by Zafarelli »
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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 09:32:48 PM »
Try glazing some areas of the surface with metallic blue and purple. That should do it.
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Offline Big Sexy

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2010, 04:35:54 AM »
There is some iridescent pigment powder out there such as Pearl Ex.  They have kind of a color shift look like green/yellow, blue/red, stuff like that.  Might be able to mix it with whatever your using for water as a top coat in swirl or maybe brush it on dry and seal it.  Never used it like that.  Have mixed it into acrylic and the effect does come through.  For the foam possibly some small squirts of expanding foam onto some foil and then place on your board once dry.  Its already yellowish.  I imagine a brown wash would make look quite nasty 

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 08:07:45 AM »
I was going to suggest pearlescent paint or pigment mixed in with your very top layer of resin too. I'd try 2-3 different blue-green-purple shades mixed together. Never done it but its where i would start and i'd imagine your top layer of resin would need very little pigment.

As to "foam" - i've done soap suds before if that helps...



Click HERE to see how i did the soap, and get a bigger pic..
« Last Edit: July 05, 2010, 08:10:48 AM by Brandlin »

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 08:16:54 AM »
I've heard that snow flock would work, and no, I don't mean the snow made from mixes of whatever, the stuff you can just scatter atop glue.
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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 09:29:20 AM »
Brandlin, just brilliant! Accidentally, there is a craft store next door to my workshop, must have a look for glass pearls :)

Thanks all the others for the tips with the iridescent pigment. Should be available from the craft store, too. Otherwise, I'll have to raid Vikotnik's paint rack ;D

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 07:48:19 PM »
wow - the guy who runs pardulon just called me brilliant!!  that made my week!

I drooled over those modular resinf fantasy buildings you had, and then just as i was in a position to buy a bundle you stopped making them! you have no idea how peeved i was...

but i suppose i should thank you as its one of the events that made me determined to make my own!

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 08:28:56 PM »
Today's progress:


The cliff:




And the quay:


The cliff is actually rather high, which doesn't show at all in the pictures. I've placed a few sandbag sections and a miniature on top to give a slight indication of scale.

Painting will start tomorrow, once all the PVA is dry.

I drooled over those modular resinf fantasy buildings you had, and then just as i was in a position to buy a bundle you stopped making them! you have no idea how peeved i was...

I am not here, and this conversation never took place, but I am working on a re-release of part of the range and a few new parts as well. Can't give any more specifics or even dates, in case anything interferes (definitely will), but it should be later this year.

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2010, 09:52:13 PM »
Looking good!

Cork cliffs rock (see what I did there?  ;))

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2010, 08:35:37 AM »
Great stuff Jens, I'll be looking forwards to seeing this coming along.
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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2010, 08:40:52 AM »
Jens, very promising start of your new game board,

and Brandlin, what a brilliant miniature vignette - all the very best from me for that competition!

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2010, 07:06:27 PM »
Started with the first layers of paint. I can't remember for the life of me what colours I used for the groundworks of the other three boards, so I'll have to approximate step by step. The water is still rather experimental. I suspect it could look quite good with Gel Denso and a few metallic washes applied. Also, I have found small glass pearls to duplicate Brandlin's foam.


I think I'll add two more segments to the jetty (3 at the moment), to form an L-shape. Also, there needs to be more rubble around the collapsed part, and more stuff in the water, and probably dead fishes, too.


The lookout on top of the cliff will be accessible via a ladder and one of the wooden platforms used for the jetty. The paint is still wet, thus the shine. And I really love the cork bark stuff :)

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2010, 07:14:02 PM »
Drooooool...
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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2010, 09:41:53 AM »
Looking really nice so far the ground work is what gives it a great edge.

You might need some stuff growing in the concreate as plants tend to snag in cracks after a while.

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Re: Foam and oily film on water
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2010, 10:08:10 AM »
WOW! Stunning new project. I really love the realistic colour of the wood! It looks exactly like bleach out wood which you often find on the beach…perfect! :-*

 

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