I'm considering getting Total Battle Miniatures latex rivers, they look good quality and come at a good price. The only thing putting me off is the fact that they are black. Do you get black rivers? Dark blues or dark greenish blues or dark browns if the river is deep enough, but I'm not aware of pure black rivers.
So I have considered painting them but am not sure if acrylic paints will take on the gloss surface, their site says the following 'The water area has a gloss finish and doesn't require painting while the river banks will take paint and flock like our other flexible tile and road products'. Does that not imply that the water area want take paint? Even if I could paint the surface, I'm left with a rather matt finish to the river. Gloss varnishing to get a shine would surely not be an option, wouldn't the latex lose it's flexibility, or the varnish crack if the river was bent?
Thanks for any help and thoughts!