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Author Topic: Best water effects for ships?  (Read 1316 times)

Offline carlos13th

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Best water effects for ships?
« on: April 19, 2015, 06:39:07 PM »
Hey guys

I ordered an Adake Bune Samurai ship and I am waiting for it to arrive. It comes with a base however and I would prefer to use water effects to make the base look a little better than just a flat base.

I was wondering what water effects would be best to achive this. If you have any tutorials that would be greatly appreciated.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2015, 06:47:29 PM by carlos13th »

Offline Mako

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Re: Best water effects for ships?
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 08:18:36 AM »
Plastics companies sell textured lighting covers, and acrylic for shower doors.

They have several patterns that look like rippled, or wavy water, and it's pretty inexpensive too.

Offline Gunbird

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Re: Best water effects for ships?
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 09:17:40 AM »
For what it is worth, I only do water effects on 1/3000 and 1/600 stuff. For the bigger ones, they tend to spend most of the time dead in the water so I feel water effects are not really needed. And look damned odd on a anchored boat. But it is easy, using a bit of cling film, to sculpt a bow wave against the boat that is removable, as well as a textured plasticcard wake using the Vallejo water effects stuff I use for 1/3000 and 1/600 as well. I grind off the bow wave off my 15mm/20mm ships because of that. Now actually finishing one however.... :)
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