FIW: UD 13/5 More Warlord plastic conversions & a skiff

[Captain Blood]

Brilliant. That's a magnificent set of boards you will have by the time you've finished. The North is getting bigger all the time 

[Silent Invader]

Thanks again James and Richard 

There's lots more planned for The North as most of it can be used for so many projects 

[Mason]

That looks bloody great now, sir.
 

[Silent Invader]

That looks bloody great now, sir.
 

Why thank you.

At some point today I shall be pouring the water for the bay..... 

[Silent Invader]

Getting close to the end of these tiles now, which is a good thing as I'm keen to get on with GS work on minis for this and other projects.

First pour of the water with added colour has now happened. There'll be at least one more to deal with any air bubbles and contraction. The tiles are butted together to keep the masking tape barriers as 'square' as possible.



And, given that I've managed to get all four tiles in shot, here's a reminder of how they might be used with some of the other The North tiles for this FIW project.

[Romark]

Excellent build Steve,hope that water cures ok for you 

Cheers

Keith

[OSHIROmodels]

Brill 

On first glance though I thought that was just the white sand of the beach with the tide out 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

Brill 

On first glance though I thought that was just the white sand of the beach with the tide out 

cheers

James

 

[Silent Invader]

 

hope that water cures ok for you  

Cheers Keith. I'm as confident as I can be. It's what I've used for all the rivers albeit never for such an expanse.

[flags_of_war]

Great work. It's really inspirational stuff. I just need to get my new house so i can start this kind of stuff

[Hu Rhu]

Those boards are something else.  I love the cliff with all that attention to getting the right amount of flock/clumps etc.  Can't wait to see how the lake pans out.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks Ian and Gary 

The water is about 1/2 way cured now so will maybe gets its second and final pour tomorrow.

On a less positive note, I knocked the tray of 50 odd minis off the table with the resulting avalanche causing some breakages. On the plus side, as they are plastic I think they can all be easily repaired. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Superb looking tiles, looking forward to seeing the lake, what water effect are you using?

[Silent Invader]

Superb looking tiles, looking forward to seeing the lake, what water effect are you using?

Thanks  

I don't use a specialist water effect. For these tiles I want a peaty water and they have only a few mm of physical depth, so for I maginary depths I paint the river bed Chocolate Brown and then pour over Evostik Extreme Wood Glue, which has been tinted with Vallejo Air Mud Brown at 5 drops to 28 ml, to a depth of say 4mm that will set back to about 2mm. I pour a couple of layers, tidying up in between and after.

For shallower areas such as beaches and fords, I obviously texture the tile first.

Here's one of the older tiles:



NB: The white caps are silicone sealant but there won't  be any in the bay

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks  

I don't use a specialist water effect. For these tiles I want a peaty water and they have only a few mm of physical depth, so for I maginary depths I paint the river bed Chocolate Brown and then pour over Evostik Extreme Wood Glue, which has been tinted with Vallejo Air Mud Brown at 5 drops to 28 ml, to a depth of say 4mm that will set back to about 2mm. I pour a couple of layers, tidying up in between and after.

For shallower areas such as beaches and fords, I obviously texture the tile first.

Here's one of the older tiles:



NB: The white caps are silicone sealant but there won't  be any in the bay

Thanks for the info, that's a very interesting idea which I shall try. Have you tried tinting the Evostik Extreme Wood Glue with a blue or a green?