Diorama Resin

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Meirion

i think resin is great where the water being depicted is transparent - such as a clean stream in 1/35th - but if you are planning on depicting deep water, such as the ocean or the Channel, or a muddy river I think resin will be an expensive solution. A lot can be achieved using a filler such as polyfiller to get the shape of the water, which is then painted, with a final coat of gloss varnish.

Consider great artists such as Roy Cross who painted Airfix box art, were able to depict the sea using only paint.

As others have said - there are a lot of 'how to' videos on the WWW.

Peter

[andy55]

Don't get put off Andy, for the scale you're doing, Styrofoam carved out using a soldering iron as base build up before coating with filler and then PVA before painting and finally varnish. This is exactly what I did for this...
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Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

Nice looking boat and sea Richard. Thank for the encouragement Richard and Meirion, have decided to start again, didn't like the ice breaker look. Pics are were I've got so far. Not bothered about the hole as it will be covered by the boat.

[rtfoe]

Hi Andy, that looks good. Try using a wet table spoon while applying the filler. The rounded side makes it easier to create the dips of the waves.

Cheers,
Wabble

[andy55]

Hi Andy, that looks good. Try using a wet table spoon while applying the filler. The rounded side makes it easier to create the dips of the waves.

Cheers,
Wabble

Good to know, ended up using fingers with the fimo, but yes, spoon sounds good for pollyfiller.
Cheers

[Scratchbuilder]

Just used Deluxe Materials 'Solid Water' to finish off my AVLB base, but I mixed the resin/hardener by weight and not measurement. Dried totally clear, but you can add colour if you wish.

[andy55]

Seen the clear water resin in YouTube, looks pretty good, though at the moment trying to find the cheapest 'water' I can. Come on I'm from Yorkshire...

[Peter Gillson]

Andy

these look reasonable:

https://www.resin-glory.com/product-page/epoxy-resin-starter-kit-1l

you also get 10% off your first order. i have some which arrived a couple of days ago so have yet to use it - i plan to embed a scuba diver into it so it will be a block of fully transparent 'water'.

peter

[spanner570]

Andy.
I don't like the smell, mess and potluck of resin based 'water'.

I use whatever I have in the shed, be it powder or ready mixed stuff.
This I spread as a thin layer on a PVA soaked base ( enought to form the waves and motion). Again, anything suitable. Melamine, plywood, polystyrene, whatever I have.
Let this dry. Paint whatever colour is required. Then add some life into the thing with a bit of clear silicone. Job done!

I create 'depth' simply by painting on the colours and clear varnishing the result.

Keep things simple. Sometimes there is far too much faffing about where modelling water is concerned, but to each his own, and if the builder is happy with his effort then all is good.

Me, I like the easy life!

Cheers.
Ron

[The Smythe Meister]

.......cheapest 'water' I can. Come on I'm from Yorkshire...

In that case Andy.....
.... ask Dave,(Ward), he's bound to know!!:tears-of-joy:.

[andy55]

Andy

these look reasonable:

https://www.resin-glory.com/product-page/epoxy-resin-starter-kit-1l

you also get 10% off your first order. i have some which arrived a couple of days ago so have yet to use it - i plan to embed a scuba diver into it so it will be a block of fully transparent 'water'.

peter

Look forward to seeing the results. There's an amazing one on YouTube of a submarine blowing up in an under water mine field, complete with led explosion.

[andy55]

Andy.
I hate the smell, mess and potluck of resin based 'water'.

I use whatever I have in the shed, be it powder or ready mixed stuff.
This I spread as a thin layer on a PVA soaked base ( enought to form the waves and motion). Again, anything suitable. Melamine, plywood, polystyrene, whatever I have.
Let this dry. Paint whatever colour is required. Then add some life into the thing with a bit of clear silicone. Job done!

I create 'depth' simply by painting on the colours and clear varnishing the result.

Keep things simple. Sometimes there is far too much faffing about where modelling water is concerned, but to each his own, and if the builder is happy with his effort then all is good.

Me, I like the easy life!

Cheers.
Ron

Yep, simple life sounds good, had a look at my 'filler' water this morning and looking good. Will need another 24 hours drying then start to paint.