First time modeler ... creating layout for my son. Questions: 1. Can you see water undercoats (I have a dark navy and olive paint) through deep poor murky? I dont want it clear but not completely covered either. Water will not been poured more then 1/4 in deep. 2. Will scenic cement damage water undercoat or deep pour water? I would like to spray over some nearby ground cover and bushes but the water undercoat is already on.
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J-C,
The colors you mentioned seemed to be ok but my experience has been with earth tones such as raw sienna, burnt sienna, browns, etc. The darker you go the more you will create the illusion of depth. I usually start the more shallow edges with lighter colors and where I want more depth I used raw umber and even black. With your chosen colors you might want to experiment on a scrap piece of foam or plywood. I would use the olive in the more shallow sections and navy for deeper ones.
As far as the deep poor murky, I have purchased that but not used it at this point. My first thought would be that, with your colors, it may be too dark. I would experiment with that as well. It may turn out the way you want. That probably doesn't help you one bit, sorry.
Lastly, I would do all scenery around your waterway first. Make sure you clean up any excess materials well, then you should be good to go with "opening the clouds". The scenic cement and other materials, once well dried, should not affect the water. Best wishes!
Dave
At 1/4" deep, you should definitely be able to see through the clear water pour. As was said, dark colors seem to work best and I typically go lighter to darker from the banks into the center, but it's your layout so, if you want it all blue or green, go for it.
You could use scenic cement from a tube/bottle instead of a spray to avoid the problem. If you spray, I would cover the water with a cloth to prevent overspray from getting on it.
Also, make sure you seal around the edges of your water feature so the liquid does not leak anywhere.
Thank you!
One more question: do you always cover ground cover (course turf and fine) with static grass or tuffs or do you sometimes stop at the course turf layer?
Here is WS deep pour murky with a base coat of tan....due to the murkiness of the deep pour murky, I do not think a lot of the base will show. If that is important, I would try a test area first to gauge what you can see after the resin hardens.
Donald
@J-C posted:Thank you!
One more question: do you always cover ground cover (course turf and fine) with static grass or tuffs or do you sometimes stop at the course turf layer?
Depends on the "look" you are after and what you are modeling. I sometimes stop after just the fine turf layer.
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