Basilios Giehos shares his latest creation using the 1/350 Fine Mold IJN Amagiri DD with PT-109 kit - "IJN Amagiri rams PT-109"

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Stunning work! A lot of action going on and the wake of both vessels gives a good impression of speed. The vegetation is also very well done.

Basilios, what is it about Greece and superb naval models? Is there a new deity above Mount Olympus inspiring them? These models are incredible!

Super job Basilios! Aside from the fact that the scene is just plain beautiful (tell us more about how you do your water and land effects!), the sense of movement and story are outstanding. Great job!

Basilios - yes, please tell us more about how you do your water and land effects!

Thank you all for your good comments! For the base of the sea and for the waves I use air dry clay which I roughen it with an old brush. I like to work with simple acrylics to paint the sea and to give the transparency with acrylic gel. The secret in the gel is make a lot of layers and sometimes to paint between them lighter tones of your basic sea color. And I always put a small amount of black and green in the sea colors. And ofcource for the white water’s the combination of cotton with silicone is the better solution. If the sea is calm sometimes I use transparent resin for the final layer. The land is piece of Styrofoam with modeling paste to create the texture of rocks. The sand around the atolls is sawdust from the wood work of the wooden base of the diorama.

Thanks for that explanation BASILIOS!! Great piece you created!!

Beautiful diorama. Looks great!

Thanks for sharing

Really nice! Beautifully done!