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USS Lassen DDG-82
TRM5150
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: January 03, 2010
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 04:51 AM UTC
Basilios Giehos has his way with another beautiful watery diorama. This time he shares with us his USS Lassen DDG-82 in 1/700 scale.

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Hapich
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California, United States
Joined: August 04, 2010
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Posted: Monday, June 01, 2015 - 10:03 PM UTC
Very cool! Can you explain how you made the water and spray? Very realistic for such a small scale.
mikrokosmos
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Kavala, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: May 01, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 - 02:19 PM UTC
Thank you for your comment! 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. And I always put a small amount of black and green in the sea colors. The water spray effect is a combination of cotton with silicone. If the sea is calm sometimes I use transparent resin for the final layer.
superchief
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Rhode Island, United States
Joined: December 14, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 03:39 AM UTC
Nice work on the ship, the ocean makes the model stand out, super job on the ocean!
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