Scott Withers shares with us his his gray Wolf at Sea. First he built the kit complete, put to see with some photoshopping and then put it to a physical sea.



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Thanks!

Not an easy thing to pull off. Nicely done! Can't wait to see it finished. The ship looks great.

Ahoy Scott

Very nice work on this U-boat.

I love the base and the colour you chose for the water.

Overall very inspiring.

Which Nautlius deck did you use?

Thanks for putting the feature together Michael.

I am a little confused (which is not hard) it is finished isn't it?

Cheers


Sean

It's my understanding that it's considered complete. I never directly asked Scott if it was finished and he never mentioned to me if that he was still working on it.

Thx guys!! Well I very well be tinkering with the overspill for years to come (whenever I wake up in a cold sweat worrying if it's enough or not)...but I consider her done.

Oh...Sean I ordered the only Nautilus product available for the 1/72 scale Revell U-boat...first one got pulverized in the mail, and they were kind enough to send me a replacement.

I stand correcte....it looks great Scott...and finished.

Just to clarify, I didn't mean my first comment as an insult suggesting it looks unfinished. I only said it as I have been emailing Scott back and forth and he indicated to me that he submitted it unfinished. Maybe just a misunderstanding. It looks great and complete as is!

Actually there is one more thing it needs: I ordered a plexiglass top for it today LOL

Excellent rendition of a u boat surfacing...I can feel the motion!

The only thing I would change is the addition of some water
dripping down from the dive planes and some of the forward vents.

Again...EXCELLENT!

Cheers,
Joe

Awesome, thx Joe! Would you do those in cotton you think? or Silicone...or?

Hopefully Chris will stop by here again because I found one of his works at Model Warship that uses a very similar effect of water pouring off a battleship deck:



Chris, if you see this, how did you model the streaming water?

Hi Scott,
Tiny strands of the cotton covered with layers of acrylic gel
will does the job.

Cheers,
Joe

Thx guys. Just ordered some rayon balls (in lieu of cotton) and I'm anxious to try the rayon. The cotton was great on the wake but the spillage is too uniform. Looks great before the medium is applied, but then the individual strands get lost...

Cotton batting (rayon kind) attached first, then carefully brushed-on acrylic high gloss varnish (medium). I never ever use gel for any purpose when making my water.

Sweetness. I need to dig up some photo references

It looks awesome! Great details and beautiful water effect. The boat seems very dry though. Should it not by more gloss/wet?

Thank you! Yes, I realize it's dry. It should be wet, of course. Sort of a balance between realism and artistic license… Plus I finished the boat in pigments, and any finish I put over it alters their appearance or makes them disappear. I need to consider how I might go about adding a bit of wetness.

Love this kit and the new Type-IX. Excellent build, though I also feel it could be wetter. Chris Flodberg is the master on water effects IMO.

Thx very much! I should have mixed in a satin varnish at the outset!

Snapped a few more pics today...https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pce3bcon1fucq4w/AACGP_SGGZ79P20dDZCJH0Oua?dl=0