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Jasper, that is some gorgeous work! I especially appreciate the ocean base - very effective. Can you share some of your techniques with us?
Thank you very much Tim!
I used a technique pioneered by Chris Flodberg and Scott Withers. Scott has an Instagram account where he shares his work and techniques:
70skid. I learned about the technique there, and decided to try it out for myself. These two forum threads provided by Scott are very useful too if you want to learn more about sculpting seascapes:
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=157503&p=637868#p637868 and
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=155661. Chris also wrote an article on the technique in FineScale Modeler of April 2016. The technique I used is the lighter and insulation board technique Chris briefly describes in these forum threads. All the other steps are identical to the other techniques: Lot's of acryllic gesso, followed by the base colours. I airbrushed the colours on, which adds a lot of depth to the seascape. This was followed by multiple layers of Liquitex High Gloss varnish. The last step was to attach the boat and add the wake using cottonwool and Liquitex Gloss Medium, followed by another coat of Liquitex High Gloss to blend it all in. It really is a fairly simple technique when you consider the end result, I can highly recommend it!
Regards,
Jasper
