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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2007 - 10:13 PM UTC
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Ok JB and Skipper, white wake from an outboard motor.
Great reference shot of an outboard wake, mate, (one of my favorite sights this time of year, btw
)
Hmmm, comparing this shot with your build, you may actually have to add a little
more white drybrushing than less....a little more churned up, unless my eyes are deceiving me
~Gunny
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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2007 - 10:31 PM UTC
yep, that's definitely a great reference picture -you can see here that there is actually some depth in the water where there are the ripples, depth and smooth transition of colors between the blue water and the white foam; You can't get such a smooth effect with dry brushing, while you can with using some carefully white tinted acrylic gels -the kind that are sold in art shops.
but then I really think you got the shape of the ripples right already Kenny!
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Posted: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 02:56 AM UTC
Truthfully, I can't finish the wake until the figure holding the outboard is finished. The way this is assembled, figure and motor are one subassembly, boat the other, I had to cut a slot for the prop shaft to fit into. I'll finish the figure/motor assembly, slide it into place, and then fill the slot with the wake from the outboard motor. Then I'll be able to blend more colors in.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 07:28 AM UTC
I love it Kenny. Sure glad you decided to dio it. Should be a prizewinner at the next modelshow you attend.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 08:21 AM UTC
Looking good Kenny,
Will you have any crew or cargo in the boat?
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Posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 08:32 AM UTC
The wake as it is gives me the impression that the boat is moving at slow (relative) speed through moving water. As if it were traveling up a river.
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:05 AM UTC
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Looking good Kenny,
Will you have any crew or cargo in the boat?
Ciao
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Hey Luciano.
I've got three troopers going in hear along with a couple of panzerfaust crates.
Paul, wakes not done yet. I'll be adding the bow and stern wakes as soon as I finish the figure.
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Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 07:54 PM UTC
Looking really good, Gator! I loved the underside wear, but now it will be covered - but the water and wake look fantastically real! Cargo will be a natural finish. Maybe a few lines and some wet patches? Keep us posted!
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Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 11:18 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 12:57 PM UTC
Gator,
Very nice, very nice
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Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 08:37 PM UTC
Love it, Gator, looks great...nice build overall, great base and water effects...did you make the ID plate with vinyl lettering? (bet ya did...
)
Finish 'er up now, and take us a bunch of pics for an MOD...
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 12:53 AM UTC
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Love it, Gator, looks great...nice build overall, great base and water effects...did you make the ID plate with vinyl lettering? (bet ya did... )
Finish 'er up now, and take us a bunch of pics for an MOD...
~Gunny
You would be correct, my friend. I've got some drybrushing of the wave tops to do and I'll take lots of pictures.
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 05:20 AM UTC
Really looks fantastic Kenny. I think the only thing I would have done different is to make the water more greenish so as to depict a river like the Rhine or the Volga (everyone knows the Danube was blue....at least that's what the song says)
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 06:13 AM UTC
Hi Kenny, thats one sweet boat. Can not wait to see it once you have done the dry brushing.
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 07:02 AM UTC
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Really looks fantastic Kenny. I think the only thing I would have done different is to make the water more greenish so as to depict a river like the Rhine or the Volga (everyone knows the Danube was blue....at least that's what the song says)
Actually Steve, it could be any river in late summer or early fall of 1944 or spring of 1945. One of the trooper is carrying a Sturmgewehr 44.
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 09:19 AM UTC
The Rhine River is similar in color to the Mississippi...it is that greenish brown color. It may change to a blueish the closer it gets to the sea, I haven't seen it much past Mainz. The Neckar and the Main about the same. These are the only ones I can attest to having crossed them all multiple times and at various times of year
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Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007 - 09:44 AM UTC
Cool. I glanced over a map of Europe during lunch. You've got the Ruhr, Roer, Oder, Maas (Netherlands)...all sorts of rivers that action took part on.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 11:01 AM UTC
Ahoy mates!
I'm calling this one done. The water splashes were made with clear silicone caulk.
~Later...Gator
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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 11:35 AM UTC
My, my, ma cajun brother, you did a F.I.N.E.
fine job on this scene...very cool shell splashes!...love it, Ken, thanks for the experience, mate...
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 01:10 AM UTC
What a great build. You really nailed this one. The interaction between the water splashes and the figures in the boat are great.
Good inspiration for the upcoming Riverine campaign. I am planning on doing something similar with a M113 although the water would be brown and the M113 would be traveling much slower in the water.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 01:34 AM UTC
Gator,
That was great! How did you do the splashs?
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 03:11 AM UTC
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Gator,
That was great! How did you do the splashs?
Hey Frank.
I took the clear plastic tube out of a windex bottle and started globbing on clear silicone caulk.
Then, I took a scrap piece of styrene and started moving it around until I got a shape that I like.
After it dryed, I cut off the little whisps of caulk and coated it with a pretty heavy coat of acrylic gel medium. Once dry, It's ready to be mounted.
If you guys want, I'll do a step by step this weekend.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 03:28 AM UTC
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If you guys want, I'll do a step by step this weekend.
Do you
really need to ask now, Gator!?!?
Of coures, an SBS is necessary!
Details and images, please...
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 03:35 AM UTC
It looks pretty good! I love the colours, congratulations
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Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 06:30 AM UTC
You did a "bang-up" job with those splashes. Do a write up as I think a lot of folks would like to learn how to do this. The size of what you made could probably transfer directy into a 350 scale main gun splash for someone doing a waterline BB diorama
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