Predasteve
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Here's a model I built a few months ago for my local model club's June themed build of something Blue. This is the Kingfisher from Robot Rocket Miniatures. The kit is very well sculpted & cast. As the kit comes with 2 fish (1 in its mouth & 1 separate) I decided I wanted to have a go at putting it in resin water. This is the first time I have tried this kind of water effect. I made the base to the shape I wanted & used poly filler, grass tufts, fish tank stones, natural twigs & hand brush bristles (for the wild grass) to build up the groundwork. Once I had everything in place & sealed all the edges with acetate, I added Deluxe materials solid water to make the water effect. I mixed it up and poured it in one go. I left it for a couple of days to fully cure and peeled away the acetate to find it had worked. I had a small leakage where it wasnt quite sealed enough, but nothing major. I then added deluxe materials making waves on top of the resin water to add a bit of current to it. I was really pleased how it turned out for my first go. The Kingfisher & fish were painted in Vallejo / Scale75 acrylics, Darkstar metallic's were used on the fish also.
I must say I have been modelling for about 18 years now, & I think this was one of the most enjoyable & rewarding models I have done. It was nice to do something different. I would highly recommend this model to anyone.
Hope you like it. Comments welcome.
Cheers
Steve
Here's a model I built a few months ago for my local model club's June themed build of something Blue. This is the Kingfisher from Robot Rocket Miniatures. The kit is very well sculpted & cast. As the kit comes with 2 fish (1 in its mouth & 1 separate) I decided I wanted to have a go at putting it in resin water. This is the first time I have tried this kind of water effect. I made the base to the shape I wanted & used poly filler, grass tufts, fish tank stones, natural twigs & hand brush bristles (for the wild grass) to build up the groundwork. Once I had everything in place & sealed all the edges with acetate, I added Deluxe materials solid water to make the water effect. I mixed it up and poured it in one go. I left it for a couple of days to fully cure and peeled away the acetate to find it had worked. I had a small leakage where it wasnt quite sealed enough, but nothing major. I then added deluxe materials making waves on top of the resin water to add a bit of current to it. I was really pleased how it turned out for my first go. The Kingfisher & fish were painted in Vallejo / Scale75 acrylics, Darkstar metallic's were used on the fish also.
I must say I have been modelling for about 18 years now, & I think this was one of the most enjoyable & rewarding models I have done. It was nice to do something different. I would highly recommend this model to anyone.
Hope you like it. Comments welcome.
Cheers
Steve
