Hello, Tho' it was built a while ago, I just wanted to pop in and tell you I think your diorama is AWESOME ! Could you explain how you achieved such an excellent result with the water ? What product, what brand, what paint to colour the resin, ... Thank you in advance. Regards, Richard
Hello Richard, Thanks for the complement! The water started out as carved styrofoam with a layer of celluclay like material on top to sculpt the finer details. A silicon rubber mold was then made from this master. I then made a cast using Gedeo Crystal Resin tinted with very tiny amounts of Tamiya Flat green acrylic paint. When the resin has cured, I airbrushed a greenish brown mixture of Tamiya Acrylic along the sides. Followed by generous amounts of Tamiya Clear. An additional layer of Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel Medium was applied on the top surface to sculpt the final details and integrate the Pibber to the water. The white water was made with a combination of Poly Fiber material (the kind used to stuff DIY pillows) and Acrylic modelling paste mixed with gloss varnish and glass beads. You can see more in progress photos here: https://www.facebook.com/sonny.sy.737/media_set?set=a.4186699380147.179650.1064413049&type=3
Hello Orange, Your Pibber is really superbly built! One can see that you've invested long hours of work into this dio... though in vain as far as realism is concerned. By studying color footage of original boats on duty in Vietnam you could have avoided some mistakes: 1. Rivers in Vietnam are totally dull, thus using translucient material for the dio water is unnecessary, even unrealistic. 2. For the above reason spray and waves caused by a fast moving boat didn't look white as in sea water, but more like a light brown or tan. 3. Though the staining of your boat's deck would look great on a tank or truck, it is way too much for a fast moving water craft. The typical reddish Vietnam dust just gets washed away or at least wet.
Still, your dio looks great with all its details and visible action, but alas you missed the chance of creating a realistic image
Ron, your criticism is unnecessary and inaccurate. Whilst many rivers in Vietnam are a dull brown colour, some are green and/or translucent. As for a fast moving boat not producing a white froth well that's just rubbish. All you need to google the terms 'green river Vietnam' or 'motor boat Vietnamese river' and you will see plenty of examples of the things you claim don't exist in Vietnam (incluging examples of Pibbers producing a white foam). Great dio by the way Orange3d
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Hi,
Very good work!!!Your river is so realistic and your PBR is very nice.
Well done!!!!
Prisuttu
Fantastic job. I love the work you did on the water -- very realistic. And you captured the action perfectly.
Fantastic job. The water is great -- looks very realistic. You also captured the action perfectly.
Hello,
Tho' it was built a while ago, I just wanted to pop in and tell you I think your diorama is AWESOME !
Could you explain how you achieved such an excellent result with the water ? What product, what brand, what paint to colour the resin, ...
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Richard
Hello Richard,
Thanks for the complement! The water started out as carved styrofoam with a layer of celluclay like material on top to sculpt the finer details. A silicon rubber mold was then made from this master. I then made a cast using Gedeo Crystal Resin tinted with very tiny amounts of Tamiya Flat green acrylic paint. When the resin has cured, I airbrushed a greenish brown mixture of Tamiya Acrylic along the sides. Followed by generous amounts of Tamiya Clear.
An additional layer of Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel Medium was applied on the top surface to sculpt the final details and integrate the Pibber to the water.
The white water was made with a combination of Poly Fiber material (the kind used to stuff DIY pillows) and Acrylic modelling paste mixed with gloss varnish and glass beads.
You can see more in progress photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/sonny.sy.737/media_set?set=a.4186699380147.179650.1064413049&type=3
Hello Orange,
Your Pibber is really superbly built! One can see that you've invested long hours of work into this dio...
though in vain as far as realism is concerned. By studying color footage of original boats on duty in Vietnam you could have avoided some mistakes:
1. Rivers in Vietnam are totally dull, thus using translucient material for the dio water is unnecessary, even unrealistic.
2. For the above reason spray and waves caused by a fast moving boat didn't look white as in sea water, but more like a light brown or tan.
3. Though the staining of your boat's deck would look great on a tank or truck, it is way too much for a fast moving water craft. The typical reddish Vietnam dust just gets washed away or at least wet.
Still, your dio looks great with all its details and visible action, but alas you missed the chance of creating a realistic image
Ah well, something to improve on for future projects eh? ;)
Ron, your criticism is unnecessary and inaccurate. Whilst many rivers in Vietnam are a dull brown colour, some are green and/or translucent. As for a fast moving boat not producing a white froth well that's just rubbish. All you need to google the terms 'green river Vietnam' or 'motor boat Vietnamese river' and you will see plenty of examples of the things you claim don't exist in Vietnam (incluging examples of Pibbers producing a white foam). Great dio by the way Orange3d
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