Gremlin Village in Progress

[U.S. Male]

Yea, the technique I chose for my bases worked great, the water didn't seem too clear or clean. But when taken to a much bigger size it lost some of it's swampiness. I can't really think of a good way to muck it up at this point, but still keep it similar to the little base stuff I've done.

[HPSoundwave]

Well things like that happen. After reading what I posted I hope I didn't come off like a total dick. It was really a constructive criticism....though the internet sometimes makes for conveyance to be skewed.

[U.S. Male]

No worries, I wasn't offended. It's a legitimate critique.

[dgraz]

throw up some pics of the other bases your talking about or post a link to them - maybe people can make some suggestions on how to "muck it up".

Freshwater is virtually never blue. Between algae and mud and what-not, it is only ever brownish or greenish - especially in a swamp. You only see blue water in the deep ocean.

[U.S. Male]

Well, I thought about the problem and decided to use a little color theory on this one. Since I already put down the resin, I figured a light yellow wash over the top would interact with the existing blue under the resin and give it a green tint, taking it one step closer to swampy. I't's drying now, but I think it helped. I'll take another picture when it's set.

[Wyrrn]

Thanks for sharing the progress of your project; can't wait to see how the water turned out.

[ddot]

If you're using water effects, I find that a bit of brown paint and yellow ink makes an ecellent swamp water... mix in a little green for the top layer and it'll be beautiful.

[Omenbringer]

For good swampy (yellowish tinge) water I use the Woodland Scenics E-Z Water. A couple of tips though; make sure to apply a layer of watered down PVA over the painted areas to counteract seperation as the E-Z Water dries. Second, makes sure you get some old pots and pans (garage sales are great for this) since this will ruin it for anything else. Lastly, watch the heat closely as it melts (if it is to hot it will seperate the paint from the under layer).

[U.S. Male]

If I was starting the water over again, I definitely would try some of the suggestions, like tinting the resin rather than painting. But, you live and learn. Still it came out all right. Except the pictures had a hard time with the resin, they ended up very pixalated.

But I got through them and the rest of the buildings!

I can't decide if I want to add tall grass and reeds, or leave them simple for easy storage.

For the Hooch Hut, I wanted it to look like it was reinforced, so that's why I went with metal banding, door, and window. I'm not thrilled with it and may try a different painting technique, the silver is a little too close in color to the wood.

[Wyrrn]

I like the results of your first-ever water experiment! Nice and murky, good coloring. And of course, the hooch-hut is priceless...

[HPSoundwave]

so do gremlins make white lightning or green lightning?

[U.S. Male]

My So'mer makes yellow lightning.

[loganproudbeard]

love it!!!!

[U.S. Male]

Thanks!

Seeing this thread again reminds me that I haven't done enough with my models since football season began. Now that the superbowl is right around the corner, maybe I'll get back to it.

[Keltheos]

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