This week was simply about painting the sea and adding much needed colour to the base rocks. The first picture in the sequence below is where I finished last week.
The green on the rocks will be dry brushed further and toned down a little bit but the sea painting in the final image sequence is as good as there. Just how much of the sea colour will be seen once the waves have been added remains to be seen but the colour cannot be added afterwards so there is no choice but to play safe.
I wasn’t about to use up loads of my Vallejo paints given the reasonably large expanse so I bought some new acrylic paints off of Ebay. The paints were “Artiste” acrylic paints which came in 59ml bottles and at about £2.00 a bottle represented very good value for money. More importantly they turned out to be good paints and I wont hesitate to buy more as and when I feel the need to.
I bought half a dozen colours and starting with black and dark blue I worked my way up to lighter shades of blue and finally on to green. Blending the colours took time and might end up proving an unnecessary step but as previously stated I’ll only know that later.
Next week I aim to tackle the waves. I’ve done a couple of dry runs and am feeling good about what needs to be done and how to do them and it all seems pretty straight forward. I also have a couple of figures which need to be painted and a decision to be made in respect of the tower but that can all wait for now. The waves comes first.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
The waves are looking great to me already! Look forward to the next update!
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Thank you. Hopefully by next week they will look even better. 🤞
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This looks incredible!
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Thank you. Adding the waves this week will hopefully really add to the drama!🤞 Off now to read your post. 🙂
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Excellent work Dave. This is really looking the business already.
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Cheers Steve. Next week will hopefully see quite a big change. 🤞
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Coming along really well mate. Can’t wait to see more
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Cheers sunshine. Listened to your podcast, enjoy your sebatical! 😉
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Haha sabbatical is a good word for it haha.
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Wow the waves look like waves already, and this is before you add the clear waves over the top! also the green on the rocks looks spot on too.
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger. Hopefully you’ll be impressed with the next stage, if I can pull it off that is. 🙂
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I think the blend is working wonders, personally. At least, looking at these photos makes me pine for Cornwall, and that’s effective seascaping as far as I’m concerned!
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Thank you. It’s coming along quite nicely at the moment and as someone who lives just over the boarder from Cornwall I can that the coastline does inspire. 🙂
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Excellent progress TIM, the weathering with the green adds loads of life to the piece, and very much looking forward to seeing how the waves develop further
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Thanks Dave. I’m hoping the next stage will take the waves to another level. 🤞
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Can’t really add any more to what’s been said! 🙂 Coming along really well!
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Thanks John, it’s getting there. 🙂
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Fan-bloody-tastic mate 👍
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Thanks Alex. So far so good but if all goes well then next weeks post will hopefully have a bit more wow about it.
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Come on now, you’re taking the mickie, some of those are photos of a real tower and you’ve made it look like it’s on your desk with some kind of digital trickery! Seriously it’s all looking fantastic, can’t wait for the next instalment. 🙂
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Haha, I’m not sure about that but I am enjoying it and it is going well so far which is always pleasing. Hopefully the waves will look realistic enough to encourage you to wax down your surf board! 😉🏄♂️
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Those waves look spectacular great work!
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Thank you, so far so good.
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That looks great- once the green is added in as the final bit it looks very realistic.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. Hopefully by next week it will look even better. 🙂l
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Bugger me Dave! this is looking really interesting,I was a bit pissed that TA showed me it yesterday while I was digging out a set of stairs on the bank and she was resting and sitting at one of our prized pieces of furniture,the card table on the patio !!!
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Haha, don’t be too hard on TA Pat, she’s some girl. If I was younger mate you could have been my father in law!
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HA HA Ha !! love it!!
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Awesome, those waves are pure art. It’s like an oil painting come to life. Thanks for sharing the step by step shots as it came along too. Beautiful!
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Thanks mate. Next week should see the waves finished. Will be interested to see what you think of them. 🙂
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Well, I doubt you can mess them up too badly past this stage. I’m really impressed so far. It’s amazing what you do with these dioramas.
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Excellent progress this week! It sounds like the next week or two are going to be exciting hobby-wise. I’m excited to see both the waves and what other figures you’ve got planned for this dio! 🙂
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Yes if all goes well the next couple of weeks should hopefully be interesting as I will be reaching the business end of this diorama. Will be interested to know what you think of it then. 🙂
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Dave, coming along spectacularly, really achieving a true depth of color on the rocks and I am anticipating that the rest will follow suit. Outstanding!
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Hopefully it will continue to improve Mark. This week is a big one, shit or bust! 🤞🙂
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