How to make seafoam?

[Pastor Prime]

Hello everyone,

I\'m doing some shallow beach/shoreline bases for upcoming project. I\'ve got the sandy ocean bottom and envirotex water looking quite nice but can\'t come up with any clever way of making realistic looking \"seafoam\" to go on top of the water. I\'ve tried mixing snow effect into the envirotex but it doesn\'t look fluffy enough.

Any ideas?

- Quentin

 

[Thunderhawker]

Coffee stir (the straw kind) and blow bubbles into another layer. Idon\'t know if it would work but it may be worth a shot.

 

[OrkyDave]

I did a similar thing for my GDUK entry this year- I used my 2 part resin for the water bit, and for the surf I painted thin blobs of GW water effects onto a tupperware lid, and when this was dry I painted white speckles onto this, keeping them more denser towards one end.

I then peeled off the painted water effects blobs and glued them on with PVA glue.

Will try and get photo\'s for you up here.

 

[matty1001]

Got some for you Dave
The first four there are Dave Ogre pirate, one photo is a close up of the base.

http://gallery.mac.com/matthewbraid/100219

It looked really effective, and I asked how he had did it lol

 

[OrkyDave]

Hope these help!

 

[DaN]

That looks pretty effective actually OD

btw Matty - the photo resolution on your site seems to be the same as the actual thumbnails? So enlarging them doesn\'t seem to make them any easier to see... Just FYI

 

[matty1001]

Well it works for me ???
Try clicking on mosaic or carousel in the bottom left.

 

[Darkmessiah]

very nice stuff dave, would never have thought that was water effects, never in a million years, lol. how did it do anyways? my 40k single and squad didnt make finalist, but my wraithlord did, so kinda dissapointed, (did the same as last year) just wondering which resin did u use? used some a year or so back and couldnt get the mixtures right.

as with regards to the topic, id go with wot daves done, or u could go for woodland scenics\' water effects, used for moving water stuff
http://www.woodlandscenics.com/

 

[Lastman]

A brilliant dioramist said he uses a clear, water-soluble, silicone caulk for surface ripples on top of Envirotex Lite, and for seafoam he uses the white cottony part of a kitchen scrubber.

DAP Kwik Seal Plus is one such caulk, but it also comes in white so be careful to grab the correct one when you grab it from the peg in Target, Ace Hardware etc. I bought a 5.5 oz tube for about $5. It\'s tintable.

 

[Thunderhawker]

Okay - does he use it stright out of the tube or squirt some out and work it first then place it via sculpting tools or brushes?

 

[Dark Lord]

I did beer foam one time using Testors gloss coat lacquer mixed with a little water and stirred violently into foamy mess. I gently applied the foam to the beer mugs and let it dry.

I\'ll work on getting pictures.

 

[DaN]

Just had an idea...
How about some scrumpled up bits of clingfilm and splatter some white paint on that when it\'s flat, scrumple it up and then cover THAT in resin...