Hey guys!!
Hope you all had a great Christmas and got lots of warhammer from Santa ;P
Now I've had several requests to make a tutorial on how to create decent water effects in the same way I've made my sewerage for my Sewer Terrain.
It is extremely simple just requires a decent amount of time and a little bit of creativity.
First of all you need to set up your area where you wish your water or liquid substance to go. This could include creating raised rocks, rubble, dead guardsmen with ork knives sticking out of their back (I haven't done that before *cough cough*) or whatever. Just keep in mind that you will be obscuring the first 5ml of terrain by covering it with water.
Once that is done Give it all a good spraypaint chaos black (Or for the normal people who aren't billionaires cheap Flat Black Spraypaint from your normal Hardware Store) Then paint up all your details till finished point. All the rubble, lasguns etc. Don't worry about the actual ground beneath the water just leave that black. (The technique of painting the base fancy colours and making a clear layer of water looks crap trust me it's much better this way)
Now the important bit; the water itself. Now in essentials you're substance is made from 3 materials.
- A amphetamine parrotload of PVA
- Food Dye of whatever you want to colour your water (Green for Sewerage. Blue for ocean, Red for Demon world tainted rivers etc. etc.)
- And a bit of water to give it consistency.
Mix up your PVA estimating about how much you need and pour in a heap of food dye. Then add in a dash of more food dye that has been diluted with a dash of water.
Give this a really vigorous stir until you get an even consistency and there is no more dark blotches of food dye and it's all one even colour.
Then pour it into your desired area and let it sit for about 3-4 days dependinf upon how thick you made the layer.
Before
After
This Technique can be used to create many more liquid variants from oceans to fountains of blood
Any Questions please give me a bell.
~Mortalis
PS
Oh and one more thing be careful your layers aren't too thick and you don't have too much water because you will get a layer of solid PVA on the top making a film and a watery layer underneath that will never dry and will pop and pour all over you games club floor, and you will be forced to clean it up before your president notices...*shifty eyes*
And if you want to have a look at my sewer board still WIP:
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=174566.0