The wooden base was stained, clear coated, and then the blue and dark green of the water was applied with an airbrush. Gel medium was applied for the water effect, and after it had set for half of an hour, the ships were set into it. White acrylic paint for wakes, and then a coat of Future floor polish tinted with a muddy brown was applied over it all.
Smoke and gunfire are from aquarium floss, like I used on the Columbia build. |