Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Enemy Below - Atlantic 6/25/2020

I'm back after a day off to hob nob with my brother, have lunch and shoot down each others 1/144 scale WWI aircraft!  The moment of truth has arrived and I began my first Acrylic Paint Ocean Diorama - admittedly nervous I dove in.  Since this is the deep Atlantic I used only Black, Blue and White.  Here goes...




Black pretty much takes over even at a three to one ratio of Blue over Black.  It is the addition of White that draws the Blue out.


Mostly a stippling process of the black and blue with white highlights added on ridges and along the hulls where the water is breaking or in the wakes of the two ships.


I cover everything including the edges.


The ocean is ominously dark.  I hope when I start the clear gloss acrylic that the surface will come alive.  Right now as she dries, it does not look too bad for my first effort.









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