How to make a scenery pond / lake
Materials that you 'll need:
acrylic paint (brown/yellow/blue/green/white/black)
liquid glass+catalyst
transparent PVA glue/wood glue
stones in several sizes
grass
modelist's bushes
sand
Step 1
Create the lake's shape and structure
Cut a piece of cardboard in your preferable size and shape. Cut one layer of the cardboard to create depth. Make sure u leave the edges to create shore (That surface is where your liquid glass will go later).
Apply a thick layer of PVA transparent glue on your shore (don't add any water in your glue). Make it as messy as possible such as you create texture, add little stones here and there and let it dry completely.
Step 2
Paint your shore and stones with a brown colour of your choice and let it dry (I mix my own colours but if you are into citadel colours, I used a lighter version of "Dryad Bark").
Now get ready to paint the bottom of your pond/lake. Remember that in the middle water is deeper so it needs to be a darker colour (I used a brown colour there). Closer to the shore you can use a lighter blue-green colour. With your drybrush u can add some green colour just to give the illusion that there are plants under water. When you finish with the bottom of the lake you are ready to pour the liquid glass.
Step 3
If you want to add any stones of plants inside your lake do it before you add the glass. Mix your glass with the catalyst following the bottle's directions. If you want you can colour it with any acrylic paint (i mixed blue & green and stirred it with a stick). If it makes bubbles, you can blow the mix a bit and they 'll go away.
You can now pour it in your lake and let it dry (depending on your product it might needs 1-2 days to dry out completely).
When the glass dries you can add water effects on it if you brush some PVA transparent glue on you water and let it dry out. Now its time to get back on your shore. You can drybrush your stones with grey colour and add some grey around your shore as well as a light brown colour.
Step 2
Paint the shore and bottom of the lake
Paint your shore and stones with a brown colour of your choice and let it dry (I mix my own colours but if you are into citadel colours, I used a lighter version of "Dryad Bark").
Now get ready to paint the bottom of your pond/lake. Remember that in the middle water is deeper so it needs to be a darker colour (I used a brown colour there). Closer to the shore you can use a lighter blue-green colour. With your drybrush u can add some green colour just to give the illusion that there are plants under water. When you finish with the bottom of the lake you are ready to pour the liquid glass.
Step 3
Add the liquid glass
If you want to add any stones of plants inside your lake do it before you add the glass. Mix your glass with the catalyst following the bottle's directions. If you want you can colour it with any acrylic paint (i mixed blue & green and stirred it with a stick). If it makes bubbles, you can blow the mix a bit and they 'll go away.
You can now pour it in your lake and let it dry (depending on your product it might needs 1-2 days to dry out completely).
Step 4
Adding water effects and details on your shore
When the glass dries you can add water effects on it if you brush some PVA transparent glue on you water and let it dry out. Now its time to get back on your shore. You can drybrush your stones with grey colour and add some grey around your shore as well as a light brown colour.
Step 5
Adding sand & grass
Don't forget to cover the area around your cardboard with glue and paint it. Next get ready to put some sand on top for a more realistic effect. Your sand will probably too light colour so you might need to use coloured water (water with tiny bit of acrylic paint) or a citadel wash colour to make your sand a darker yellowish brown colour, but not too dark. You can also add some grass here and there. Your stones would look extra mossy with some grass on them.
Congratulations!!! You got yourself a lake/pond
When you add all the plants you want you are done! And here's your final product!
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