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hey guys, i have a few questions on making scenic bases for my lizardmen army. ive experimented with a few diffirent options, and im not having alot of sucsess. what i would like to acomplish is a water base with rocks, plants and so forth in a "swamp" enviroment. so a greenish olive color tint to the water, but keep it clear and not looking like slime.

i would also like the water level to be decent height, as i plan to have some of the models standing knee deep in it, and so on. simaler to the image below, witht he ater level and its height. i cant seem to get it that high, without looking chunky, and i certainly cant figure out how to get it smooth like that. i have tried making both plasticard and tape combination moulds, but the watereffect im using (woodland scenic realistic water) just leaks out. - that and making it perfectly square is prooving tough. any suggestions would be welcome.

(image attached is NOT mine - i found it on a google search. not sure who owns it) - its just an example of the kind of height and style im going for.

I'm on my phone right now or I would find them for you. Google handcannononline.com with water bases. Also I think Meg Mapels did a tutorial on her website as well.

looks like i was on the right track sort of. just used the wrong kind of tape.ill start a WIP blog for these guys when im able to start work on them. should be pretty interesting. thanks for the links.

Glad to help! Post up some process pics when you have them.