Peregrine wrote:http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/C1211/page/1
Model a shallow pond, shade the base to give the illusion of depth, then flood the whole area with this. As a side note, gaming scenery stuff is often just Woodland Scenics stuff repackaged and marked up significantly. Model railroad builders have been at this fake scenery thing a lot longer than miniatures gamers.
This, this and this!!!!! I used this on my game board to make rivers and streams and cannot tell you how great it worked. Here are some tips>
1. Make sure the recessed area material you are pouring into is not porous, as bubbles will occur. If using foam, seal the foam with PVA glue really good and then paint your bed to seal it up.
2. The darker you paint the bed, the deeper it will look. Use shading to paint the deepest parts darker and blend to lighter colors as you come up to the shore.
3. Pour the Realistic water in layers about 1/4" max at a time. This keeps the shrink to a minimum.
4. Want to add a little shade to the water? I mixed up some thin wash in a greenish blue and painted it in-between the layers - came out fantastic.
5. Want ripples? Just drag something (I used a paperclip) over the surface just as it starts to set to break up the smooth surface.
And, it was fairly cheap for the amount you get. You will also find your area does not need to be really deep to get the depth you are looking for. My rivers were really only about 1/2" deep, but after the method used above , they look twice as deep.
Good luck!!!!