Apparently, pink-colored industrial waste has happened in India:
https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/pink-foam-flowing-in-the-yamuna-is-toxic-industrial-waste-1290859
I agree with the others - that looks great. How do you pull off darkening towards the middle? Also, what type of dye is added to the Envirotex?
BTW - all the examples look good. Something like Peter’s is what I had in mind, maybe with a tad of black.
Rick
Didnt kathy millet do a couple of videos on attempts to create pollution filled water ways?
shane
Thanks Rick. Gosh, doesn’t seem like 5 yrs has passed since doing my waterway. Wish I was better at keeping notes.
Bottom & banks brush painted with a mix of brown latex paints, feathering is not my forte, but did my best with a dark shade of brown along the middle and spreading outwards some. While paint still wet sifted on some brownish mixed rock powders for added texture.
Sorry, shouldn’t have said dye, the stuff used to tint the Envirotex was Castin’ Craft Color Pigment, brown & green. Never tried, but heard that model paint works too.
Did a few 20ml test pours at the workbench, didn’t take but a few drops of the pigments, more brown than green. Using the same ratio of pigments to epoxy at 20ml and multiplying for the main pour produced a darker and more opaque look than the test pieces. At first it was like, “Oh no, what have I done!” Gonna guess that lighting temp. also plays a part, but luck was with me and turned out to be better than the test piece in looks and color.
Regards, Peter
Yes, this looks great.
How was the flow out the end of the pipe done?
Thanks maxman. Used Woodland Scenics Water Effects, watched their vid. before laying down some thin patches onto waxed paper, played and teased them out. Next day dry brushed some white paint onto the best looking piece. After paint dried removed the candidate from the wax paper and cut to size leaving enough to extend back into the pipe a bit. Modeling Waterfalls - Woodland Scenics
Regards, Peter