The base is a piece of an old shelf. I used a 1 3/8" hole saw to drill out where I wanted the sub to go, jammed the sub in the hole at the right angle, and sawed off the butt to match the plane of the bottom of the base. I covered the hole from below with paper, and poured white glue around the sub to hold it. This took for-freaking-EVER to dry, so try to find another way!

The water surfacing is something my wife found at the craft store. It's some spread-on gunk designed to go on those craft-store foam pieces to smooth them out for painting, called "Beacon Adhesives Foam Finish". There must be something else to use though. I buttered it on with a knife and roughly sculpted wave-shapes with quick dabs of a clay sculpting tool. The icebergs are carved out of balsa foam. I painted the water with indigo and turqoiuse Apple Barrel acrylics, dabbed white for the wavetops. I kept brushing Future Floor Polish all over it until it was shiney enough.

For the splashes I used "Woodland Scenics Water Effects," an acrylic paste in a squeeze bottle for making water falls on model railroad layouts. I just kept squeezing the stuff on so it looked right and dabbing it with Q-tips to get the surface right. The couple of "streaks" that come up out of the water behind the sail and fins were built up around plastic rods for support. I washed the turquiose and indigo over it here and there after ot was dry, and dry-brushed white all over the high points.

EVERYthing on this has a coat of Future. The water surface has enough to give it depth. The sub is wet, right? So it should be glossy too. Actually, what might have been better was to keep the sub matte, and paint wet streaks in Future. Hm. Didn't think of that. Next time .

September, 2002.