Modeling Water for Ocean Dioramas

[Oceaneer99]

Well, it turns out I have my waves all wrong.



Good references for detailing ship's wake are at:

http://www.steelnavy.com/toppage3.htm

I'll work on a new version and detail the steps.  By the way, I used acrylic gel medium, as is recommended in several of the steelnavy articles.

Garet

[Oceaneer99]

Modern submarine wake:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavynvns/4111853099/

Note that the modern streamlined submarine makes a wake very different from a surface ship.