rivers/streams
| 1 | The rivers and streams are made from independent modules or pieces of several shapes: straight, curves... Almost every riverine system can be built |
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| 2 | The widht can vary but it must be the same in the piece-ends. For streams the end-widht is 2.5 cm (1") and for rivers 5.0 dm (2"). The lenghtis indifferent |
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| 3 | The base is made from 2mm cardboard. The shapes are traced on it with a pen. For streams one cardboard layer is sufficient, but for rivers I use three, glued with whiteglue |
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| 4 | For streams the borders are made with LITEPLAST. The paste is placed with a small trowel and the fingers (wash immediately after!) |
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| 5 | For rivers the borders are made from plasticine covered with several layers of white-glue (let dry between applications) to harden it |
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| 6 | The borders are covered with a generous layer of white glue and then sand is sprinkled over to texture it. Afetr dry the borders are painted with brown or green acrylics |
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| 7 | The river bed is made with a layer of LITEPLAST that is humidified to give it a water-like texture. In the case of streams the river bed is not neccesary |
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| 8 | The beds are painted with acrylics using two basic colors: dark green, near the borders, and dark blue towards the center. In the case of rivers, an additional central strip of black paint can be neccesary. Use a different paintbrush for each color. Inmediately mix the colors in the contact zones to achieve transition zones green-blue(-black) |
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| 9 | The final result will simulate the reflexion of the river borders (usually green) and a smooth transition towards the deeper zones of the river bed. After drying, paint over with acryclics varnish aplying several layers if neccesary |
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| 10 | The borders are decorated using green sawdust, lichen, stones (cat liter) .... |
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| 11 | The elements are placed onto the table fixing them with pins |
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