Ok! In this part of the tutorial I show you how to paint the water.

Part 1 (The beginning) of this tutorial is right here

We are going to paint the underside of the lexan. This is the side that will face down! So flip the moat over and peel away the protective plastic.

First I use a large paint brush and dapple in the whole river area with a nice bright shade of blue.

And while that blue paint is still nice and wet immediately dapple in a line of black right down the center of the moat. This black will make it darker in the middle which gives the water the appearance of being deeper in the middle.

Now we want to soften and diffuse that black so add lots more blue while it is still all very wet. Add blue and dapple into the black. In this picture I am starting to soften the black.

Here you go! This is what we are shooting for. I have continued to add lots of blue and softened up that black line quite a bit. It looks just about right.

To finish off the painting I dapple in a little bit of white along the banks. Soften this up too with some blue.

The painting is done!

ok! install that painted lexan into the moat with the painted side down.

Peel the top protective layer of plastic off.

Now you can glue everything into place. I used flex paste. It is specially made for scenery and it holds large gaps and irregular shapes.

It looks Great! Notice how the shade of the water changes and it is a little darker down the middle.

Let's finish this project by adding the water ripples (Part 7e)