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Title: Modelling Fish
Post by: Barry on May 23, 2016, 11:52:50 PM
A friend is scratch building a fish cannery and is trying to figure out how to model a pile of fish.  Do any of you have a suggestion?

Thanks
Barry
Title: Re: Modelling Fish
Post by: Raymo on May 24, 2016, 06:33:53 AM
Bruce Nickerson from Sea Port Modelworks uses small grain rice to model fish when detailing one of his boats. He uses a silver wash and then a blue-ish green to detail each piece.
Title: Re: Modelling Fish
Post by: Timbob60 on May 24, 2016, 11:43:46 AM
These may help maybe not:

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscalewaterfrontdetailsfishpiles3piles.aspx

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscaledetailfishmonger-fishcartswithfish2pack.aspx

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscaledetailfishpreptablefinishedwithfish-1.aspx

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscalefishbucketpileswithfishinbucketspreaged-1.aspx

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscalewaterfrontdetailsfreshfishcatch--dinghys2pack.aspx

http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscalewaterfrontdetailsvarietypack1.aspx

Geo2rge aka timbob60
Title: Re: Modelling Fish
Post by: madharry on May 24, 2016, 12:08:29 PM
On my Red Hook Bay layout I have little fish carts full of fish. I used Fennel seeds. I stuck them on to some sticky tape and sprayed the seeds silver. Add a few small black spots with the point of a tooth pick for eyes and you will some very realistic
fish for literally pennies. People view the carts full of fish and are always amazed when I tell them it is just fennel.

Mike
Title: Re: Modelling Fish
Post by: bparrish on May 24, 2016, 12:37:41 PM
Barry...

I visited once with a guy who picked through a jar of caraway seeds for the small ones.

I think they were about half green and he used them right out of the box.

see ya
Bob