IJN Kongo 金剛 (3D Metal Puzzle)

Full hull 

self printed decal 

Waterbase step 1: burning bigger waves into Styrodur piece and cutting the hole for the ship 

Waterbase step 2: structured artists paper for small chaotic water texture 

Waterbase step 3: airbrushing (3 or 4 different colors for some variation) 

Waterbase step 4: acrylic water gel  

Waterbase step 4: after the gel is dry 

Testfit before step 5: adding white waves with gel + cotton