FA170791 Lake Water Set.

The Lake sheet is particularly suitable for styling rivers, rivulets and lakes as well as small water bodies. Since we shall not have recourse to any liquids that have to be mixed or heated, the use of this product is extremely easy.
Carefully read through the present instructions for use before starting to work.
Step 1
First, make a coarse sketch of the contour of the water body you want to set up on your support. On doing so, it does not matter whether you are building onto a wooden supporting structure, a rigid foamed plastic board or any other type of support.
Step 2
The next step consists in “digging a hole” for the water body. You may want to use a recessing and shaping machine, a cutter or, if you are building on a wooden supporting structure, a piercing saw. As a rule an embankment higher than 10 mm will produce an unrealistic effect.
Step 3
Transferred the contour onto the lake sheet.
Step 4
Give the embankment a slope. Its angle should be at least 45°. In any case, a lower angle produces a much more natural result.
Step 5
Start designing the bottom of the water body. The simplest way is probably to use the colour sheet supplied with the kit. Choose the side with the colour that most appeals to you, and cut the paper to the size of the lake sheet. You can simultaneously cut out the colour sheet and the lake sheet if you have previously fixed both sheets to each other (e.g. using adhesive tape).
Of course, you may alternatively want to style the bottom of the water body yourself. To do this, you may dig another 5 mm to obtain some more water depth. However, leave a narrow edge to serve as a bearing area for the lake sheet on the entire contour. Now, you may style the bottom of the water body using colours, tiny stones or even rubbish (bathtub, bike, car tyres, etc.).
Always bear in mind that too deep a water body as well as glaring colours quickly produce an unnatural effect.