Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.
@x42brown,
The rivers were done on 2 x 2 square gypsum panels. The banks are just wall filler scraped into river bank shapes.
The water effect was really easy, I got the technique from a Youtube channel named Terranscapes. He also runs a website where he professionally makes and sells terrain.
The river bed is simply painted in a very dark color mix of blue, green, and black. I then got a large bottle of gloss Mod Podge which is used for sealing pictures and puzzles, things like that.
Here's a link to it. You can get it at pretty much any dept. or craft store;
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All you do is take like a 1" craft brush, and pour some of the Mod Podge into the river bed. Then you take the brush and make a back and forth dabbing motion, going in the direction of the river and making sure that it follows the curves. I just kept going forward until the river bed was completely covered in the Mod Podge. It is white when it's wet but it dries completely clear and highly glossy. Stuff is amazing, and considering that it's water cleanup on top of it, I'll NEVER go back to messing with those clear resins or resin water effects!!
Mod Podge is also pretty cheap for the volume, I bought one 16 oz. bottle and I was able to do over eight feet worth of 4" wide rivers and I still have a good deal of the bottle left.
Here is a link to two of the Terranscapes videos where he shows the results of different products for achieving water effects and also demonstrates how to apply it. This guy is amazing, I've learned so much from him, it's just been invaluable;
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YouTube link
demonstrates how anyone can get in on sculpting for fun...
