💧 Vallejo Diorama FX 26220 Stagnant Water – Water Texture

🎯 Why Choose Vallejo Diorama FX Stagnant Water

The Vallejo Diorama FX 26220 Agua Estancada – Water Texture is a thick acrylic gel specially designed to recreate murky, swampy, or waterlogged surfaces. Its translucent greenish color perfectly mimics the natural tones of wetlands, puddles, or ponds with little water flow, adding unmatched realism to your dioramas and scale models.

Ideal for representing natural environments, swamps, canals, or degraded areas, its texture allows you to easily model water surfaces with depth and natural reflections. Applied over a dark base, it creates a sense of opacity and realism perfect for realistic and atmospheric scenes.

🧪 Properties and Benefits

• 💧 Thick acrylic gel with a glossy finish

• 🌿 Translucent greenish color to simulate murky water

• 🎨 Ideal for swamps, puddles, ponds, or wetlands

• ⚙️ Can be applied over dark bases for greater realism

• 🧼 Water-based and easy to clean

• 🧩 Compatible with all other Diorama FX products

🧱 How to Use Vallejo Diorama FX Stagnant Water

Apply the product directly with a spatula or brush onto the desired surface. Its thick texture allows you to create still water with small ripples or irregularities. For a more natural depth effect, paint the base in dark or brown tones before applying the gel.

🖌️ Step-by-Step Usage Example

1. Make sure the base is clean and dry.

2. Paint the surface in dark brown or green tones to enhance the sense of depth.

3. Apply the Stagnant Water with a spatula or flat brush.

4. Shape the surface before it dries to achieve subtle ripples or irregularities.

5. Allow to dry for 24 to 48 hours depending on the layer thickness.

6. If you want a glossy or more reflective finish, add a layer of Transparent Water Gel 26201 once dry.

🧰 Recommended Applications

• Dioramas featuring swamps, puddles, or wetlands

• Natural or degraded urban scenes

• Miniature bases with waterlogging or mud effects

• Can be combined with pigments or mud effects for greater realism

📦 Technical data

Reference: 26220
Subcategory: Water Texture
Type: Dense translucent green acrylic gel
Transparency: Medium
Contents: Jar of 200 ml / 6.76 fl oz
Drying time: 24–48 h depending on thickness
Safety: Contains 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one and reaction mass of 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one and 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (3:1). May cause an allergic reaction. Follow the warnings on the container.
Manufactured by: Acrylicos Vallejo – Made in Spain