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Here's the end result. This looks 10x better than the previous method, and the waves are smaller and more in scale with the ship. Going to do the same method coating everything in a paper towel and then coating that in gesso to prep for the paint.
I bought some artist acrylic paints as well, pthalo blue, titanium white and mars black to create the ocean base color that will go on top of the gesso.