Just a note. When you are applying the highlights remember that there is but one sun so have an idea where the sun would be and highlight the rock as the sun would. Don't highlight in several directions. Only one... I started with Hydrocal but now I use plaster because it is so very much softer and easy to carve and blend the rocks together. I have 22 different molds now that I have made and it didn't cost much at all.
you guys did a great job, but what I found is plaster sets to quick, so I used dry wall mud, it's cheaper, and you can take days to finish carving and ya it does crack when it dry's, all the better. I hope to video what I did and hope you can comment on it, right or wrong?
If you like plaster then you can extend the "wet -soft period" by using very cold water. I get about 1/2 hour working time by using the cold water system. Just put a glass of water in the refridgerator the evening before you are going to work and use this. I don't like the dry wall mud because it shrinks so much. I also sift the plaster into the water.
@@davidcurtis5398 Never tryed the cold water thing, but I did mix plaster with double the water, that way I could dip paper towel (viva) and drape over bead bored pieces and came back with dry wall mud and carved it just before it dryed, worked well
I'm surprised nobody mentioned it but your video stops and goes to black at around the 28 minute mark and you have about 25 minutes of nothing but black after that. You really should trim your videos down to save you time and bandwidth on your uploads. I enjoyed both techniques and will be trying them out when I finally get round to making some bigger diorama's for my miniatures, thanks for sharing.
Just a note. When you are applying the highlights remember that there is but one sun so have an idea where the sun would be and highlight the rock as the sun would. Don't highlight in several directions. Only one... I started with Hydrocal but now I use plaster because it is so very much softer and easy to carve and blend the rocks together. I have 22 different molds now that I have made and it didn't cost much at all.
Excellent. Thanks for posting.
Great video ! Thanks for sharing ! Martin
you guys did a great job, but what I found is plaster sets to quick, so I used dry wall mud, it's cheaper, and you can take days to finish carving and ya it does crack when it dry's, all the better. I hope to video what I did and hope you can comment on it, right or wrong?
If you like plaster then you can extend the "wet -soft period" by using very cold water. I get about 1/2 hour working time by using the cold water system. Just put a glass of water in the refridgerator the evening before you are going to work and use this. I don't like the dry wall mud because it shrinks so much. I also sift the plaster into the water.
@@davidcurtis5398 Never tryed the cold water thing, but I did mix plaster with double the water, that way I could dip paper towel (viva) and drape over bead bored pieces and came back with dry wall mud and carved it just before it dryed, worked well
@@ronaldbroehm1411 Hi, I'm no expert but it works for me...
At our club we use India ink in water and that is really good and cheep.
fantastic
I’m a beginner and will use your technique to build mountains for my nativity , how you build the base ?
I'm surprised nobody mentioned it but your video stops and goes to black at around the 28 minute mark and you have about 25 minutes of nothing but black after that. You really should trim your videos down to save you time and bandwidth on your uploads.
I enjoyed both techniques and will be trying them out when I finally get round to making some bigger diorama's for my miniatures, thanks for sharing.
A 56 minute video with only 28 minutes of actual video???
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Who is the genius that decided it was a good idea to include 28 minutes of blank video?
You didn’t see the secret video imbedded in those 28 minutes? Watch all the way thru without skipping.