How to Make Rocks for Dioramas and Miniatures

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  • Опубліковано 3 лют 2023
  • Showing you how you can makes rocks and rock faces to incorporate into your own dioramas and miniatures!

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  • @sweatilaa5325
    @sweatilaa5325 Рік тому +11

    always take a look at real stone before painting stone, there is such a great variety.
    Also, a bonus of having tin foil at home for making rocks is that you can take the leftover and turn into hats :)

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +2

      Definitely, those hats will protect from all the alien rays too so it’s a win win, thanks for watching!

  • @jarnvarg1956
    @jarnvarg1956 Рік тому +4

    I love that you are now doing these How To videos, thank you so much for this!

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Jarn! I’ll be mixing these in now and then to show some of the techniques I use in my other videos, but there’ll be plenty more where I’m just making stuff for fun too, see you soon!

  • @mk_the_maniac2091
    @mk_the_maniac2091 3 місяці тому +3

    thank youuu. I’m a prop master for an elementary production of finding nemo (with no budget) and needed an easy tutorial for how to make a prop rock look semi good haha

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  3 місяці тому +1

      Hell yeah, I love finding nemo, good luck with it I hope everyone loves your rocks!

  • @brianhoover8414
    @brianhoover8414 4 дні тому

    Thank you for the great tutorial!

  • @petermartin3268
    @petermartin3268 2 місяці тому

    This is the best way of making rocks, I like the way you do this, please try to make some more videos like this, many many thanks for showing how to do this.

  • @lorneytunes
    @lorneytunes Місяць тому

    Like just for the song and the puns. The actual info was a bonus.

  • @bobarger7714
    @bobarger7714 Рік тому +1

    Excellent tutorial. They sell plaster rocks at the hobby store, and they are not so cheap. Thanks for showing off that molding method with aluminum foil, that is a solid approach!

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Bo, I’m glad you liked it and hopefully you can try it out, thanks for watching!

  • @sandid9028
    @sandid9028 2 місяці тому

    Love your energy. Thank you

  • @robynrivera9101
    @robynrivera9101 10 місяців тому

    Absolutely incredible, thank you so much!

  • @zireum495
    @zireum495 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much!! This really help me on my gundam diorama i'm working on

  • @stamatis_ix
    @stamatis_ix 9 місяців тому +1

    You saved my diorama. Thank you!

  • @josenildobrasil8760
    @josenildobrasil8760 Рік тому +2

    Você é um gênio cara. E compartilha seu conhecimento. Parabéns e sucesso sempre para você.

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому

      Had to bust out the google translate for this one but mucho obrigado my friend, thank you for you kind comment!

  • @w.vangaal1077
    @w.vangaal1077 9 місяців тому

    This is genius! I cant wait to try it.. 😊 thanks!

  • @youris3595
    @youris3595 3 місяці тому

    Great tips, thanks!

  • @ItsJGonzo
    @ItsJGonzo 11 місяців тому

    This is awesome!

  • @Offalcrafts
    @Offalcrafts Рік тому

    sometimes i turn this video on just to hear the "how do you like your rocks in the morning song" it makes me laugh every time

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +1

      Hahaha, some have called me the voice of a generation, it’s a responsibility I do not take lightly 😉

  • @oktoberbabyfee
    @oktoberbabyfee 8 місяців тому

    Cool stuff!

  • @jasonfrederick6564
    @jasonfrederick6564 Рік тому

    great job.

  • @azncowman
    @azncowman Рік тому +1

    Nice video! You can try adding a small drop of dish soap to the washes to make them flow better

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +2

      Thanks! Great idea too, I’ll definitely give that a go next time I make these, thanks for watching!

  • @M.M85
    @M.M85 5 місяців тому

    Awesome bro 💯

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks my man, appreciate you watching!

    • @M.M85
      @M.M85 5 місяців тому

      @swampratminiatures4088 oh most definitely, got new subscriber 😊 I'm crafting myself. Mainly clay figures and miniature wooden swords. Now, I am starting my first diorama project and will definitely use your techniques. 👍🏼💯

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  5 місяців тому +1

      ⁠​⁠@@M.M85sounds awesome, I love making stuff from clay but I’m not that great at it yet, glad to be of service though good luck with your diorama making!

  • @agiagata945
    @agiagata945 4 місяці тому

    Lovely cave, thank you for sharing 😊
    Can I use something different than plaster of paris?

    • @hollyhope7227
      @hollyhope7227 2 місяці тому

      Maybe cement? Or airdrying clay. But that is not same stabil.

  • @kailee87
    @kailee87 7 місяців тому +1

    appreciate your tutorial bro, but for the hairdryer, should it be hot or normal?

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  7 місяців тому +1

      Hey my man, I usually go for hot but keep the hairdryer moving back and forth/side to side so the heat is spread out and even across the area you’re working on!

    • @kailee87
      @kailee87 7 місяців тому

      @@SwampRatMiniatures thax man really appreciate it, your tutorials helped alot

  • @sharkytampy
    @sharkytampy Рік тому

    was that white stuff you were putting on with gloves, polyfilla ?

  • @sharkytampy
    @sharkytampy 11 місяців тому

    what paints did you use for the desert one

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  11 місяців тому

      Helloooo my friend, they’re just bog standard cheap acrylic tube paints from any hobby store, I’m pretty sure I started with a lighter brown base coat, then dry brushed on progressively lighter coats of ochre (mixing a little bit of white in each time to make it lighter) then a couple of washes made by watering down a light brown colour, sorry I can’t be more specific it’s been a while since I made this!

    • @sharkytampy
      @sharkytampy 11 місяців тому

      ok thanks
      @@SwampRatMiniatures

  • @klannstyle
    @klannstyle 7 місяців тому

    9:10 I do see a face there... kinda' sad, but it is there. Does anyone else see it?
    9:38 Here too... (hint: on the far right side, someone screaming or yawning) ;-)
    Uhm, I see so many things in abstract art or just nature and it is a beautiful way to create something else from there or became a better photographer or who knows. Eh, moving on with the video 😁

  • @CeciVK
    @CeciVK Місяць тому

    Y use real rocks on a old CD with glue... Thats cheaper and easier than molds.

  • @htennek1
    @htennek1 Рік тому +1

    I do one ever better.
    I go outside and get rocks.

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  Рік тому +1

      What is this outside you speak of?

    • @shawk8365
      @shawk8365 4 місяці тому +1

      That fine and dandy, but what if putting diorama in a glass display case? Are you going to put that much weight on a glass shelf? I don't think so...

  • @elijahsstudio1109
    @elijahsstudio1109 5 місяців тому

    Or you could just use real rocks…

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  5 місяців тому +4

      Too easy, why use real rocks when you can spend hours laboriously making fake rocks that look slightly worse than real ones, cash money

    • @mattzah8284
      @mattzah8284 5 місяців тому +2

      too heavy if i may say so

    • @hollyhope7227
      @hollyhope7227 2 місяці тому

      In Germany these REAL rocks are very expensive (unless you just take them...) and they are soooo heavy. These selfmades you can give the size and structure you need with an acceptable weight.

    • @SwampRatMiniatures
      @SwampRatMiniatures  2 місяці тому

      @@hollyhope7227 for sure, I prefer my dioramas to be a bit lighter so these ones work better for that!