Creating amazingly realistic miniature rocks easy using a no-cost material

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This tutorial presents an amazingly simple and effective way to create super realistic miniature rocks from a no-cost material. The video gives you a logic and easy-to-follow guide covering all steps from collecting the material to final result.
Credits to Mr: Erich S from New York, US for his contribution with the idea and for supporting the channel being a Patron.
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@lucyjinks4073 4 күн бұрын

Really good at explaining that you my 12 year old starting his layout journey in two weeks

@daveygivens735 Жыл бұрын

I've learned more in two Marklin videos than hours of watching others. Wow.

@vincecrysler3821 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Great video

@scottderemer316 8 ай бұрын

iv got about 70 hours in now.... toilet paper and mulch here i come

@AMWOR86 8 күн бұрын

Amazing idea! Great video!

@legodac Жыл бұрын

I really like how you explain details most people don't, like the reason behind adding a little alcohol to improve flow. Great video, thanks so much

@manuelademeio1170 Күн бұрын

Wow wonderful and realistic, thank for the demonstration, I will treasur it. 😍

@colossalbigfoot256 Жыл бұрын

I’ve used bark for a while cause it replicates shale in my area. You should put in oven though to kill any bugs that might be inside hiding. These are the best looking rocks imo.

@davidcurtis5398 Жыл бұрын

if you get the bark from the "big box" store, it will be treated already for bugs. i have never had any in the 10 years I have used this method.

@jefwisse1957 Жыл бұрын

Do you think the bugs will survive after the rocks have been covered up in plaster? 😂😂😂. However I follow your advice when I use soil from the garden. I couple of minutes in the microwave and it is ready to be used. 👍 Greetings from The Netherlands

@davidcurtis5398 Жыл бұрын

@@jefwisse1957 I don't usually use the bark on the road. I glue pieces of bark into a rock like form ( I have several ) they can be long and slender or square-ish, or any form you might want. I even have 2 that I glued together so I can put them together end to end, to make a very long rock face. After I am happy, I cover the glue up with rubber and gauze to make a mold. Then I can make as many duplicates of this as I need. Then you can throw out the pattern made with the bark. I usually buy a bag of garden bark in the early fall, let it sit spread out on the drive in the sun for a couple of days and that will bake the bugs out If there are any.

@jefwisse1957 Жыл бұрын

@@davidcurtis5398 Making a mold is a great idea.

@davidcurtis5398 Жыл бұрын

@@jefwisse1957 Jeff, I make molds for anything I may want many copies of. Once you get the mold, you can make as many castings as you might need or your club or friends. Just be safe and don't charge for the castings as that might not be right...

@Tenju96 4 ай бұрын

I'll steal it from my own garden 😁 It looks awesome

@HumancityJunction Жыл бұрын

Between the TP for water and the bark for rock faces, you have introduced us to some innovative ideas.

@eugenb.8448 Жыл бұрын

The toilet paper for water is one I tell friends about and they all go “No way!” Then they watch and just can’t believe it. A magician as some others have said :-)

@MKempICI Жыл бұрын

Another informative, excellent video. Thank you, sir! For everybody at home: Just make sure to sterilize any bark/other materials that you grab from the forest before you use them. Add a drops or two of vinegar to your gypsum/plaster of Paris and it will prevent mold/fungus from growing.

@gorkamorka999 Жыл бұрын

You can probably blend the plaster and the rocks even more by using a wirebrush running in the direction of the "sediment layers". The finished product looks great.

@ronyb1861 11 ай бұрын

Drywall strips works well with wire brush

@timbirch4999 4 ай бұрын

Try using a "churn brush" when the stuff is not quite set. Stroke the brush on one direction. That gives a really realistic look. They are used in laying bricks to softly clean up the bricks and your mortar joints without digging into the bricks (which a wire brush could do) or disturbing them before the mortar has set hard. These brushes look almost like they have long splinters or maybe long pine needles for bristles. They're stiffer than a really stiff brush, but much softer than a wire brush. If you search for "lime mortar churn brush" you'll see what I'm talking about.

@user-ks8kn9ru5j 3 ай бұрын

What a cool technique. I have pine trees and the bark comes off the trees quickly.

@glennwood9569 12 күн бұрын

Yeah we have pine trees too about 525 acres of them!!!

@cfdtv1 Жыл бұрын

Great idea! Thanks to both Martin and Eric. Never thought that it could be so easy to make that kind of rock and it look so natural.

@monmixer 4 ай бұрын

Very very nice. I was impressed with that white coring to show the highlights and the black wash. It looked like the hills around here before the highlights and black.

@swivet99 Жыл бұрын

You sir are a true artist!..Those look so incredibly real. Besides running trains, half the fun is the creation of the world it will run within.

@AlexMOBAOpa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this good idea. The rocks look really good, made from the bark. Greetings from MoBa Grandpa

@jeffreymcconnell6794 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this technique with us! It gives me hope that I can actually do scenery! My usual approach is good design and operation. Somewhere in between those steps it magically becomes a model railroad. HA!

@Tradewindsvintagehi 7 ай бұрын

Just found your channel, and I’m so glad. Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration!

@Dbcxyz123 Жыл бұрын

That looks incredible! Thanks so much for sharing!

@pocatellocowboy1077 Ай бұрын

Fantastic! I love the idea of using bark!

@BamaBoy81 Жыл бұрын

I would have never thought of that. Thank you so much for the idea this will come in very handy and I can't wait to try it on my layout.

@Cookie2k Жыл бұрын

Beautiful in its simplicity! 👍👍

@InvertedPopesMusic Жыл бұрын

Love the found item approach. Great demonstration thank you.

@oliversiefert8260 Жыл бұрын

Awesome idea! Thanks!

@mikeseba7817 Жыл бұрын

Awesome idea! Thank you Martin!

@Pauley_in_GP Жыл бұрын

Thanks to both of you guys - great idea and fantastic results! I'm going outside to search my wood pile.

@paulsngaugechannel Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and again good value for saving money . As others have mentioned, need to make sure that the bark is 🐜 🐛 🐞 free and any safe cleaning method, but Don’t put the bark into a microwave, it explodes and also sets fire to the bark internally- like spontaneous combustion. But great stuff. I find leaving the bark outside on a sheet of newspaper, wash over with isopropyl, on a warm day any bugs 🐜 will soon vacate. Love the techniques for weathering, always learn more every video. Thanks for sharing Martin. Super.

@andrewpalm2103 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff, Martin! Thanks for sharing this very interesting scenic method using bark. As usual, great step-by-step instructions, as well. Cheers from Wisconsin!

@user-xw2rc6de2c 3 ай бұрын

Most of the bedding mulch in my area has been through a grinder, and so its is difficult to find bark pieces large enough for an S gauge display. But, my wife grows orchids, and buys orchid potting bark (orchids don't grow in dirt) and picking through her supply, I found enough large pieces to fulfill my needs. Orchid potting bark is available in bags from most garden centers.

@Arnage1969 Жыл бұрын

Simply great and marvelous !

@alwatson98 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am so impressed! I am going to use this right away!

@mikeh4800 Жыл бұрын

WOW! I am stunned. Wonderful.

@CAMROSS67 Ай бұрын

looks brilliant, and easy to do - thank you !

@Sestra_Prior Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome!

@AAE-cg1il 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding!

@bobtudbury8505 Жыл бұрын

great idea and it looks awesome

@schadowolf Жыл бұрын

Looks great and great tip/technique!

@leepenlack5548 7 ай бұрын

this really looks real. excellent rock work.

@vitale6633 2 ай бұрын

Looks Fantastic - thanks for sharing your technique.

@peterstecks7660 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant as usual Martin. Thanks also to Eric. 👍

@bageorge5337 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. My son makes dioramas using rocks. This will help him make his pieces much lighter.

@skrill-sophiaxd6663 Жыл бұрын

I love the simple you do thing and the beautiful resurt you chow.

@fenna_pel Жыл бұрын

Hey that's a nice technigue. The bark gives just the right appearance for slate. Been looking for exactly that for my layout 👍 thx for the video 🙂

@giancarlopaolini7529 Жыл бұрын

I actually discovered that option some three years ago just by watching closely one of my favourite centennial willows in my garden ...and I started using it with my greatest satisfaction. A good idea indeed.

@dadsongs Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you.

@valborchardt3596 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Martin, really easy to do. Thank you

@michman2 3 ай бұрын

Incredible.

@artesdianylu5052 Жыл бұрын

Hermoso trabajo

@danbalmer1 Жыл бұрын

Great Concept. Thank you for sharing this.

@austernfischer Жыл бұрын

Just great!!! 👍👍👍👍

@charlieharper886 Жыл бұрын

This is wild. I've actually looked at that bark before and wondered how well it would work for this. Now I know!

@eugenb.8448 Жыл бұрын

Wow. That looks amazing!

@beckyforbis4858 7 ай бұрын

Wow!!! Thank you so much!!

@GatoLand Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@skrill-sophiaxd6663 Жыл бұрын

Thank for your exelent teachings

@bassflyer 11 ай бұрын

Bark, who knew? Nicely done!

@dougkinney3207 Жыл бұрын

Great job! Really love this video. Thanks for showing this

@MandoStarkCollector Ай бұрын

This a very nice tutorial thanks for sharing.

@dave3301 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, looks great

@SiouxsieCat Жыл бұрын

Top notch. Thank you for sharing!

@Beatlefan67 6 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thankyou from Dorset, U.K.

@southerncooker6475 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job!

@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive idea for rocks , great job

@donaldkormos5529 Жыл бұрын

Super good idea!!! Danke!

@gusgustavo6055 Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A MAGICIAN! so inspiring

@gabesz Жыл бұрын

Great idea! Thank you for sharing this :)

@ronaldliggett5452 Жыл бұрын

Great idea, I will be trying this. Thanks

@passionminiature2708 Жыл бұрын

Super idée Merci !

@reverserestorations26 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, worked great for me. I spray painted mine primer grey first and then followed your method.

@jessicapresley9578 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! Will use on the volcano project I’m doing. Thank you!

@mesebak Жыл бұрын

WOW this is Good Knowledge THANK YOU!!!

@scottmccloud9029 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of that. That's pretty cool and free. Thanks.

@hughhall1167 Жыл бұрын

Way to GO, Erich!!

@marklittlejohn1457 Жыл бұрын

Looks amazing thankyou for the tips video

@newhavennscale Жыл бұрын

Just what I needed to see. Thank you!

@69-ke3zw 8 ай бұрын

Wow, this is terrific!

@hildahernandez1661 5 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL🎉

@lindaoffenbach Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. In building up our lay out we are lucky living near a forest. You have reminded us earlier of the notion that many materials for scenery can actually be found in nature, and we’ve never forgotten about that advice. It does work a treat. We have gathered plenty of small rocks, rocky scatter materials and woods. To avoid decay of woods, we do apply a good varnish, and they seem to hold pretty well. Excellent content here. Cherio and ciao.

@shadowmaster9635 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I will be doing this! Oh yes! 👍

@brentleajunction Жыл бұрын

What a great idea may try this my self looks brilliant at the finish results cheers Paul

@gaborkov Жыл бұрын

I like your tutorials! Thanks so much!

@rva4ccb Жыл бұрын

A big salute to you

@ricardodiggs7627 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work my friend!!! Thank you!!!

@norsegateline 5 ай бұрын

Love this channel, really inspired my layout

@jimmccorison Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@darkgilmour Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very good and chip idea!

@colincampbell4870 Жыл бұрын

Looks great never thought of that I have lots of woods around me

@SceneryTutorials Жыл бұрын

Much love ❤ I will definitely use this method, always happy about you’re vids!

@MrMiketoase Жыл бұрын

WOW! Looks really good. Thanks for another great video.

@thetwogardens6048 Жыл бұрын

Great Tips !

@javilagarde6852 Жыл бұрын

Gran trabajo, quedo hermoso!! Saludos desde Mar del plata!!

@2CraftySeniors Жыл бұрын

Fantastic looking "rocks". 🥰 Using the isopropyl at various stages probably helps to kill any little insects or bacteria that might be lurking on the bark pieces... so that's a bonus.