How to Make Rocks for Dioramas and Miniatures

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Swamp Rat Miniatures

Жыл бұрын

Showing you how you can makes rocks and rock faces to incorporate into your own dioramas and miniatures!

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@jarnvarg1956 Жыл бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@sweatilaa5325 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@petermartin3268 Ай бұрын

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.

@sandid9028 Ай бұрын

Love your energy. Thank you

@SwampRatMiniatures Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 thanks for watching!

@bobarger7714 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@lorneytunes 5 күн бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures 4 күн бұрын

Hahaha thank you!

@josenildobrasil8760 Жыл бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

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

@stamatisix 8 ай бұрын

You saved my diorama. Thank you!

@SwampRatMiniatures 8 ай бұрын

Very glad to be of service, thanks for watching!

@robynrivera9101 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible, thank you so much!

@SwampRatMiniatures 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@zireum495 Жыл бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

Awesome man I’m so glad it helped, thanks for watching!

@w.vangaal1077 8 ай бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures 8 ай бұрын

Glad to be of service my friend, enjoy!

@azncowman Жыл бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

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

@youris3595 2 ай бұрын

Great tips, thanks!

@SwampRatMiniatures 2 ай бұрын

Happy to be of assistance, thanks for watching!

@ItsJGonzo 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome!

@SwampRatMiniatures 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! They’re really easy and fun to make

@Offalcrafts Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@oktoberbabyfee 7 ай бұрын

Cool stuff!

@SwampRatMiniatures 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jasonfrederick6564 Жыл бұрын

great job.

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@agiagata945 3 ай бұрын

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

@hollyhope7227 Ай бұрын

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

@M.M85 4 ай бұрын

Awesome bro 💯

@SwampRatMiniatures 4 ай бұрын

Thanks my man, appreciate you watching!

@M.M85 4 ай бұрын

@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 4 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@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!

@kailee87 6 ай бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@sharkytampy 10 ай бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Yup, plain old wall filler/spackle

@sharkytampy 10 ай бұрын

@@SwampRatMiniatures ok thanks

@sharkytampy 9 ай бұрын

what paints did you use for the desert one

@SwampRatMiniatures 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

ok thanks @@SwampRatMiniatures

@klannstyle 6 ай бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

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

@htennek1 Жыл бұрын

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

@SwampRatMiniatures Жыл бұрын

What is this outside you speak of?

@shawk8365 3 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

Or you could just use real rocks…

@SwampRatMiniatures 4 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

too heavy if i may say so

@hollyhope7227 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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