This is why I like your videos. You are not afraid to make a mistake (DON'T WORRY, EASY FIX) and then explain what went wrong and how to solve it. Other videos would trash the project and remake another one to show they ALWAYS know exactly what they are doing. Keep on man! Fantastic as always.

Fantastic video! Working on some big terrain pieces soon myself and this definitely looks better than the black, grey, then white drybrushing that I default to most of the time.

Great one Luke. The result is astonishing. Thx for all your videos, always a pleasure to watch.

I can't wait for part 3!!! I really like the color undertones for the stones...looks really good!

I’d never heard of this technique before, but my goodness it’s effective! Will definitely be using it myself.

Looking nice mate. It is nice to see mixed rocks in the cliff face.

brilliant rock effect, thanks for sharing

Thank you man I know this is an old video but you have really taught me an incredible amount of techniques that I've used on my dioramas to build up to having the courage to make a full layout. You're a great teacher and easy to listen to, keep up the good work man I'm really appreciating it I'm sure there's thousands of us feel just like I do

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much.

Hey you save my soul with this technique. Brilliant and easy, I made some changes at the end giving some variations to your final rendition and more accurate to my country. Again, thanks for putting this together, truly I've learned a lot from your channel. Cheers!

That looks bloody brilliant dude. Also loved the blues.

This is looking to be top notch, keep up the great work Luke! Can't wait to see how you do your water. I use cotton and modge podge to make some pretty sweet looking splash effects, might want to give it a whirl to really make the water jump! Looking forward to seeing the revierbed all said and done. :)

Fantastic video Luke! Your tutorials are really helpful. Thanks

I was really sceptical at first but then after that last wash it looks incredible!

I love the way you say it 'looks a bit crap at the minute' when it looks better than most any other way of doing rocks :D

That looks great. I am going to give that a try. Thanks for the video.

Nice stuff mate - might go back over my Realm of Battle board from a few years ago with this technique!

Thanks for the info. I start mine right now.

Very interesting! If I'd been going through those steps I'd have been panicking because it looks terrible until the end. Shows how far experience can go.

Great instructions 👍👍. Thanks for the tutorial.

Dude - this is fantastic, I will definitly try this out... ace stuff

Like a living rock, definetly gonna try this method, thanks :)

I mixed some denatured alcohol with my washes. It really makes the wash spread super easy and evaporates fast

Excellent tutorial, many thanks!

learned so much recently about many things from you

amazing rocks Luke, thanks for this painting technique. I spend too much time painting on my computer.

Just started watching your awesome videos.

Thank you so much! Super helpful!

This is something I really have to try!

Glad you kept reassuring that it would come together in the end, I thought you'd just end up with a mess. The colors actually look like real terrain at the end and you've inspired me to try something like this (on a smaller scale) for some mini bases.

Looking fantastic

That looked great. I have some ideas forming for LoTR and skirmish 28mm games.

Incredible result as always Luke. Could you make a video of how to create these awesome rock casts. Id really love to make some wasteland rock formations!! cheers!!

Great work

Amazing !

For those that want to do this with the exact same paints the paints are Yellow ochre Burnt umber Raw umber Black All from crafters around £1.00 I’ve tried a few times now and it works really well

Gorgeous

superbe! j'adore

Now that looks good :)

[at the date of this comment] At Lukes Aps they're £1 a bottle 59ml, on Amazon they're nearly £4 a bottle 59ml. My advice when trying to find cheap acrylic paints is to buy one tube of the same colour from different vendors and compare. I think it was Chiltern Acrylics from a pound shop....I could figure out how they actually had any colour to them they were that weak - good for staining flock etc, but little else! Buyer Beware. On the other hand, top of the range acrylic are maybe neccessary for fine artists, but for modelling/crafting they're a totally unneccessary expence. Cheers Luke for bringing this type of consideration to many 'on-a-budget' makers.

Thanks this was really helpful

very cool rocks!

Really brings everything together but as you state its messy, nice music choice you made.

Easily my favorite channel. You and Luke Towan. You guys down under have it down!

looks dope

Very impressive

Some dark purple in there looks excellant too . Trust me try it

Quintessential Luke video: quick, simple, inexpensive and looks awesome!

Great video, Wonderful result. Great music as well, what is it?

nice job. I want to make ultra realistic rock background for aquarium some fish safe one. what do you think I should use to seal my work? something that non toxic and dont ruin the details, like shapes and colours. Im thinking some spray lacquer or varnish.

Sweet!

Luke, I love your videos! You have taught this newbie a lot. Thanks to you I was successful at making a nice diorama for my grand daughters fairies. Do you just add water to the paint to make a wash or do you use Lamaism medium to dilute the paint.

Those washes are ace.

Looks great man! What is the music you have in the background?

looks good, nice work

Nice job Looks good how do you make your rocks ?

Alucinante

Leopard Spot tecnique ftw

Whoa I thought painting rocls was hard as crap but actually its super easy! :0

Wow! Looks great... why did I ever bother doing grey dry brushed rocks?

Masterclass

Just tried this on my slot track scenery. All was going really well until I used the black wash. Now, although it's looking quite realistic in some areas, overall it's still looking very brown. I've added 2 layers of black wash but it hasn't lightened up as yours has luke. What can I do to help certain areas lighten up a bit please.

now I use real rocks from my town, should I use a wash on them as well or is leaving them the way they are fine.

The music only makes this video better!

Would you maybe suggest a grey wash at all in addition to the black?

Luke would adding a third colour (green) ruin the effect? Just thinking to represent algae round the river edge, or lichen etc.

Which mould did you use from woodland scenic? Cheers

Hi luke, does anybody other then me that seens face in the bottom right rock. Time 9:10. Sweet. It call art sweet.

So the next episode is going to be trois? And after that a youtube channel in French? You are a man of many talents sir....;) Now you make me look at my grey rocks and you make me feel bad...:(

Can you leopard spot and ink technique 3D printed rocks? If so can you do a video?

Does this work scaled down, tried it on 25mm cobblestone bases it just doesn’t look right

Luke can you give us a list of the colors you are using in this tutorial?

Hey up Luke, just a quick one...I was trying to find paints you used in this video, but I can only find a set not an individual paint pots! Do you know where I can get them...or have they changed the name of the product?

What's your water to pva glue ratio that you use from the spray bottle?

Hi Luke, what rock molds did you use for this :)

One thing of note, this is a photo realistic technique. Its great for dioramas and trainsets. But in my experience most game miniatures and boards are painted in less realistic and more "Comic book" style art. This is why the black/grey/white rock and light green grass ends up working. I'm not saying one style is any better than the other. Its just different.

What's the name of the background song and the band playing it? Great video!

how easy was that and looks fantastic who ever dislike it most not be play with a full deck lol

More please

The colour is "oh-cur"; "oh-crah", like you pronounce it, is Ladies Fingers, the vegetable. The cliff face looked okay, and then you zoomed in for the extreme close up and flippin' 'eck! It looks like real rock!

How does it work on miniatures? (Eg earth elemental). Ta

Would this technique work over something that is undercoated white, or does it have to be on bare plaster?

Love the music ...who is this

Where do you buy the paints you use?

Luke have you checked out the “commissions” projects you can launch yourself on Kickstarter? I think it’s a new thing, might be something of interest for promoting your business.

Can you tell me the exact names of these crafters choice paints that you used I am up to the painting stage on my first ever diorama and I want to do this exact method for the rock facing thank you

Music is much better this time around :)

Wow that looks amazing I can't believe that 14 people dislike this video That's What I Call haters

I like the music Luke. Is it your old band?

How did you even imagine that the combination of colour with the wash + materials would look so epic?

The background song was just as enjoyable as the video, who was it?

Can it be done with airbrush

Great tutorial Luke. Will these cheap paints fade in sunlight??

How important is it to have porous rock material? Would this work on e.g. pink foam rocks?

Luke, would this technique work on cork bark hills?

That music sounds like change in "Babe I`m Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin...lol.

what is this pigment?

I suppose that after the washes you made one or two dry brushes. Not seen in the video

A pinned link to the following parts would be nice.

(8:30) But if you've put the watered down PVA over the first washes, the plaster won't absorb as much of the black wash