Building the River Scene: Part 19

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Part 19: This is a multi-part blog where I make the scenery on the river scene on my model railroad. In this video I stain the rock castings with acrylic washes.

Music Notes: The music on this video was recorded using Sonar Home Studio Ver 6.0. The drums and keyboards were played on an M-Audio Keystation 61 ES and/or sequenced in the MIDI Editor. The bass used is an SX Fretless Jazz Clone Modded with Dimarzio J Pickups.

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[blaster2012]

What did you call that accidental whitening effect? Spackling? I don't know what that is (i'm English). I have seen similar rocks in Wales with this kind of effect,and i would like to know how you did it. I have watched every Building the River Scene episode,you are a great modeller,and you have given me some great ideas.Thanks.

[thebige61]

@blaster2012 It's called dry brush highlighting with white paint. I take a brush with very very little paint on it (the brush is almost completely dry) and just add a little paint to the edges of the rocks.

[222delta1]

how do you make the rocks you were painting at first?

do you buy em or make em yourself...

[thebige61]

@222delta1 Cast them in plaster using Woodland Scenics rubber molds.

[SuperDunebuggy]

whats the green stuff

[thebige61]

Florist Foam.

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[jhonny1392]

Hi Evert, I've seen alot of your vids, but in this one definetely this is not the way to go for painting rocks. You must start with a light color first, then apply a second more dark and finally overcoat the whole thing with a wash black which highlights all the 3 dimensional details of the rock. Cheers from Chile.

[johnel34]

@blaster2012 I think Spackling is America's version of Pollyfilla, that's used to fill in the holes between the rocks.

[K8PEZ]

I seal my rocks with scenic cement. I also use the "leopard spotting technique, spot on yellow orchard over 50% then spot on burnt umber on the other 50% then go over the entire surface with very very thin black wash

[222delta1]

@thebige61 thanks...

[MrSaturdayNight7]

Great video. Thanks for posting it.