Good tips for detailed rockwork. However, there are situations, when too much detail can get overwhelming and distracting. In a larger moc, to much detail on some environmental parts can distract from other parts of the build. You could consider, if you build a nice castle on a mountain, do you want to emphasize the castle or the mountain with detailed texture?
This beginner learned a lot! Thanks for sharing these rockwork techniques in such a clear way 😊 more rockwork (and perhaps landscaping?) tips would be awesome, hoping to make some serious cliffs and mountains soon perhaps. Will definitely take your tips regarding brick type variation into account when stocking bricks!
Excellent tips, great video! Another useful piece for adding detail are the 1x1 quarter-round tiles! I also generally try to avoid using 2x slopes as well, unless the mountain area I am working on is really large. If the mountain is larger, the bigger pieces do not stick out so much as they would on smaller builds.
Nice video! I will add, for larger mocs, sometimes you have to use larger pieces just to save money 😅...I don't know if you've seen Coconut Bricks Studios Rockwork, but he manages to make amazing looking rockwork with essentially 2x1x3s, 1x2s, and 2x2s. I do definitely agree with you on wedge slopes, unless you are building ninety degree angles (and that almost never happens lol) they should be used as much as possible
@@SwimminginBricks-ku6gj Totally makes sense with larger MOCs! I guess I focus on cramming intense detail in smaller/medium MOCs so this video might be intended for those doing the same! But it’s a good thing to note! Thanks!
So now I bump into this vid 3 hours AFTER putting in a very large Pick a brick order for a large amount of grey slopes for the rockwork on my Castle base, and I bought a lot of 2wide because they seemed far better value and will cover a greater area and I bought hardly any curved because they are really expensive...at least I bought hundreds of grey and green cheeseslopes and 1x1x2 with 2studs...so I did not do everything wrong. Those double points and gwp made me rush the order, and the Wolfpack torso was back in stock, and we all know they last about twenty minutes, so I rushed it and now I will have to put in another order. If only I saw this YESTERDAY!
Oh nooo! Why does it always happen that way? 😅 As some other commenters have mentioned, for large scale builds those 2 wide slopes can actually come in handy for covering more ground with less pieces. So it’s not all loss! And those cheese slopes are useful no matter what!
Good tips for detailed rockwork. However, there are situations, when too much detail can get overwhelming and distracting. In a larger moc, to much detail on some environmental parts can distract from other parts of the build. You could consider, if you build a nice castle on a mountain, do you want to emphasize the castle or the mountain with detailed texture?
@@SimonSiuts good point! Every MOC is different and sometimes you may want simpler rocks to focus on another part!
great video
This beginner learned a lot! Thanks for sharing these rockwork techniques in such a clear way 😊 more rockwork (and perhaps landscaping?) tips would be awesome, hoping to make some serious cliffs and mountains soon perhaps. Will definitely take your tips regarding brick type variation into account when stocking bricks!
Excellent tips, great video! Another useful piece for adding detail are the 1x1 quarter-round tiles! I also generally try to avoid using 2x slopes as well, unless the mountain area I am working on is really large. If the mountain is larger, the bigger pieces do not stick out so much as they would on smaller builds.
@@BDD_Builds oh yes that 1x1 quarter round is super useful! Top tier piece!
I have genuinely been needing this information and I greatly appreciate your contribution to my knowledge!!
@@christopherhayward2416 So glad it’s helpful! Good luck rock building!!
Amazing video! Thank you for sharing, it is very usefull.
@@IvonaBosancic Glad it’s helpful!
Nice video! I will add, for larger mocs, sometimes you have to use larger pieces just to save money 😅...I don't know if you've seen Coconut Bricks Studios Rockwork, but he manages to make amazing looking rockwork with essentially 2x1x3s, 1x2s, and 2x2s.
I do definitely agree with you on wedge slopes, unless you are building ninety degree angles (and that almost never happens lol) they should be used as much as possible
@@SwimminginBricks-ku6gj Totally makes sense with larger MOCs! I guess I focus on cramming intense detail in smaller/medium MOCs so this video might be intended for those doing the same! But it’s a good thing to note! Thanks!
Awesome video!
@@UFO_BRICKS Thanks UFO!
nice video
@@Silverx50 thank you!! Glad you got something out of it!
So now I bump into this vid 3 hours AFTER putting in a very large Pick a brick order for a large amount of grey slopes for the rockwork on my Castle base, and I bought a lot of 2wide because they seemed far better value and will cover a greater area and I bought hardly any curved because they are really expensive...at least I bought hundreds of grey and green cheeseslopes and 1x1x2 with 2studs...so I did not do everything wrong. Those double points and gwp made me rush the order, and the Wolfpack torso was back in stock, and we all know they last about twenty minutes, so I rushed it and now I will have to put in another order. If only I saw this YESTERDAY!
Oh nooo! Why does it always happen that way? 😅 As some other commenters have mentioned, for large scale builds those 2 wide slopes can actually come in handy for covering more ground with less pieces. So it’s not all loss! And those cheese slopes are useful no matter what!