It sucks.................................. that we all can’t do that as well and as quick as you. Another great video and great work. Thanks for sharing.
As Peter is a professional, this is why people are happy to hire his services. If this were easy, everybody would be doing it. I am pleased that he is willing to inspire me to try doing this myself.
Great video Peter, I enjoy your methodical approach to the hobby. I’m learning a lot. That tool is a 5 in 1, many more uses than just the 5 as the name implies. Mainly used by painters for cleaning paint rollers, scraping paint and caulk, smoothing spackling and other prep work.
Hello Peter, that was a great, real time, tutorial. You’re such an artist. I like the fact you take into account gravity, the fact it’s man made, and how new it is. Thanks for sharing.
That was absolutely amazing, the transformation as you watched was unbelievable. You make it look so easy. Thank you for showing us how you do it. Regards Chris
Fascinating to see the way that changed and morphed to final result, so realistic. I would have been happy half way through! Now know how to do properly, a great help thanks. Stephen
Wow, nice rock face, like the rubber at the bottom to makes it look like the real world, maybe just a little though, as the railroads would have cleared most of it away and used for fill, this is .uch better than using castings as you get better looking rock faces....thanks for sharing....Jack 👍👍👍
Great job. Looks very good.. thanks for sharing. the tool is used mainly by painters. Painter scraper and many other names.. the curved part in the tool is used to get excess paint off the roller
Excellent job very professional looking you do wonderful work.I don’t know what you do with the chunks that fall of but all that looked like it would make good ruble along a river or lake bank or possibly a gondola load like they do here in Florida
great technique thanks for sharing! One question, you mentioned this model is a shale rock face, would you happen to have insights / techniques / videos for modeling say, granite, sandstone, etc.?
No, dry-wall mud air-dries over a long period and is not suited to layers more than 1/8" thick. You need plaster, which chemically sets in a relatively short time, regardless of thickness.
Well done. Just out of curiosity, do you recycle the plaster bits? As in do you try to remix them as a rough slurry or break them up and use the smaller pieces as small rock debris at the bottom of cliff faces that you create?
Rock molds can never cover everything. Even if you have the perfect mold for a situation, it will still need blending into the next one, and the repetition is likely to be noticed. I used to mix them, but every time I flew with rock molds, my luggage was thoroughly rummaged through by TSA. The last time, they also caused significant damage to some cars and locomotives that were not properly repacked. I don't fly with rock molds any more.
This video has been quite helpful for me, keep coming back for a refreshers!
to sum it all up in a simple sentence.
You do in about 30 min what mother nature does over thousands of years.
Looks absolutely amazing
Thanks
It sucks.................................. that we all can’t do that as well and as quick as you. Another great video and great work. Thanks for sharing.
As Peter is a professional, this is why people are happy to hire his services. If this were easy, everybody would be doing it. I am pleased that he is willing to inspire me to try doing this myself.
Sehr realistisch modelierte Felsen. Mein Respekt.
Painstaking work certainly pays off...patience and attention to detail....very professional..
Excellent tutorial Peter. One of the best rock techniques I’ve seen 👍🇦🇺
Great video Peter, I enjoy your methodical approach to the hobby. I’m learning a lot. That tool is a 5 in 1, many more uses than just the 5 as the name implies. Mainly used by painters for cleaning paint rollers, scraping paint and caulk, smoothing spackling and other prep work.
Hello Peter, that was a great, real time, tutorial. You’re such an artist. I like the fact you take into account gravity, the fact it’s man made, and how new it is. Thanks for sharing.
A 5 in 1 tool - it's a painters tool but very handy for many applications. Great video, thanks again!
...... Eat your heart out Amtrakeng 👌
Incredibly creative and educational...Thanks, Peter. Always fun to watch your videos! John
That was absolutely amazing, the transformation as you watched was unbelievable. You make it look so easy. Thank you for showing us how you do it.
Regards Chris
Fascinating to see the way that changed and morphed to final result, so realistic. I would have been happy half way through! Now know how to do properly, a great help thanks. Stephen
Peter, it looks very realistic and natural.
Best wishes from Switzerland Klaus
Super, bravo !
Thank you for that, Peter. Very helpful
Thanks for another awesome video, the strata of the rock wall looks absolutely real !!!
Painters also use it when prepping and painting windows.
Barry
Wow, nice rock face, like the rubber at the bottom to makes it look like the real world, maybe just a little though, as the railroads would have cleared most of it away and used for fill, this is .uch better than using castings as you get better looking rock faces....thanks for sharing....Jack 👍👍👍
A very helpful I video thank you for your video it was nice very nice
The tool you have at 1:32 is a paint roller scraper. They are useful when you want to rinse a roller nap and squeeze the paint out.
That makes sense. I guessed there was a reason for that shape and that it had nothing to do with being a scenery sculpting tool.
And good for opening paint cans.
Also fir punching holes in the lip of the opened can so paint drips back into the can.
I love this video
You make it look so easy. Guess practice does make it easier
champion.
very handy indeed.
love the videos.
great work
THANK YOU FOR OTHER DETAIL VIDEO AS GREAT WATCHING ALL TIMES
Great job. Looks very good.. thanks for sharing.
the tool is used mainly by painters. Painter scraper and many other names.. the curved part in the tool is used to get excess paint off the roller
Thanks for the demonstration you do great work
Excellent modelling as usual.
Excellent job very professional looking you do wonderful work.I don’t know what you do with the chunks that fall of but all that looked like it would make good ruble along a river or lake bank or possibly a gondola load like they do here in Florida
That's exactly what I do with it.
Great video. Hope you make one on painting it.
Well done. Thank you.
Very helpful video, thank you
Nice video !!
Greetings from Germany Gert
Thanks for the excellent video!
It would be interesting to see a demo of coloring the shale. Thanks.
Unfortunately I forgot to record that part. Maybe next time.
Another nice "how you". Useful to me.
great technique thanks for sharing! One question, you mentioned this model is a shale rock face, would you happen to have insights / techniques / videos for modeling say, granite, sandstone, etc.?
Like to watch you work, I am trying not to use plaster or skulptamold for scenery, looking ok.
Do you ever leave some of the plaster you cut off at the bottom like rock fall? I think that would add some additional interest.
Just leaving it there makes it impossible to color properly but I often return some of it as talus after coloring.
Just found you. I like your method and result. Do you think that drywall compound would work just as well?!
No, dry-wall mud air-dries over a long period and is not suited to layers more than 1/8" thick. You need plaster, which chemically sets in a relatively short time, regardless of thickness.
Awesome
Well done. Just out of curiosity, do you recycle the plaster bits? As in do you try to remix them as a rough slurry or break them up and use the smaller pieces as small rock debris at the bottom of cliff faces that you create?
Peter look great, question plaster vs drywall pre mixed compound any difference ?
Why not use rock molds?
Rock molds can never cover everything. Even if you have the perfect mold for a situation, it will still need blending into the next one, and the repetition is likely to be noticed. I used to mix them, but every time I flew with rock molds, my luggage was thoroughly rummaged through by TSA. The last time, they also caused significant damage to some cars and locomotives that were not properly repacked. I don't fly with rock molds any more.
Good stuff. What percentage of the original plaster mix ends up on the layout? (it's not important, of course, just curious.)
Most of it. The chunks I carve away get smashed up and used for talus.
You chopped the shit out of it
Well, we wouldn't want to leave the shit in it would we.
awesome stuff. first btw
"Art imitating life"... all that Calcium plaster was deposited about 150 million years ago as sedimentary rocks... and now ... here again
Yes, but unfortunately I didn't have 150 million years to create the rock forms on this layout.
Awesome