How to Make Rocks for Dioramas and Miniatures

[@PaulPictures]

"Jesus Christ Marie! They are minerals" 😆 Very good tutorial, thank u!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Hahaha love it, glad you enjoyed it dude!

[@sweatilaa5325]

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]

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

[@mk_the_maniac2091]

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]

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

[@jarnvarg87]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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!

[@petermartin3268]

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.

[@Electro_Dust_Bunny]

amazing I am going to use the aluminum foil mold, thank you👍

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Hope you make some sick rocks with it!

[@bobarger7714]

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]

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

[@SamJoker-v9q]

your doing great brother👍

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you my dude appreciate it!!

[@josenildobrasil8760]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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

[@suranjanghimire659]

So lovely 😍😍

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you my friend!

[@zireum495]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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

[@stamatis_ix]

You saved my diorama. Thank you!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Very glad to be of service, thanks for watching!

[@sandid9028]

Love your energy. Thank you

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you 😊 thanks for watching!

[@lorneytunes]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Hahaha thank you!

[@brianhoover8414]

Thank you for the great tutorial!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you for watching my friend!

[@azncowman]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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

[@w.vangaal1077]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Glad to be of service my friend, enjoy!

[@robynrivera9101]

Absolutely incredible, thank you so much!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@youris3595]

Great tips, thanks!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Happy to be of assistance, thanks for watching!

[@oktoberbabyfee]

Cool stuff!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you!

[@ItsJGonzo]

This is awesome!

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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

[@agiagata945]

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

[@hollyhope7227]

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

[@jasonfrederick6564]

great job.

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thank you!

[@M.M85]

Awesome bro 💯

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Thanks my man, appreciate you watching!

[@M.M85]

@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]

⁠​⁠@@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]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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]

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

[@klannstyle]

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 😁

[@sharkytampy]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

Hey! Yup, plain old wall filler/spackle

[@sharkytampy]

@@SwampRatMiniatures ok thanks

[@sharkytampy]

what paints did you use for the desert one

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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]

ok thanks @@SwampRatMiniatures

[@Offalcrafts]

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]

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

[@htennek1]

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

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

What is this outside you speak of?

[@shawk8365]

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...

[@CeciVK]

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

[@elijahsstudio1109]

Or you could just use real rocks…

[@SwampRatMiniatures]

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]

too heavy if i may say so

[@hollyhope7227]

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]

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