How to Paint Cobbles

[@Muttlydog45]

Really nice to see a lady doing a "show you how video", absolutely fantastic very clear precise and informative a total inspiration.... Thanks for sharing

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot Ben

[@Quackamole]

This vid couldn't have come at a better time. I'm modelling a diorama base that's EXACTLY like this (pavement, ruin, cobbles, scratch-built gutter) and watching this, I can see how I can improve on what I'm doing. Thanks, Kathy!

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad I could help!

[@michaelhigh6102]

Seems to never fail Kathy; I went searching for a "how-to" about painting a darker cobblestone road and here you are! I've used a few of your videos to aid me in modeling and they have all been very understandable, easy to follow, and easy to do. Thank YOU for what you do to help us modelers. -Mike

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Mike. I’m glad you found the video useful.

[@johnkelley9877]

Well I have to admit that after years of grouting tile I never thought of using it on a cobblestone street diorama. Thanks for sharing this.

[@KathyMillatt]

It’s amazing how many every day things can be repurposed isn’t it!

[@antonionunes9525]

As a Portuguese and "Lisboeta" many thanks for the Lisbon pictures.

[@glittabones]

Oh my goodness, I've just discovered your channel and I'm in awe - my project for 2018 is a model village in my spare bedroom and your videos are giving me so much inspiration! I wish I had a steadier hand for painting!

[@KathyMillatt]

I wish I had a steadier hand too but practice and something to rest on helps. K

[@sirmagoo1965]

Awesome, thanks for sharing and yes here in the states we have sanded and unsanded

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Joe.

[@EMTBonsai]

Looks awesome!

[@DiggerEvans]

looks very effective, we still have lots and lots of cobbled streets up here in the pennines and this looks very much like them

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad I hit the nail on the head!

[@ScratchAttackTV]

Great video! Nice trick the isopropyl alcohol. I usually mix a bit of soap or glass cleaner with the water/pva mix to break water tension. You also can use different types of sand instead of spackle to combine different colors, my favourite one is beach sand.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks! I’ve never thought of using glass cleaner. I did try washing up liquid but the bubbles showed sometimes!

[@ctno3]

I have made myown washes for years in either enamal or acrilic. So if anyone wants that amazing brown mix, just add orange and blue in small quantitys. you will find the tone you want with a little experrimentation and go from there.

[@KathyMillatt]

It’s a good tip and I use the ready made because I have them easily available.

[@ChadwickModelRailway]

Hi Kathy, I've just found your channel. Brilliant and so easy to follow. Charlie

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Charlie.

[@ScaleModelAlberta]

Great job, using actual grout is great idea. Looking forward to more videos.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot.

[@EMTBonsai]

My favourite vallejo is German Camo black brown 70.822 it's the best paint I've come by it's so thick aswell it lasts ages you just need a tiny bit but still buy 2 bottles every year one does and I use it constantly for chipping and metal armo bare armor work and it dries so nice and different it's fantastic with a dry brush metal paint or pigment it's a right textured high pigment paint it's just fantastic

[@KathyMillatt]

I do love Vallejo so I’m going to have to get that colour!

[@denisebillington161]

Very well done creative and fun to watch thanks for getting me past this point

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad I could help!

[@DisVietVetUSA]

Fantastic cobbling

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks

[@ModelOfficer]

Very cool look and some great techniques shown, thanks

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

Another lovely job, Kathy.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot.

[@pawpawstew]

Where havr you been my entire modeling life! I'm digging your technique and finding this is quite timely for me. I'm currently working on a small street scene base for a 1/24 scale Tamiya Vespa and I need to paint and weather the cobblestone base. You've earned a subscriber here m'lady!

[@58Kym]

Great to see another great vid Kathy!

[@kevinb9327]

I'm a subscriber! You're a delight, and SO imaginatively artistic. Thanks!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot!

[@andrewmacdonald5158]

Great, i have a tram diorama to do and its on a coble street, this will help me a lote to get the look, thanks for the video.😊

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad I could help!

[@EMTBonsai]

British slate grey is nice for cobbles to

[@KathyMillatt]

I love slate but my favourite u is a the green

[@Andystrainsandmore]

Great work and good advise. Cheers Andy

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Andy

[@paradisdescieux]

Kathy you are an artiste.❤ But the diorama is small for a bulding and vehicul and figurines . But i love ❤

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you. It’s only a corner so the building would be much larger.

[@daviemaclean61]

Superb. My dockside park of my layout is going to be mainly setts, with some concrete and tarmac, so a very helpful video. Cheers

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad it helped.

[@TonyFleetwood]

Nice to know im not the only one who uses a hairdryer to speed up the drying process :)

[@_GreenSkies_]

Tony Fleetwood patience is definitely overrated 😁

[@KathyMillatt]

Just don’t melt anything!

[@spankyfuentes3502]

I use a leaf blower instead of a hair dryer because I’m Mexican and all!

[@AlexandLoki]

I love your videos looking at the models is so relaxing

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@mattsmith7019]

Thanks very much, I'll use your technique on my diorama.

[@LJRLowevilleJunctionRailroad]

Awesome love the cobble streets!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@Richard-Hawkins.]

I loved your Paul Daniels impersonation at 4:43. Not alot LOL.

[@sparky107107]

using real grout to make the grout between the bricks.. now that is brilliant. you seemed excited on how it turned out.. lol,, well good work.. see you in the next video.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@waldenhouse]

I bet you’re good at make-up! LOL. Super tutorial Kathy, and as I’m planning my coal yard, it’s very pertinent. Cheers! Happy New Year too.

[@KathyMillatt]

Hank’s and happy new year too.

[@chrislangwade4245]

Many Thanks for such a clear and concise 'how to' vid, no fancy technical names for the products used, no 'pretend' secret recipes, just good old, straight forward this is how i do this.. other 'how to' creators need to take note.. adding a posh or made up name to a handful of tile grout doesn't make your 'how to' special, it makes it unwatchable.. many thanks Kathy

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Chris. Glad you liked it.

[@FarlandHowe]

I admire your skill.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you.

[@tipi8340]

Thank you! I'm here from Luke Towan's channel. He recommended your channel to me. 👍

[@KathyMillatt]

Luke’s excellent, isn’t he. Thanks for checking my channel out.

[@historybrick2349]

Awesome video I'm thinking about starting a WWII diorama so this will be useful.

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad I could help. Good luck with your diorama.

[@historybrick2349]

Kathy Millatt thanks

[@williamgreen9307]

Great video thanks for the tips

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad you liked it.

[@pieseasmyseas]

That's cool thanks for showing this

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@robertsouthrey3480]

well well done

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@DamienWise]

Brilliant!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@splod44]

Great video thank you much

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks!

[@ferromodelismorvcharmel4666]

Conchole Kathy te quedó bien de pinga pero lleva muuuchos pasos no sé está como que muy complicado, aquí en Valencia lo hacemos de una manera mas sencilla...de igual forma te dejo tu like y muchos saludos...

[@pieseasmyseas]

Sanded or unsanded refers to the grit of the grout normally sanded is much finer and works better on thinner grout lines so I guess the answer would be you would want sanded if you wanted it to get into real fine crick's and crevices

[@KathyMillatt]

I guess we’d have wall versus floor grout as something similar but many grouts are for both.

[@pieseasmyseas]

Wall will most likely be the same as sanded it's finer and scale wise it's better

[@TONY_FEZ]

Can you please tell me what you are using as a base? Is that air dry clay? Also, what did you use to make the cobblestone imprints? Thank you!

[@KathyMillatt]

It’s a kit so the cobbles came as part of that. They’re cast hydrocal

[@tijno75]

Hi great instructional video it helps alot. One question, if you want to paint the final grout layer between the cobbles, let's say colour dark brown to represent earth muddy sand, which technique to paint would you recommend? With a dark wash? Thanks!

[@KathyMillatt]

I often paint mortar layers first in an acrylic and then dry brush the cobbles. A wash works well too though.

[@alexandrenogueira5378]

Hello Kathy, you have been in Lisbon? Why you don't told me that you came to Portugal? Just kidding... you don't know me 😊 never thought to see a video from your channel about my country. Love your videos, thanks for show in us your knowledge. Do you only make diorama or also have a huge train layout? Please let me know when you came visit my country again. Cheers, Alex 😉

[@KathyMillatt]

Hi Alex, it was a cruise so only a flying visit but Lisbon was beautiful. I have dioramas and a layout. They’re all on my website and videos.

[@alexandrenogueira5378]

@@KathyMillatt, I will take a look and give you a feedback. Thanks 😉

[@Stottman1]

I am sure it varies by location and era, but cobblestones in SW Germany are not cemented or mortared in like brick. Its generally a fine gravel or sometimes even just dirt. Mortar would defeat the purpose, as cobblestone is removable and easily reinstalled.

[@DiggerEvans]

we have tar in between our cobbles here

[@KathyMillatt]

I guess the look and feel is the same at this scale whether it’s cement or sand. Sand would surely blow away.

[@GalgormHall]

Thanks for the how to video Kathy. The use of grout is a new one on me but produces a very effective result. As a matter of interest, does this method work on finer relief such as OO gauge plasticard? Paul

[@KathyMillatt]

Paul, it should do but it does depend how deep your particular grooves are. If it doesn’t, pigments like I used on the brick in a previous video will work instead as they are a bit finer.

[@davidmowbray9898]

Hi Kathy, I always come to your videos for your techniques as they just work! Thanks! Question: 9:38 in the video you show the street as finished but in the following "The Final Result" the colors are totally different (at least on my 4k screen). Which is the true colour please as I am trying hard, and failing with all my different mixes to get the right colour which is more like the one at 9:38. Thanks!

[@KathyMillatt]

White balance is a pain as I have big windows next to my workbench so it changes through the day. I did add some colours to a couple of the photos to make it look bleak but the videos are just straight out of camera.

[@davidmowbray9898]

@@KathyMillatt Thanks Kathy, yes White Balance is a pain, I get your point.

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

Hi Kathy, great video. How do you actually make the cobble stone? Cheers from Australia

[@KathyMillatt]

This was a kit but loads of European manufacturers sell cobblestone streets as they are very common.

[@Franscesco456]

Kathy could you also make a movie how to make a cobble stone road and pavement.

[@KathyMillatt]

That’s a good idea and a small stretch will feature in my next project.

[@saultrigueros480]

Hola cómo haces la tapa del desagüe registro Caño???

[@KathyMillatt]

Hi. It’s an etched brass one I bought.

[@deburgemeestervanhespedam3314]

Hello Kathy. You use powder at 6.19. What kind of powder? And ... are the stones of clay?

[@KathyMillatt]

It’s just tile grout. It comes in a wide range of colours and this is a beige. The cobbles are part of the hydro cal (plaster) casting which came with the kit.

[@stevegaravaglia5386]

Hi kathy awesome job .i have been watching you and luke for awhile i actually have 2 subs on your channel. ..question have you ever tried dust from a moving car im trying to finish a diarama and it needs dust from the dirt road .please help

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Steve. I haven’t tried dust from a moving car but it looks fun to try. Let me know how you get on.

[@mhxistenz]

No mini Kathys? :(

[@KathyMillatt]

I’ve been struggling with time so they’re having a holiday.

[@craftybum]

I have never seen a rusty drain grate ?????

[@KathyMillatt]

They’re all a patina of rust by me. Not bright but brown and grungy.

[@Gr8Success]

yeah... except the white between the cobblestones its not realistic

[@KathyMillatt]

I looked at a lot of photos and the colour is light like this.

[@KathyMillatt]

It may vary in other places.

[@supercharger1958]

what a lot of cobble..ers...hahahahaha...