Making A Cobblestone Road From Styrofoam

My friends, here's another exercise in styrofoam modeling, this time a cobblestone road and a sidewalk!
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[@lordzombey1337]

Watching you while modeling is Just giving so many more ideas you can do to whatever you have infront of you rn

[@cliffherring7006]

watching him while modeling is why my projects take years!

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

"Man, this week is diaorama week, I love seeing how all this comes together" Uncle Night Shift: "So I hear you like roads"

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I mean, roads are the BEST!

[@heniapriani9805]

Diaorama same the real

[@i_likechalupas6464]

Night shift I just wanna say I love your KZbin videos, thank you so much for sharing these videos and showing all the tips and tricks, keep up the good work buddy (:

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

I've been doing this a long time and I still look for other's work for inspiration. Yours is some of the best stone work I've seen.

[@jonL88]

The detail to each stone is impeccable! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Very cool, love the moss!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Moss on architectural models is like mud on tanks, always juicy!

[@dariodll]

oh I'm a huge fan nigel, fun to see you here as well!

[@jasonbecker4974]

Incredible work as always. Great commentary as well. The best modeling channel online in my opinion. Thank you.

[@monkeysth11thatdoesntuploa83]

can’t wait to see the finished product uncle night shift!!

[@J.V.FHS9]

Can't wait to a crater with stowage in it maybe? Love you uncle!

[@OzScalemodeling]

As usual, plenty of skill and talent mixed with a great imagination. Thanks for sharing 🇦🇺👍

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Your skill at turning simple foam into works of art is outstanding.

[@damiangroen9408]

These videos are great, they never feel the same. These videos really help me getting better

[@willalwayssurvive]

I'm a great admirer of your work. Not only are your skills quite amazing but your commentaries are very informative and humorous at times keeping it interesting to watch full videos. Keep up the great work.

[@jacobs_models995]

Is this planning to be done by Christmas? Would be pretty nice to watch Nightshift Christmas morning with some cocoa and new kits lol

[@karomiooo]

Let this man have a private life if only for christmass

[@jacobs_models995]

@@karomiooo you can set upload times, so he doesn't have to take time on Christmas to post it

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@@karomiooo chill.

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@@karomiooo Christmas is overrated

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

The full diorama video is coming up next week, so 1 week before Christmas :)

[@kaferrat]

I really love the look of the multi-colored brick/stonework in this video & last weeks video. What a difference it makes. Looking forward to next week.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin , Good to see you walking again .

[@crtzmo]

So well done! The depth effect from the slotted drain grate especially effective, a simple detail that just adds so much. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@manofthehour6856]

Wow!!! Fantastic concept! I love how so many modeling techniques use things that would otherwise be discarded, yet create something so individualistic and superior to something that comes as a kit! There is no subsitute for talent and ingenuiety! Thank you for sharing this information and the techniques involved!

[@belenesalfonsoymery]

Excepcional trabajo, enhorabuena. Me podrias indicar que tipo de material utilizas y donde lo compras, pues yo trabajo siempre poliestireno extruido pero me doy cuenta que no es ese material, que tipo de espuma utilizas. Muchas gracias me ha encantado el vídeo.

[@scalemodelmaniac3574]

Uncle Night Shift could post 365 days a year and I still wouldn't get enough. I love the content!

[@andrewmcgee1001]

Looks fantastic! Your attention to detail is incredible and the illusion is perfect. Thank you for sharing.

[@jdrake8738]

A friend of mine use to carve the dense florist foam from craft stores into shapes he wanted and then impregnate it with auto fiberglass resin... made the carving as solid as a rock.... that way it could be handled without damaging it... he had great luck with it....he created a space ship model of the Spindrift from "Land of the Giants" with that technique used for the hull... people were amazed by it...

[@jaynorlia8050]

Thank you, I was getting bored of making models until I saw your video. It inspired me so much 💚

[@TheasChristmasVillages]

Wow, just wow! So realistic! Makes me ashamed of the way I build my diorama, but mine are just temporary. Up a couple months and then dismantled and thrown out. But I loved watching this!

[@CypherC300]

Happy seeing the footage of you walking around. Glad your leg is better, Uncle NS.

[@Gothmetalhead13]

Here we see a master turning a block of foam into an actual cobble road. I will never cease to be amazed

[@mrratskins]

This has more entertainment value than the typical two hour movie!

[@benward5732]

Unky Night Shift makes my weekend with a new video :)

[@DJRockford83]

Instead of wiggling something in the cut lines you can use a hairdryer/heat gun on the foam to make it shrink slightly from the cuts. Should save you some time 🙂

[@kevinu6004]

Can't believe how easy, fun and accessible you make these diorama pieces.... huge thanks for sharing! Will have to try my newbie hands on exploring and create 🙏🏼👍

[@Emtbtoday]

Wish all them patrions had model KZbin channel's! Be great to see all the hidden away talent in the model community

[@roguerader]

Man, I am sure you heard this a million times, but you are a true A-R-T-I-S-T-!

[@jacobakana5649]

Perfect timing! I plan to try some of this on my future M8 Greyhound diorama. Beautiful as usual, the amount of texture and variation is amazing!

[@ubermoose5694]

I love your work on armor, but the diorama work you're doing might be my favorite. Absolutely fantastic work! Super inspiring!

[@michalm86]

Absolutely fantastic - I always considered you one of the best modellers on KZbin, but recently you went above and beyond and I think you top my private ranking right now, just a length of the brush tip ahead of Plasmo. Excellent work and attention to details.

[@michalm86]

Also, if you ever think of writing a book, please rest assured that you have my money. I'd love to buy an album-like, thick (200-300 pages) tome or 2-3 smaller tomes with buckets of written-down knowledge (from the rather beginner level to what you present here recently) and a ton of beautiful, detailed pictures, printed on a good quality paper.

[@thomaswilson3437]

For your consideration as future project inspiration. On active duty in Germany with the 3rd Inf Div I observed on several occasions the result of a tracked vehicle doing a pivot on both cobblestone and brick roadways. The damage is tremendous with cobbles flying and bricks crunching. The tracks leave some interesting marks as well on surfaces that are not torn apart.

[@dbenci2071]

Yeah, your attention to detail , and how you apply it is very enjoyable to watch

[@zabercrombie24]

I'm constantly doing the same, I work at the T Mobile campus here in Kansas City and I'm always taking pictures of brick formations, drip stains, rust stains on the sides of the garages, using the pine needles and other foliage for dioramas for my ground cover .

[@KramGnilrad]

Really cool how you cobbled that together! 😄

[@beckyforbis4858]

I’ve been planning on a cobble stone road on my idea. This helps a lot, thank you.

[@enhance4442]

Looks just like the streets in my neighbourhood, so cool

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

Haven't seen such an authentic looking model road in a while, I truly admire how it eventually turned out. A perfectionist paert of me suggests, that that a little bit of epoxy resin would have been needed under that drain in order to represent sewage water in the tunnels (although, it probably would have melted the styrofoam, but that's just a speculation), albeit it is just my opinion, and it doesn't change the fact that this looks amazing.

[@guywgane3]

A friend of mine gifted me all these 8 to 12" tall DC figures and now I want to build a diorama using these techniques!

[@upperwarlord7744]

Thank you I really needed this video, I'm working on finishing put my jagdpanther and I was looking Into trying a vignette for it, this really helps give me and idea of what to do and makes me feel confident I could do it, ever since I found your chanel I started working on tanks with full interior and started using my airbrush more, thank you Uncle Nightshift

[@alanmoffat4454]

IMPRESSIVE SET UP OUT OF THE SHED WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK NICE .

[@tobyharp2896]

Man, you are really, really, really good at this stuff. That's it. That's all I have.

[@User-ot4qt]

It would be great to see a vehicle on the eastern front with white wash and snow. But in 1/35 this time. A wheeled vehicle like an armoured car would be really nice too, especially for the different weathering involved.

[@myrenmusiclessons4885]

Yes, absolutely, but from the German side this time. Panther ausf. D/A would be cool

[@stephenbridges2791]

Very nice cobblestones. I really enjoyed today's episode. I had a hip replaced Wednesday so I'm sort of laid up. Your channel is going to be my model fix for awhile. Enjoyed the hell out of it, today.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Ouch, I'm sorry for that! But you'll feel much better after about 6 weeks!

[@highdarktemplar]

Very realistic looking cobblestone road... very realistic. Beautiful work !!!!

[@flgbanjo]

That looks amazing! Such a good use of colors to create reality!

[@allenbenningfield3865]

This is such a relaxing video to watch.

[@fabricedevos4273]

It’s promising for the whole diorama 👍🏻 see you next week 😊

[@harlech2]

"MA-FRENS!!!" .... how I know my weekend is off to a good start. Damn, that manhole cover looked so real, I swear I heard it go CLANG-CLANG when you dropped it into place!!!

[@petermcclure4634]

This guy is a genius

[@neilhfrancis1334]

The technique you have employed being to periodically compare your work to original researched images makes your video so far ahead of the rest. The comparisons make you work outstanding because we, the humble viewer has something tangible to compare it with. Inspiring.

[@MrEisenhaupt]

Masterpiece of Detail.

[@valborchardt3596]

Greetings from south africa once again, your techniques are so amazing, thank you so much…..please do take care and be safe

[@ArthurDent09]

Great work, I like your approach of weathing and using foam very much.

[@stevenwhite7125]

Hi Night Shift. Question from a fellow artist. I'm just getting in realistic scenery building and need to start my paint inventory. I'd love to hear your thoughts about paint kits. Do you believe they're a good way for a beginner to start to build a supply of paints? Do you ever purchase the pre-made paint kits? ie. Vallejo's "Old and New wood Effects", or "Ruins & Rubble." or any kits from AK's collection? Anyway, love your work & thanks for all the vids. I really learn a lot. You're a truly inspirational artist.

[@shawnmcgrath5888]

You are a continuing inspiration for the hobby, and an excellent and entertaining source of high quality information. Great stuff.

[@ProjectPlayDioramas]

masterful work! you make it look so easy!!

[@DrTelf]

The fact you recorded yourself walking down the those cobblestone streets means you must be getting better regarding your leg, hope you're on the mend. Great work as ever

[@Pewpro]

Truly love watching tour content. Great work nightshift!!

[@sylvainplante9882]

You have an exceptional sense of observation! This is very convincing.

[@lesthiele4921]

That was a very good quick lesson on making a street section, I have always enjoyec your videos, take care and keep safe mate.

[@claycreator-creationsincla6416]

Fantastic job. I love the innovation and creativity you applied to this project. It is very realistic looking and I look forward to your next video.

[@mikemullen8174]

I have seen videos of people building roads like this with individual plastic cobbles, this seems like a way better solution

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I'm sure both approaches are strangely therapeutic in their own ways :)

[@ajknaup3530]

Nicely done, Sir; thank you for sharing!

[@ianstewartbrown5308]

It just gets better and better!

[@01derendorf]

Best Slovak Award🥇

[@DeLanScaleModels]

Awesome as ever. Thanks for bringing us into the next level styrofoam dimension

[@eddielane72]

Once again, outstanding! Bravo sir, thanks for sharing your talent

[@thomengel9720]

Amazing technique.

[@johndillon8051]

Great at the beginning to see you walking briskly!

[@TheFlowerpotMan]

I love your sense of humour mate

[@Anathema_Infinitum]

I find your videos both highly informative, and very relaxing! My favorite YT channel by far. Also: when you do find out the name/brand/product of styrofoam you used, would you mind throwing into the Description, please? Thanks NS. Cant wait to see more in ‘22.

[@Unit_With_Legs]

This is great. You are truly an artist. 👍

[@charleshensley2289]

You have mastered your craft and hobby great respect and very much appreciation for you sharing your knowledge! Have a blessed new year. 🙂👍🏻

[@kurtdowney1489]

Absolutely beautiful work, and great tips! Very well done video!

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Love this! Always a pleasure watching your videos.

[@treyzmodels422]

Wow it just keeps getting better! Really looking forward to the big reveal next week👍

[@kargandarr]

PBA glue won't bother the foam either but when it is mixed in a 1 to 1 ratio it can be used to hold materials in a diorama or a section of scenery.

[@Eturian]

Superb content as always. Audio seemed a little dodgy in this video though... Sounds like auto-tune / distortion voice-changer effect at times.

[@ndewingful]

Okay I'm not the only one who was hearing that? I heard it on the last video and assumed it was my phone. It might be the compression?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I must've accidentally messed up the dials on my external audio card without noticing (for a few weeks, haha). I played around with them this week and the audio should be all right in the next video. Sorry for that!

[@ndewingful]

@@NightShiftScaleModels No worries, I think we just thought we were going crazy!

[@Rainers_Modellbau]

Looks very realistic

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I have to say your work is awesome

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This is by far the best I have ever seen!🇳🇱👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇳🇱

[@steelangeling]

Hello and well done for your very well done and interesting videos. Can you tell me where you found the tool, a kind of shim that you use to spread the joints of the pavers. visible at 1.20 minutes. thank you

[@timeenuf4200]

Amazing artwork. Thank you for sharing.

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King of ALL 🏆🥇

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Man you are a GENIUS Sir.

[@chrisgdawg]

Love your stuff - ever thought of making a book/structured video course with all of your tips?

[@Modkits131]

I love how Uncle Nightshift creates something out of nothing.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Wait, styrofoam ain't nothing, it's the best kit in the world! :)

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Didnt even remember it was friday. Hells yeah

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Love your works, really apreciated.

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Gorgeous! Well done.

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Wow! That looks really nice! 👍🏻 Thanks for the tips!

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Outstanding Work ,man. I'm very impressed.Go on bro.

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It looks super rad!

[@mikep3180]

Watching this during a lecture cause I'm bored lol

[@monkeysth11thatdoesntuploa83]

so am I 😅

[@MrWorstNews]

Did you go on to do something with yourself or are you homeless now?

[@donarnold569]

I've been watching your videos for a while now and love your creativity. The cobble stone looks great. Out of curiosity in general how big would a 1/16th scale cobble stone be?