Model a Water Splash - Halo Mongoose Diorama

[@patriciaolsen7816]

I love watching your videos your the queen of models and diorama,s to I do learn a hole lot from your videos happy modeling be safe and have a nice day to

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you so much!

[@euansmith3699]

That is a big splash; I'm sure David Hockney would be jealous. 🌊

[@urama1986]

Such a cool hobby 😉👍

[@sunchaserw1477]

you are so gifted, Kathy!

[@lasercreation-world1981]

Very good water effect, I like it very much. Thank you for showing. 🤗👍

[@johnhanley5546]

Best Water effect I've come across so far!!!

[@johnodonoghue7381]

Another cracking tutorial Kathy , keep them coming

[@OONeal]

Excellent work Kathy! That water looks excellent!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot Neal.

[@LaserGadgets]

Looks really great.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks so much!

[@ringnc]

What fun, Kathy!!! Awesome detail and product recs - thanks

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DiggerEvans]

Superb technique, the water splash/spray is very realistic

[@MikeyRumi180]

wow. I always learn something every time I watch Ms. Millatt. She should have 100 thousand subscribers! It's ridiculous that weaker modellers have more than she does.

[@fatalwarrior7767]

A warthog with master chief and a couple marines would look awesome :)

[@KathyMillatt]

The warthog was the last video!

[@mapit07]

Wow Kathy it looks amazing!

[@TATICMOOR]

I love how you made the three main water spray walls and the spray effect on top of that again. In the finished photo sessions at certain angles, it truly looks amazing Kathy. A very realistic 3D photo as a 360' splash that is frozen in time. Girl, you blow my mind with your finished dioramas and modelling skills for producing them.

[@Snowdragon.]

Kathy; once again your magic shines through this diorama (:

[@DashDonivan]

Such an awesome display! Love your videos! Continued success to you!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks so much!

[@davidorf3921]

Very effective, one of (if not the) the best splash effects I have ever seen on a model

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you!

[@heavyassaultcollectables1731]

Wow!!!! When i think you have outdone yourself, you raise the Bar. Great work.👍👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks a lot!

[@LightsNcrafts]

I love it! I like your hack with the vacuum after applying the static grass 😊

[@KathyMillatt]

It works so well!

[@UnexpectedCreativeStudios]

Awesome final result.

[@artfuldodger9312]

Awesome - no other word.

[@Vman7757]

Wow well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@miamijules2149]

Oh Kathy. Oh Kathy. You’ve decided to answer all of my UV Resin existential questions (i.e., what in the hell do I use to keep it from sticking!?!) Lovely. Thanks! Can’t wait to try this out….

[@KathyMillatt]

Good luck when you try it!

[@shawnj547]

you did a wonderful job on the diorama

[@spaceshipmania5476]

Once again a beautiful diorama from my favorite scifi universe. Great job!

[@peterainsworth8466]

Great work Kathy. Looks like the masterchief is hitting that little creek pretty hard. That's a very realistic effect.

[@ollanski_7280]

Super cool. Well done

[@RebelBaseBuilds]

Wonderful stuff!

[@georgecunningham9175]

Wow! Brilliant attention to detail with some innovative methods. Fantastic results.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks George.

[@Vrod1432]

I really like that ! Thanks for showing us how you did it . I think I can do that too.

[@RobA500]

Great looking water splash, that UV resin looks like useful stuff.

[@DeclanBurger]

Super cool! love halo and this looks great thanks for sharing

[@merlinharley77]

Very... very... very interesting vidéo as usuel. Thank you so much.

[@mcrmaza]

You are a wizard (also what great halo figures jazwares is making).

[@KathyMillatt]

Aren’t they just! I wish it was easier to get more in the U.K.

[@CrankyPantss]

That turned out looking really good. Well done.

[@johngrubb1590]

Fantastic work, I know it's not easy but you make it look easy great stuff.👍

[@petermerz2704]

Cool! Love that spray!

[@johnkelley9877]

Incredible! I think it looks fine without gloss coating the Mongoose since you are capturing a second in time where it has just entered the stream. Just simply outstanding work. Thanks for sharing this.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks John!

[@JonnyG905]

This is so freaking cool 12 year old me just in awe. It would be really cool to see chief fighting a brute or something.

[@KathyMillatt]

I do have the models…

[@TimberSurf]

That looks very realistic! I love the use of the UV resin, especially over a curved mould, very clever, the nock snow is an inspired idea to enhance the polyfiber.

[@KathyMillatt]

Hi Timber. I got the snow idea from Real Terrain Hobbies and use it all the time now for white water.

[@MrBMBuilder]

Nice work and I do like the Halo gear

[@balkangazi3871]

Awesome Job

[@stephencameron4032]

Hi Kathy, another stunning diorama, the water splash looks amazing, you've captured the effect of a frozen moment in time to perfection, you're a legend, girl, stay safe, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.

[@bossecarlberg]

Very nice Thanks for a fine video and Good Xmas

[@regurin1]

You've got to be chuffed with that it looks fantastic

[@KathyMillatt]

I did like the way the UV resin came out - definitely a technique I’ll use again.

[@francisdonlevy3324]

Looks absolutely amazing!

[@elizabethlee6077]

This looks so good!!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you.

[@carrie4910]

This looks amazing 🤩 Also im going to remember the stocking over the vacuum and the paper towel glue shield thing….wish I’d thought/known about that sooner lol

[@dindranew.6808]

This. Is. Amazing.

[@normanrowe2831]

Hello Kathy. UV resin is a fascinating medium. This turned out well. Although the froth looks great and enhances the splash, it was a pity to cover up those magnificent resin splashes. But it’s for the overall effect, isn’t it. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. Bye.

[@kingyames]

This is my comment to appease the great algorithm

[@eugeniomarins2936]

Dear Madam, Do you wear UV protective goggles whilst using the UV torch? I am shure you do, but not everyone reads the manual.... Love your art! And you teach us so much! Thanks! Cheers from Brazil!

[@KathyMillatt]

I didn’t even know such things existed and the torch didn’t have a manual…

[@monham5041]

Very nice Kathy. Great tutorial on river beds and water. I might use that approach on the river on my layout when the time comes. How do those products go against polystyrene river banks. Some resins go opaque over time I've heard, from other KZbinrs. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Monique from Brisbane

[@KathyMillatt]

Hi Monique. I’ve not tried against polystyrene I’m afraid. I’ve had resin yellow on me but never go opaque. As I do muddy water a lot, the yellowing doesn’t bother me too much. Hope that helps.

[@chrispurvis9394]

Brilliant.

[@NauzetS027]

This is awesome! I always have loved Halo, but another dioramas that I really love are Titanic ones... I just wish I could make one

[@KathyMillatt]

Titanic would be epic!

[@gerdeguelle1967]

Nice video

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid keep up the good vids

[@RedCaio]

looks great. :) I personally think dioramas look better without the water spray look using cotton, I have never seen a diorama pull it off convincingly.

[@srocarg]

amazing

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Kathy, Fantastic look , and very realistic, very good imagination very talented ( at the beginning with the spray bottle , love the hand on the hip 😁 , what else in the pipeline?, All the Best Brian 🤗😎

[@KathyMillatt]

Hi Brian. Thanks and I’m doing two dioramas at the moment.

[@brianmicky7596]

@@KathyMillatt Hi Kathy, Don't forget to stop for a coffee break 😍

[@vezhopkins714]

UV resin is useful for things you need to dry fast :) I used it for the fins on a hippocampus model

[@LaserGadgets]

*cure It will never dry in the dark :p

[@KathyMillatt]

I hadn't used it as a glue before but I will in future.

[@KathyMillatt]

That was my worry about using it for gluing deep joints.

[@LaserGadgets]

@@KathyMillatt Its a chain reaction...would still work.

[@KathyMillatt]

@@LaserGadgets that’s good to know, thank you!

[@benruddfranssen9633]

Hi Kathy! Loved your video! So educational and exactly what I was looking for. May I make a suggestion please? Could you put a list of materials used in the description or comments or something? Just so it's easier to go...shopping lol

[@KathyMillatt]

I used to do that linked on my website but it’s a lot of work and very few people used as I can see the analytics. I do plan to put a basic list of tools and materials on the website at some point.

[@mestapho2011]

Thanks for the tip on the tall grass. I'm trying to do a field right now with about 3' tall grass and it's been trial and error with a lot of failures. Looks like I may give this a try.. but I want the look of an unkept field that gets bailed once a year.. any ideas other than what you did?

[@KathyMillatt]

Layers help a lot plus knocking it around a bit before the glue is dry. I’ve done a few videos on grass.

[@tomatoes3]

Interested in the acetate edging you used , what thicknesses was it please Kathy.

[@KathyMillatt]

Whatever I had to hand. I have used everything from thin to thick acetate sheet but around 2-3mm is generally thick enough and easier to snap. It really does depend on your diorama and resin pour volume though.

[@NeilWillmore]

Amazing work, what ratio do you use when thinning the glue to spray it, as every glue I have tried has to be so reduced to allow it to spray it doesn't work as glue anymore,

[@KathyMillatt]

It depends on the glue and how thick it is. I often end up at 1/6 glue/water to spray but drip 1/3 on afterwards to fully glue it.

[@KathyMillatt]

Matte mod Podge is my preferred for thinning now.

[@kreasi-krezi]

love it

[@Ratty_Rex]

UV resin is amazing stuff. My dentist friend told me about it years ago...... I just never thought of using it in a modeling format until recently. Lol. Another great diorama and "how to" video!!!!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Rex. I’ve had a bottle for a while for puddles etc but never really tried it. I’m definitely using it more in future.

[@terransharp6715]

Love the videos. I do taxidermy and i would like to recreate the splash of a duck landing in the water with his feet but don’t know a starting point any ideas thanks.

[@KathyMillatt]

Cool idea! Something similar to this technique could work well. UV resin is probably your best bet for the splash.

[@evertonsantos824]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 parabéns pela criatividade, sem palavras 🇧🇷

[@Mr_Craftician]

What do you do with your competed dioramas, Kathy? Do you sell them or build on commission?

[@KathyMillatt]

They’re mostly on display. I’ve given away some but only ever sold one.

[@JoeyC777]

WOW!

[@stephan4ever64]

Are you going to make one for each of the "4 elements"?

[@KathyMillatt]

Now that’s a great idea. I do have a Banished ghost too.

[@Belzediel]

...might not be for everyone, but I reckons this also works if one assumes the wee green chap has just succeeded in hitting a sheep. :-)

[@lanesteele240]

I like when britts say hoover up instead of vacuum

[@marksanderson8564]

Hi Kathy, where do you get your Halo models from?, great work, very inspiring. I want to build something similar.

[@KathyMillatt]

Amazon or eBay. These are World of Halo by Jazwares. I have a brute and Banished Ghost too.

[@gunner5916]

That’s an ATV driving into my grandma’s hair!

[@KathyMillatt]

🤣🤣🤣