Painting Mountains Part Two "Model Trains"

[@silkcustoms520]

Mad Skills. My Favorite part of a railroad is the rock work when done right. Incredible

[@csxmad]

Thank you very much! cheers Robert

[@johnspisak9729]

Awesome imagination and workmanship. You're an amazing example to me and anyone who is interested in model railroading. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

[@csxmad]

Thank you very much! And glad you liked cheers Robert

[@brian102256]

Robert the rocks are turning out really well! I'm enjoying watching your progress! - Brian

[@csxmad]

Brian thanks and when finished this should be a good scene from top to the middle cheers Robert

[@dannyholt105]

What? No brew this time? Oh my, you'll end up with a wrist brace for next week's episode! I must say that I had to go back and look to see why you changed the base color as I thought last weeks paint showed all the nooks and crannies better. And it did, but I see now how you have used different washes to accent the ones you wished to make more of a difference in. Excellent Job!!! Cheers, Dan

[@csxmad]

Thanks Dan and so far so good on this colour and by using the small artist brush i seem to get a better spread with colours. And the brew was taken of camera this time because everyone seem to like that part lol cheers Robert

[@sjp52047]

So what is it about rocks...our return to mother earth? Our return to stone age man? Or we ,as young men, love to throw rocks! LOL! Whatever it is, we still love doing mountains on railways...It's really coming along great!!! It's looking great Robert. AND, I think it will just keep looking better. Regards, Solomon

[@csxmad]

We are all kids at heart lol and should get better cheers Robert

[@paulkirkmanMYTRAINS]

Those rocks look fantastic ! Huge difference between the plain grey and what you did today. Thanks for sharing. I always look forward to seeing your videos.

[@csxmad]

Thanks Paul and yes a big difference from the other grey cheers Robert

[@retrainrun]

This added colors brought out the details even more. Great job again Robert. RT

[@csxmad]

Thanks RT and blending more colours as i go cheers Robert

[@DavidTaylor-uk3ms]

bloody lovely just like the rocks where I come from in Yorkshire, will certainly be using your technique. cheers Dave

[@csxmad]

Thanks Dave and happy rocking lol cheers Robert

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Rock work is really popping now. Great work, really affs more dimenstion to the layout. Well done.

[@csxmad]

Peter this is getting better the more i do cheers Robert

[@csxbaltimoresubdivision7746]

the mountains are coming along great,can't wait to see them finished,thanks for sharing have a great holiday

[@csxmad]

Thanks Mate and will be good to show some ground cover as well cheers Robert

[@jjgravy]

Can't believe The difference!! Looks incredible! Outstanding work man! -JG

[@csxmad]

Thanks JG and looking better as i go cheers Robert

[@bfurailroad1104]

Excellent work on coloring the rocks. They make mine look crappy! Now I'm gonna hafta start over. Thanx alot!!

[@csxmad]

No problem mate anytime lol cheers Robert

[@realmagicjon]

Hi Rob,the rock walls are really poping with the washes,love ya work mate,cheers Jon

[@csxmad]

Thanks Jon and will be good to see how it all turns out cheers Robert

[@dacuzzz]

awesome job Robert.. i love the colors... 2 thumbs up.. thanks for sharing.. vinny

[@csxmad]

Thanks Vinny and i like the colours as well cheers Robert

[@grandparails8858]

Wow what a difference a week makes!! It's going to look great when you're finished Robert!!

[@csxmad]

John every week will be a lot different cheers Robert

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

Some great technique, thanks for the help. This will be very useful in the future for me.

[@csxmad]

Joe i hope it helps cheers Robert

[@disturbed1954]

Robert it looks amazing, you are one very talented man. Now all you have to do is come to my house and paint my rocks. Lol! Thanks for sharing!

[@csxmad]

David the painting part is the quick part and would live to come over and do yours cheers Robert

[@englishexperts1974]

David Durbin damn 80 bucks an hour shouldn't sound bad though

[@MMRails]

What a transformation! Great work Robert! -Mark

[@csxmad]

Mark thanks cheers Robert

[@HillBillyRailRoad]

rocks look outstanding fine work thank you

[@csxmad]

Thank - you for watching cheers Robert

[@Gavs_rc_hobbies]

Wow the rocks are coming out great!

[@csxmad]

Thanks so far so good cheers Robert

[@Building_America]

Looking great Robert keep up the good work!

[@csxmad]

Thanks Darren and this is the fun part now cheers Robert

[@howarth004]

Very proffesional Robert , looks great now ...Dave

[@csxmad]

Thanks Dave just hope the rest will blend in cheers Robert

[@giulius7176]

Wow.....looking great.....

[@csxmad]

Thanks mate cheers Robert

[@markcrocker934]

Looking very nice. Just need a couple of mountain goats mate :-)

[@csxmad]

Mark like the idea of the Mountain Goats will have to get some lol cheers Robert

[@teddybeareleventeen]

Good stuff mate! Got a lot of work ahead of you!

[@csxmad]

Thanks mate shouldn't take me long now lol cheers Robert

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

You should try my method on one small section. I think you will like the results, which will be very similar to what you are doing now, but a lot quicker. You are doing a wonderful job and each person has their own preferences for sure.

[@csxmad]

George i do like your method but i had plan this for a long time and thought i would do it like this cheers Robert

[@thefatfilo-oficer4332]

where did you get your back drop from mate ?

[@csxmad]

I got the backdrop from AJM Railways from the UK cheers Robert

[@thefatfilo-oficer4332]

***** thanks mate looks great might look at it for my layout

[@BNRailNut]

Your Layout is looking more like a model RR with every new Vid Robert , Have you tried pigment washes at 16-1 / 32-1 this is what I use on my rocks & would be a lot faster

[@csxmad]

Yes i did use the pigment washes on the last layout and really liked them, but i thought i would go something different by using the acrylic washes this time cheers Robert

[@jvanamb]

Robert, Absolutely perfect tune of wash. What is your solution ratio of black to water to acquire that gray tone. I despise using straight black wash for weathering. But I will be following you. SEE YOU DOWN THE LINE, Jim

[@csxmad]

Jim i use about 1 part black to about 60 parts water.The way i do it is place a cap of black paint in a cup and keep filling up with water and mixing until i get the paint to start running down, if the paint just sticks to the plaster add more water until it starts running down, or if it is too thin ad more paint hope this helps cheers Robert

[@daveolliemetalhead]

What kind of camera do you use ?

[@csxmad]

I use a Sony HDR-PJ200 cheers Robert

[@rva1945]

Which scenery can be reproduced with that texture and colors? Midwest? Southwest?

[@csxmad]

i have no idea cheers Robert

[@davidcurtis5398]

Just noticed the one thing you will be mad about. You need to ballast the area from the opening of all tunnels to where you can not see any more inside. It is a bitch to do well after you get the tunnel portal and the rock above the track in. Do all of the ballasting before you get t to the rock work. Just ballast from outside the tunnel to inside and then after you get all of the rock work done, you can then finish the work on the track... Beautiful detail n your rock work. Just remember when dey brushing any highlights, there is but one sun and that needs to be shown and one should not have the highlights coming from several angles. Just one sun - just one angle for the highlights.

[@csxmad]

David thanks for the comment and i can reach the inside of the tunnels so ballasting should be ok. and with the highlights your right about the angles will try and get better at this part cheers Robert

[@daviemaclean61]

Looks more impressive the more you do.

[@csxmad]

Davie that is the plan lol cheers Robert

[@daveolliemetalhead]

Looks great thank you

[@csxmad]

Thanks

[@realmagicjon]

Looks like you bought another Cab Forward?

[@csxmad]

Jon the other cab forward is a cheap version cheers Robert

[@realmagicjon]

What make is it?

[@csxmad]

Rivarossi cheers Robert

[@larrynorris2451]

Cool...

[@csxmad]

Thanks

[@jenniferwhite6089]

looks great their Robert heads up the guy sparky107107 watch for him the master of graffiti all you need on the side of your mountains the Ron Pare has been hang out with sparky both are very bad trouble makers train bug Jennifer White

[@jenniferwhite6089]

both can not fight their way out of a wit paper bag love both of the youtube channels

[@csxmad]

lol