Painting Rock Faces Using Acrylic Washes

[@RNJD4949]

Tremendous technique. I do not do model railroads, but miniature villages. I am anxious to try this technique. Thank you for your instruction and your talent.

[@PhotosOfBuildings]

Brilliant! This is exactly what I have been looking for! An easy way to get a realistic rock effect without needing to be a great artist! Thanks for uploading

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Nice carving as well as painting...... thanks for sharing

[@RMS55]

Hi John, thanks for your comment. No carving involved as I cast the formations using soft rubber moulds.

[@stover81291]

looks cool! i think i will try do things on my clay head study at school. its "the thing" from fantastic four and hes made of all rock so this will probably make him look really cool

[@oaklandsdad]

wow thanks for this awesome time saving tip, i love the way the faces blend!

[@nilamas]

awesome! I really apreciated the way you demonstrate 10 stars brother.

[@johnbrown7858]

Great DIY! Simple and easy! The results are great! Thanks!

[@RMS55]

Hi John, Thanks for your comment. Yes it is simple with very good results.

[@r304p]

From Spain: Great video man. Easy and goods results. If I can, in my next mountain I try to use this idea. Thank you!

[@1983z28camaro]

Great way of painting love it shall try it thanks cant wait for the total finish.

[@PowScience]

Thank you so much for this! I ended up sponging my mountains because they're a lot smaller than yours, but the color layering was a huge help. I'm really happy with my results.

[@lyddmirrors]

Fantastic thanks for posting,really very very helpfull.pleasure to watch,and very well explained.Whatched your video on the arch wall too ...excellant.

[@modelmaker56]

great easy technique and fast nice rendering... thanks..

[@anthonyiorlano4970]

Thank you so much for this video. This is exactly what I need. Perfect!

[@RMS55]

Hi Anthony, Thanks for your comment. Its an easy way to paint.

[@dismaldog]

That looks Awesome-many thanks,great advice and results.

[@Peterholbeck]

Very informative. Very good. Really a rock! 5 stars.

[@tneelilsupaguy]

I'm turning my living room into a cave for a party. I'm gonna try this method for getting more realistic rock walls. Thanks a ton!

[@BaronvonBavert]

great work and ideas!!!

[@prav401]

Great video thank you I'm new to all this do you dilute the paint with water if so what is the ratio? Thank you

[@RMS55]

Hi James, The water ratio is trial and error. The paint has to be thin enough to spray from a hand spray bottle.

[@prav401]

Okay great thank you so much for the response cheers and stay healthy

[@silkboxing4454]

Great Job! For the last Application. Some Black lightly watered down spots from the top using a foam brush would really make the detail come out. Just my opinion but use that technique all the time. Awesome Work. Nice Job !!!

[@RMS55]

***** Thanks for your comment. The layout I was painting was very large and the spray method helped to cover a large area fast.

[@silkboxing4454]

***** Looks Great!...Did you ever see Lex Parker who has Videos on here. Check him out when you have a chance. His detail is absolutely Amazing. He scratch builds everything to scale. Also, his waterfalls, Trestles, Bridges, you name it is Amazing! Happy New Year

[@dkburruss]

Hello! This is truly a fabulous instructional video!! We tried your technique on our styrofoam Halloween display and it turned out pretty darn good. I have one question though. Could you tell me what your paint to water ratio is for your spray bottle? I think I made mine to thin. Thanks a million!! Della

[@u0021241]

brilliant, before even looking on youtube, just used painted with greyish to black, then drybrush white highlights. spray various colours way to go :-). creating a 3d background for fish tank. coat then in epoxy resin...

[@emmajones5300]

Thanks for the technique, how much paint to water do you use? And also would the acrylic paint from the little artist type tubes be ok?

[@aelectriciansebastian4236]

Great. Can you use the same technique to color real rock to change it's color?

[@RMS55]

Hi Sebastian, For 'real' rocks I don't think the wash technique will work, but why don't you try it and see for yourself.

[@LeonelTrains]

Very nice work!

[@FiveElms]

Hi mate. This looks really good. How did you get the rock face looking so rocky. Is it rock moulds? Or just contouring the plaster cloth

[@savvayiannos]

Wow grade job. I am impressed I build my own rock with white sand and cement. I try this method and I un succeeded Can I send you the pics?

[@ado75]

Excellent Video, I'm going to give this method a try. Do you recommend any specific paint manufacturer?

[@johnrocheleau1595]

Nice job, this will certainly help me. Thanx

[@salrailfan]

Very nice job. What type/brand of paint? Thinned with water? Alcohol? What ratio? Where did you get those spray bottles?

[@FontediCalore]

This is what I understood he uses. Acrylic paint, he said it in the title. Use spray cans and it's the same paint. You can also buy it in tins from paint shops and these sprayers I think you buy them in the diy store. You thin acrylic paint with thinners, not with water. But I did see that they have water based paints and I guess those are better in that you can then rinse everything with water and you won't clog the nozzles. And I have no clue if it is acrylic, I used to spray bikes and cars and that's all I know. If you use spray cans you can squirt instead of spraying and let droplets go onto a flat surface (I used it on bike fue tanks) to make the marble effect, I bet it works on fake rocks. For that effect you have a grey base and then drops of white and drops of black.

[@50Squirrel]

Brilliant!

[@RMS55]

Thanks for your comment Earl

[@FOBROCK13]

Can this be done by thinning out house paints? I'm working on a set where this would be ideal but we only have those kinds of paints

[@ITZxGxOVER]

how do you make the mountain? im looking just for that

[@kryptos7799]

whats the ratio of the paint to water?

[@lovediscomagic13]

What kind of paints did you use exactly?

[@perrystone1413]

It says on the heading , acrylics actually very easy to work with

[@randallbyrd1973]

That is awesome thanks for sharing

[@RMS55]

Randall, Thanks for your comments.

[@strafrag1]

great info that I will use! thanks!

[@92sergei]

white color at 0:05 is painted?

[@dames9312]

What is the name of the video that you taught how to make the rock face? I can't find it.

[@tip-topget2622]

Мне очень понравился Ваш мастер класс.

[@RMS55]

Tip-Top Get, Thanks for your comment which translates to "I loved your master class."

[@arnels2kcjjc]

love it thanks man.....

[@skylinrr34]

amasing very realistic

[@r304p]

Thanks for your video.

[@mrromeo0023]

Amazing

[@emmajones5300]

Ah ok thank you, and thank you for the video :)

[@flyingscience]

If only The OLD STAR TREK FX film crew new this .

[@ConnorLandrum]

dude you sound exactly .like the dude from simple cooking channel

[@xxxIronHeadxxx]

Rough.

[@rubywarrior1]

lmao,, forget the airbrush. that's slicker than snot

[@TamaraAndTheDemon]

Fantasic .....i always wanted a train set, i love the rocks too.