hi guys afer a bit of work today this is the result so far. stil experimenting with the waterfall. again please let me know what you think.









greetings Juul

Hi Juul
Superb job amigo.What materials and techniques have you used?
Pete

Yes, by all means please go into more detail on how you're doing this.

Art

hiya guys well actually its very simple.

first you cut out the 3 side box in wich you want to make your rock face, I did mine from very thing foam board, next step was to fill up the empty space in the 3 side box I used pur, its isolating material that comes in spray cans, just be sure to wear gloves and a mask because its very bad for your skinn eyes and breathing.

I reworked the pur so that I would get a nice surface.

its all up to yourself actually
then I took out the cast bandage. its bandage with plaster on it I put some in water and put it on to get something on wich my rocks could hold on to.
when that was dry I just mixed a really thin layer of plaster on the entire project and took out the kitchen paper to get the first bits of the rocky surface.

then I took out the woodland rock molds wich are not cheap but as you can see do the trick and turn foam into a rock.

I casted them and I did it dryish so I didnt have to wait for 4 hours.

I attached the rocks in random fashion with repare paste, the stuff you use to fix holes in walls etc.

then I sprayed the whole thing with a tamiya spraycan german grey and I started drybrushing with white light grey greenish etc, this to is up to yourself.

I added some testors putty and washed that green as the bass of my moss.

the waterfall is going to be made out of woodland realistic water once I figure it out

I hope you read all this and that It was a clear explain of what I did .

Juul,

looking very promissing. This is going to be a rather big diorama !

Can't wait to see it in real life later this week.

Good work, this is coming along well. Much improved visually.
If this is water proof you could drip water down the face of it and see where the water fall would really fall then just come in behind it with realistic water. Nothing like mimicing real life.

well guys its going to be a rapid waterfall, so their will be lots of foam wich Im gonna make out of plaster wich will cover up most of the rock and I did the real water flow part with the realistic water same effect only slower

Juul, this is a cool project. I have a couple questions. Where does the setting take place? And what vehicles will you be using? Keep us updated. Cheers Kevin

hiya kevin well I am not really sure about the setting and their will be no vehicles.

it will either be scotland where in wo2 the british commando's trained.

or it will be austria with a group of german mountain hunters, in that case maybe I'll add a donkey

Juul,Either way it sounds like it will be an awesome dio. Cheers Kevin

ola Juul,
this looks big and wonderful. it will be a very nice diorama when over. congrats for the extra work.

thanks for the kind words guys after my uk vacation I will continue the work. and keep you all posted

Hey Sjuul,

Just a tip

Most waterfalls have a deep pool below were the waterfall ends in "horizontal" water. Put some algy (correct spelling?) on the side of the waterfall were the water does not wear the rock but the mist or spray makes the rock moist enough for plants to grow. Many time you can see (I am gonna use the Dutch word) varens in cracks near the waterfall

Matthijs

PS have you finished your 200 kits yet?

hiya mat. that was the whole Idea I got some photo etch plants laying in waiting to be put on I will update after Im back from vacation

thanks for the comment and I hope to show you what it looks like when Im back.

do keep in mind this rock face is in austria do the varens grow their also?

Hey sjuul,

check this site for tons of examples, also Austria

http://www.biochem.szote.u-szeged.hu/astrojan/wfallst.htm

Found it on google with keywords waterfall and austria (duhhhhhhhh) :-)