How to Make and Paint Faux Concrete Sidewalks For Dioramas From Styrofoam
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- How to model Concrete for dioramas, model railroad scenery, action figure displays, scale models, wargaming, tabletop terrain, and dollhouses.
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I have modeled concrete many times before, but this was my first time trying this technique, and I made it up as I went along. This was my first time trying to emulate a broom concrete finish, and the wire brush did a nice job of creating that texture on the XPS Foam. In the past, I started by painting my concrete in a black basecoat, and then drybrushing my gray tones on top of that. However, I think starting with a light basecoat of deck tan, and then adding multiple washes on top of that as shown in the video achieves a much more realistic result!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:12 XPS Foam
0:48 Texturing XPS Foam
2:00 Concrete Base Coat
2:19 Weathering with Acrylic Washes
2:58 Speckling Acrylic Paints
3:10 Sanding the Concrete
3:29 Final Result!
3:39 Patreon
4:00 Bloopers
Music:
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Music by: CreatorMix.com
Song: Tracers
Music by: CreatorMix.com - Jak na to + styl
Bonus points if you add Michael Scott’s face
Another beautiful, yet easy, technique!
Thank you!!!
I don’t do any of this stuff but I love just watching lol
Hey I’m happy to hear you enjoy the videos, thanks for watching :)
damn, definitely have to try this.
Hope you like the technique!
This was incredibly helpful! I've never tried it but i look forward to giving it a go! Thank you!
Awesome job!!!!
Spot on to my eye !!
Thank you!!!
thank you for sharing! its nice to learn from the expert
what a great technique!
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The best looking concrete from foam I've seen!
Thank you so much!!
Fanastic result and I love how to-the-point you are. Someone else could have easily dragged this on for 20 minutes.
Thank you!! I’m glad you liked the video! Thanks again for watching!
best concrete so far. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like it!
Great demo and info!
Thank you!
Outstanding technique.
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic work. Thanks for share your way to do this.
Thank you!!!
That was a great tutorial for making a concrete surface, thanks for sharing, best regards from Australia 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!!!
Nice texturing work! Great Technique! 🙂
Thank you!!!
great technique! Love it!
Thank you!!
brilliant! i'm about to do this on my 1st foam diorama; was going to use joint compound for streets, then paint & weather. then wondered
if i could just faux concrete right on the foam. and now i know i can! thanks guy
Thank you!! I’m glad this helped!!!
Fantastic 💪🔝
Thanks 🔥
Great easy technique!
Thank you! Cheers!
cool & easy. thanks ! cheers
Thanks for watching!!
Awesome work bro!!
Thank you!! Glad you like it :)
cool. great job
Thank you!!
Great video, I wanna make some Brutalist style buildings and this is a perfect technique for that
Thank you! And that sounds awesome, good luck with your projects!
I liked your choice of colors to simulate the concrete finish. I used a different color pallet in my last video. Well done. I just subscribed to your channel. Cheers!
Thank you!!
Subscribed to you as well!! Your work is very impressive!!
@@smolworldworkshop Thank you so much. I am impressed by yours too, maybe we can work on some collaboration work and ideas. Cheers!
I created some pallet videos too, a while back, it was interesting to watch your take on it. Great job!
Thank you!! Your tutorials are fantastic!
@@smolworldworkshop thank you!
Fantastic job dude!! I used to be a scenic artist in movies and TV. We did exactly the same type of technique. Awesome!!
Quick note: on city sidewalks there are always big black spots of old chewing gum, garbage etc.. Depending on the scene, you can get a lot of realistic details by simply looking at an actual sidewalk. Great man!
Thank you so much!! And scenic painting is such a cool profession, I love watching bts of how scenic painters bring sets to life! And those are some great tips! I’ll keep those in mind for next time
dash of dollar store glitter..
I will likely never make this, but that’s okay. Weirdly, these videos bring me comfort and peace 😌
Haha glad to hear that, thanks for watching :)
@@smolworldworkshopcan i do it on tre
2 things that might help
1st pull the wire brush instead of pushing it
2nd as you want to make it look like concrete that was poured into a from myde of wood, you might add some panels
Great work. Would love to see a Jersey barrier-- a ubiquitous feature of the urban landscape.
Thank you!! I believe Auttorama has a tutorial for jersey barriers on his channel! Thanks for watching :)
@@smolworldworkshop Just found it. Thanks.
nice! u got yourself a new subscriber lol
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Love your videos...If possible, please help me to better understand the formula for making your black wash... Thank you...
Do you mat clear coat it after to keep thr foam from getting damaged?
Just fount this video! Great, concise, clear tutorial...thank you for the lesson! One question...where did you purchase the super thin XPS? It's almost as hard to find as unicorn teeth.
Thank you! And I’m glad you like the video! Unfortunately, I don’t know where to buy sheets of thin foam. I only have 1-2” thick pieces where I’m from. I just cut the thickness down with my proxxon hot wire table.
You could try looking at eBay, I’ve heard that some people sell thinner sheets that they cut down themselves! Not too sure about how clean and accurate they are though
Where did you get xps foam that thin?
Hope you could make asphalt video :(((
I’m not sure when, but I’ll probably come across an asphalt surface at some point!!
Did you apply the Deck Tan without mod podge?
Yes I just used the paint, but you could seal it with mod podge to make it more rigid if you’d like to
What color specifically did you use.
The concrete color was deck tan by Vallejo!
What's the name of the paint? "duck tan"? Where can you get it and who makes it? Cheers from UK
The color is called “deck tan” and it is make by a brand called “Vallejo”. I hope this helps!
@@smolworldworkshop Thank you for the reply! Will look into ordering some
I'm wanting to build small scale houses, as real as possible, complete with teeny pvc pipes in walls, tiny coated wire thru walls, real pieces of carpet on floors. then scale it up using "1 by " lumber🤔
That sounds awesome!
Brilliantly simple! All you're missing is a wad of chewed up gum.
Thank you!!! And yes that’s a great idea! I’ll definitely add that next time :)
all this is missing is old gum stuck all over and cigarette buds squished in-between the cracks
edit: just saw you actually did add the black speckles like gum lol
Ooo the cigarettes buds would be a very nice detail!!! Thanks for watching :)
Really great tips and tricks! A must subscribe for model builders! Thank you very much for the great tips and good luck!🙏👍🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
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