Home made rock road

Yeah I took all the pics and have the supply list all made out. Just need to find the time to type up the how to do it paper and post it.

Hi Stindle.As you can see from the replies,we all loved your rock road & wanted to know more.So hows about writig a "how to" in the forum ?Many of us would appreciate it !!!   thanks,rudedog

Well tomorrow is friday so I am going to try and  do a step by step on making one and I also will make a list of the items used.

 

 

Very interested in how you made this

 

Thad

yes, you must give us a step by step on how you did this.

Yes, it does look to new and clean. now:

Dirty it up—take all the colors you used, mix them, and make a wash. Use less of the brighter colors, more gray and black.

Cut the gloss completely.

Add oil stains—these should make whatever they cover darker. Newer stains should be semigloss.

Now, here's the real kicker: irregularly darken the outer edges of the lighter stones, and lighten the outer edges of the darker stones.

If this is a war zone, crumble parts of a few, or maybe take one out and make a pothole.

Well here it is. I striped it, made rocks diff like you said and then weathered it. I don't know I thin I like the looks of the first one. It looked more war like

 

 Tho this one looks brighter.

 

I need to do a post on how I made this. Its a lot cheaper then buying them for sure. I think I could make a good brick wall to. Thats another post tho hehehe.

 

Thanks for the feed back guys

 

Skip

PS. These are smaller so they sould load faster, finally got off my lazy butt and reinstalled photo shop.

That looks pretty good. Plenty of tonal variation. Details on how you made and painted it please.

Mmmmm I never thought about the stones maybe being diff types of rock. I am going to make another one and give that a try.

I will post the pics of that one when its done.

 

Thanks

 

 

That's very good, especially the variation in surface texture of the rocks—looks like a strongly foliated type, like gneiss.

Suggestions:

Depending on scale, stipple some color underneath the mud/grime layer—green, pink, yellow, white, blue, or dark red, etc. Not much, just a little in a fine spatter. Or you might try doing this with pastel chalks or dry brushing.

If the rocks are not all the same, paint each one a different color, brown, dark gray, dark red, buff, yellow white, pale green, medium to dark green.

Vary the width of the joints between the rocks, and may your roadway crack edges a little more irregular.

Stindle;

Looks good! What did you use to make it?

Cheers;

Gregory