How to make an INCREDIBLE model river with amazing white water effects: Making a Scene Vol #5

Get access to my new tutorial ebook series! (The ebook tutorials are now Patreon rewards, along with early access to YouTube videos. Any information given in the video about previous Patreon rewards may be out of date.) The 3-inch Hot Knife and Foam Fusion shown in this video were gifted to me by the Hot Wire Foam Factory: Do you want to know how to make the most incredible model river with amazing white water effects? Follow my step-by-step tutorial and you’ll be making a hyper-realistic river in the time it takes to say ’I get cool rewards because I support High Eye Workshop on Patreon!’ For this diorama I employed my standard materials of 2-part epoxy resin for the river and Mod Podge for the ripples, but I added crystal clear polymer caulking thinned with isopropyl alcohol to sculpt larger rapids and then highlighted these with Vallejo Ground Texture ’Snow’ paste and Vallejo Ice/Snow, which is a very thick and fast-drying acrylic. These combine to make amazing water effects, but as usual I wanted even more realism, so just as in Making a Scene Vol 3 ’How to make and AMAZING model river’ I also modelled the river bed with stones, boulders, moss and other materials. This diorama tutorial also covers making a weeping willow tree, using a wire armature tree as seen in my video ’The ULTIMATE wire tree’. I also demonstrate my use of the Hot Wire Foam Factory Hot Knife, and how I apply Sculptamold, static grass and layered ground cover, including Woodland Scenics Fine Turf and Coarse Turf. Primarily, though, it’s about modelling ultra-real water effects. This diorama took about 11 hours to build. The white water probably took 4 of those. Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoy the video! Many of the materials and tools I use come with safety instructions. Please always read and follow these rather than simply copy what you see me or other people doing.