How I made this amazing blue mountain river diorama...and nearly messed it up completely!

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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.

Don't use a hot cutting tool on this polyurethane foam. It wouldn't work, and it would be dangerous for your health.

Making this peaceful blue mountain river diorama turned out to be really stressful! I very nearly lost the whole piece to a mistake, but luckily I managed to fix the problem and turn what could have been a disaster into something better than I'd imagined!

In this diorama tutorial I walk you through the steps I took to make this amazing piece of realistic scenery.

I used new water effects (new for me, anyway) as well as my trusty epoxy resin and Mod Podge.

I hand-carved the rocks from Sculptureblock, which, it turns out, is very different from extruded polystyrene (xps). It's possible to carve hyper-realistic rocks quite easily from this foam, but if you're planning a build like this then I would use extruded polystyrene since Sculptureblock and curing epoxy don't play too nicely together as seen in this video.

I hope you enjoy watching me bring this river diorama to life.

In this video I use several products that were gifted to me to use in my videos:

3d Pro Scroll Table by Hot Wire Foam Factory: https://hotwirefoamfactory.com

Scenic vegetation/plants by Diorama Presepe (https://www.dioramapresepe.com,   / dioramapresepe.com_official  , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeSX....

Hydro Primer from PlastiKote: https://plasti-kote.co.uk

Basing glue from War World Scenics: https://www.WWScenics.com.

CFS Fibreglass have gifted me resin products in the past, but the resin featured in this video is stuff I bought from them previously: https://www.cfsnet.co.uk

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