PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Diorama Effects
🏔️ What Is Diorama Effects?
A complete ecosystem for building terrain, bases, and groundwork. Instead of mixing sand, PVA, and paint yourself, you get ready-to-apply textures that dry realistic and paintable.
The range covers everything from earth and mud pastes to water gels, snow, crackle effects, moss textures, and physical rocks and gravel – all designed to work together without chemical conflicts.
📦 The Product Categories
Thick, ready-to-use ground textures in 250ml tubs. Apply with spatula or stiff brush – dries to realistic earth, sand, mud, or snow.
Transparent and tinted gels for puddles, streams, ponds, ocean, swamp water, and ice effects. Apply in layers, combine with terrain pastes.
Thinner mud and dust textures (100ml) for flicking with a brush or toothbrush. Creates realistic splashes on vehicle sides, wheel arches, and bases.
Self-cracking pastes for dried earth, corrosion, and weathered surfaces. Plus moss, lichen, and foam textures for organic details.
Physical stones, gravel, and rubber granules. Glue into wet paste or onto PVA. Natural shapes sized for model scales.
Bold, fast-covering textures for batch-basing armies. Stronger colours for fantasy and sci-fi themes. Large jars, quick results.
✅ Why Use Ready-Made Textures?
No mixing sand, PVA, paint, and water. Open the tub, apply, done. Particularly valuable when basing whole armies.
Same colour, same texture, every time. Match bases across an army or diorama project without batch variation.
Water-based acrylics throughout (except resin products). Work indoors, clean brushes with water, no ventilation needed.
All products in the range are designed to combine – layer water over terrain, press rocks into wet paste, add splatter on top.
🪨 Rocks & Gravel Quick Guide
The AK8301–AK8315 range gives you physical terrain materials to complement the pastes and gels:
| Type | Best For |
|---|---|
| Small Flat Rocks | Rocky slopes, ruins, path edges, small bases |
| Rounded Flat Rocks | Riverbeds, beaches, mountain paths, general rocky terrain |
| Angular Flat Rocks | Cliffs, rubble, ruins, harsh rocky deserts |
| Volcanic Rocks | Lava fields, ash wastes, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi alien worlds |
| Desert Rocks | North Africa, Middle East, arid planets, Tatooine-style |
| Fine Grey Gravel | Roads, railways, building surrounds, base layer under larger rocks |
| Graveyard Ground | Cemeteries, ruins, dark fantasy, gothic horror |
| Black Rubber Gravel | Industrial terrain, lighter weight, won't crumble like natural stone |
📋 How to Use
- Apply paste to base with spatula or stiff brush
- While wet: press in rocks, push footprints, add track marks
- Let dry fully (1-2 hours depending on thickness)
- Paint, drybrush, add pigments, tufts as needed
- Seal the area first (paint, varnish, or dried terrain paste)
- Pour or brush gel into the depression – it self-levels
- Apply in thin layers for deep water (prevents cracking)
- Add ripples with brush while tacky; combine with snow or debris
- Load an old brush or toothbrush with product
- Flick bristles toward the model for random splashes
- Build up layers – start light, add more for heavy weathering
- Press into wet terrain paste, OR glue onto dry base with PVA/superglue
- Seal with diluted PVA or matte varnish once positioned
- Paint/wash/drybrush to match your scene; add pigments for dust
🎯 Typical Projects
Batch-base entire units fast. Terrain paste + gravel + tufts = tabletop-ready in one evening. Consistent look across the army.
Wet Ground + Splatter Mud for realistic tank bases. Angular rocks for rubble. Water gels for puddles and flooded shell craters.
Cover large areas quickly with Terrains. Add elevation with rocks. Create rivers and ponds with Water Gels. All one ecosystem.
Volcanic rocks for alien worlds. Crackle for corrupted earth. Moss textures for overgrown ruins. Wargame Terrains for bold colours.
❓ Common Questions
Almost everything in Diorama Effects is water-based acrylic. Clean up with water, no fumes, compatible with other acrylics. Only the resin products (Resin Ice, some water effects) are different.
Yes – blend colours, add acrylic paints to tint them, combine with pigments. They're all acrylic-based and mix freely.
Either press them into wet terrain paste before it dries, or glue onto a dry base with PVA or superglue. Seal with diluted PVA afterwards to lock everything in place.
Optional. They dry to a realistic colour already. But you can paint, wash, drybrush, and add pigments for more depth or to match a specific theatre.
📊 General Technical Info
| Base | Water-based acrylic (most products) |
| Terrains Size | 250ml tubs (standard) |
| Splatter Size | 100ml bottles |
| Rocks/Gravel Size | ~100ml cups (varies by SKU) |
| Application | Spatula, brush, or direct pour |
| Drying | 1-2+ hours (thickness dependent) |
| Cleanup | Water while wet |
💡 Tips
- Work in layers – thin coats dry better than one thick glob. Especially true for water gels (prevents cracking).
- Seal your rocks – diluted PVA brushed over gravel locks everything in place and prevents shedding.
- Add pigments last – dust pigments over dried terrain for subtle colour variation and realistic dirt accumulation.
- Press details while wet – footprints, tank tracks, fallen debris. The paste holds the impression as it dries.
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Specifications
- Choose Product Water Gel Transparent 250m
- Brand AK Interactive
- Type Specialty Paint
- Country/Region of Manufacture Spain
- Country of Origin Spain
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