My friends, the work continues, and if everything goes well, the turret will be finished tomorrow. And by that point, I think the model will be ready for painting!
So far I have finished the commander's cupola and the gun mantlet, where I also added a faux gun barrel going into the turret.
What's missi...
2022-08-29 20:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, these post-covid symptoms suck... but apart from that I'm once again able to move furniture and do model stuff!
The engine deck was really tedious. Adding all the missing weld detail wasn't fun. Glad I added half of it years ago! Also, those grab handles were something I wasn't looking forward to. They...
2022-08-28 18:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, after three days of suffering I'm back on my feet. Covid hit me hard during the first night, feelings of extreme cold and heat, shivers all over my body, sweating, everyone who went through it knows the drill! Then headaches, runny nose, wet and dry coughing, the whole nine. Yesterday I felt pretty good but still ...
2022-08-26 19:44:31 +0000 UTC View Post
... and I have Covid! π₯Ά
I didn't feel like building another huge model, but this Conqueror has been sitting in my cabinet as a shelf queen for years. I started building it a long time ago as a tank operating in West Germany as a part of the British Army Of The Rhine (BAOR), but quickly lost interest because 1) it's n...
2022-08-22 19:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Wasn't able to surprise my friend with the finished scene and capture our chat on video due to more important stuff (ripping out old floors, lol), but I hope he'll like it!
2022-08-19 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
When it's 1AM, you want to start exporting the video, but you still need to edit the photos... and once they're done and you deleted the original files, you realize that you placed a negative vignette effect on every one of them!
But it's all good, nothing that a little bit of blood, sweat, and tears wouldn't fix ...
2022-08-18 20:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the snow is on, and I guess that concludes this project! On one hand I'm sad that I didn't have more to show you, but on the other, I'm glad the scene is finished because I was finally able to move everything to the new studio.
I tried a variety of new products in this scene. The last winter one, the t...
2022-08-16 20:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's what preoccupied me during the weekend! This is the new Night Shift headquarters, before I clutter it with workbenches, studio lights, shelves, and everything gets permanently covered in static grass and Real Earth from My Garden (trademark) :D
I'll move all the equipment there once I finish the winter vign...
2022-08-15 19:54:40 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I wasn't able to do anything at the workbench during the weekend, so what you see here is a result of Friday and today.
Well, to be fair, most of the "interesting" work was done today. I only managed to carve out the basic shape of the base, cover it with VMS clay, and laminate the sides on Friday.
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5 days to paint, 1 day to narrate, edit, and shoot photos... what a dream!
2022-08-12 07:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I finished the weathering yesterday, and the model is ready to be set in a cold, muddy vignette.
Unfortunately, I was pressed by time towards the end. Had a word with the contractors this week, and to keep it short, I'll have to start preparing the house for their arrival, and that means setting up a f...
2022-08-11 12:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the stowage is done, and it was a pretty fun experience!
I started with the hard stowage as this needs some basic weathering techniques as well, and I don't like it when enamel paints or thinners seep into painted tarps. Some of the stuff, like the canteens, isn't very detailed, so "sculpting with a pa...
2022-08-10 07:33:04 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's some progress from yesterday and today. Saturday was my friend's wedding so no progress there, so when I think about it, this is quite a lot of work for two days! :)
I started with pin washes - interior wash for the white parts, winter streaking grime for panzer grey. These created some awesome ...
2022-08-08 20:25:55 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this was an exhausting week, but I managed to complete the video and start a new model the other day. This one is special! It's a 1/48th Pz 38t from Tamiya.
It was built and painted by my friend, the one I refer to as "Airbrushing God" or Guru, and he's also the one who taught me how to sculpt tarps wa...
2022-08-06 08:29:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a long and exhausting week, but here's the video!
2022-08-05 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the leakage problem wasn't such a problem after all and I managed to finish this little diorama today!
You'll see in pictures 2-3 how the bubbles looked after the first layer solidified. They left two small holes in the resin, but these were filled with the subsequent layer, and this one dried to the u...
2022-08-01 16:07:55 +0000 UTC View Post
And I have a disaster in the making! But first things first.
I finished the Panzer by painting all the details and adding some earth effects. Just as I said in the last post, it was real earth, some natural scatter and then dry tones on the turret + dark damp tones on the hull.
The groundwork was painted par...
2022-07-30 21:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the basic colors and effects on the Pz IV are done.
I wasn't sure how to approach a tank sunken in a river, but I knew it should be kept simple, especially on the hull as this part will be completely submerged. As I started applying the rust tones, the idea was suddenly becoming clearer. So the hull is...
2022-07-29 10:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's the diorama and it's gonna be pretty small, tight, and compact!
Learning from the JS-2 diorama I angled the river bank in such a way that it won't obscure anything. Also, the veneer was glued using double sided tape which works like a dream!
The eroded bank and the overhanging "carpe...
2022-07-27 11:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Panzer of the lake, what is thine wisdom?
Well, truth be told, I'm so glad I had to build just the turret and a slice of the upper hull of this tank. The thing about Panzer IV kits, at least here, is that they're all sold out, and the only one I managed to snatch is from Hobby Boss, a.k.a. re-boxed Tristar. <...
2022-07-26 08:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Nice and proper shots of the scene. The video is exporting as I'm typing this, so I'll let it upload on Youtube during the night and post the link here for you in the morning :)))
2022-07-22 22:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
... is currently in production! I'm working tirelessly to get it done tonight, so my estimate is that it'll be uploaded for you tomorrow. If you're patient with me, the reward will be a 26-minute long full build + paint + vignette video :)))
2022-07-22 16:01:27 +0000 UTC View Post
And we're done! This base was cut using a circular jig and because it was rather smooth, I brushed the sides with two coats of thick household acrylic black paint.
This is the first time I didn't paint the earth because it had a very authentic color that captures forest ground perfectly. Combined with lots of leaf...
2022-07-22 07:49:50 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the Beetle is finished and ready for a small scenic base! In this case it's quite necessary because, let's be honest, it sure does look a bit out of place like this, doesn't it?
Adding the natural scatter and moss was the most enjoyable thing I've done in a VERY long time. You already know how much I e...
2022-07-20 22:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, another day, another chapter finished. Weathering can be super easy on these rotten vehicles if you play around with the airbrush beforehand! Just a pin wash from Dark Streaking Grime and some tiny spots and streaks with Streaking Rust Effects.
Streaking Grime is an excellent effect for these abandoned...
2022-07-20 08:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, last night I sprayed the rusty base coat and today was happy color day!
The rusty base is a black primer, flat brown + flat yellow for the rust tones, German grey for the greyish stains and some AK Rotbraun for the rust primer.
White base color is flat white + dark yellow for that off-white...
2022-07-18 21:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, building something that's not a tank is definitely odd! Especially if the kit is simple, small, and just doesn't contain too many parts. Even more when there's not much to modify, improve, or add texture to!
Well, to keep this short, I started by milling out the thick plastic from the fenders. So much ...
2022-07-17 13:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post
