My friends, this time we're playing with VERY contrasting Panzer Grey! One thing that slightly bugged me on the BMR-3 was the rather dark color of the vehicle, although accurate, but still a bit on the darker side for my taste. So I definitely wanted to avoid that here and went to town with post-shading. As it turns out, Germ...
2021-01-26 21:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Some proper pictures to immortalize the old Panzer II. I'm awaiting all the "it was better before" jokes π
2021-01-25 19:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post
MG34 ammo canister and a random rural civilian metal "bowl" or whatever it's called π Already scaled down to 1/35
Happy printing!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qz8uvCPM9AihsbJ...
2021-01-25 16:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, even if this was a simple "upgrade" build, it felt more exhausting than the BMR-3 π₯± Friul tracks for this tank were probably the worst I've assembled yet, as always, each link had to be drilled out but on top of that they're extremely fragile and easy to bend. They also got "warped" sideways when I assembled th...
2021-01-25 16:10:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Great success! The paint is gone, and it went without a hitch. Almost! The VMS Clean Slate worked like a dream, I just poured it over the model with a pipette and then attacked the surface with a paintbrush. I had to rinse it with water and reapply the paint stripper several times, but the result was good, almost perfect. The...
2021-01-22 18:11:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, UVZ (not the Ural Vagon Zavod in Russia, but Uncle's Vagon Zavod in Slovakia π) never sleeps. The BMR-3M is officially done and off my desk and this is the best timing ever, the Friul tracks for the Panzer II arrived just an hour ago! (PSA: seems like Friul is going full direct-to-consumer, which means we...
2021-01-22 12:22:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Phone pics don't do the model justice, so here are some proper money shots π Enjoy!
2021-01-20 18:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the end is here! The final touches took forever compared to the initial weathering steps... it's again that weird spot where you spend more time just thinking about what to do and where to do it... and if not that, it's just the overall lack of mojo to push on and get it done. I don't know why, but that's kind of ...
2021-01-20 18:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I learned something very important. You know how back in one of the final Jagdtiger episodes I talked about hitting a point when you don't know what to add, what's missing and you just spend more time staring at the model and overthinking stuff? Yeah, I'm at that stage right now and I just realized... it's t...
2021-01-18 22:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Aight, last spam post for tonight, I've setup a google drive folder with all 3D models I did so far. Please tell me the link works!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qz8uvCPM9AihsbJxO_t19N...
2021-01-17 00:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Also my friends, today I found a wicked looking forestry machine with top-class weathering that would make any modeller moist. Not just awesome dry and damp mud effects, but also packed snow in the tread pattern, some exposed oxide primer, heavy chipping and rust, but also weathering over black paint!
I'm taking picture...
2021-01-16 23:03:36 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the lower half of the model is finished, at least I think. The tracks are now permanently in place and I'm slowly working my way to the upper portions of the vehicle. So yeah, it's gonna be muddy.
I actually went for a different medium this time, and I tried some VMS pigments mixed with their Enamel Binders ...
2021-01-16 22:34:26 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, thank you for all the responses and suggestions for the Panzer II!
To be honest, I was a bit surprised the original paint scheme didn't get much love, my original idea was to revamp it with current techniques πThat or a white wash.
But it made me think about other options. A lot of you s...
2021-01-15 11:20:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok so I dry-assembled the model just for these pictures, and it's starting to look the part πEnjoy!
2021-01-15 10:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoa, two posts in a row π I finally bought and installed some RGB strips in the geek corner. They're not very strong though, so I don't know how they'll look combined with studio lights.
Also, I was thinking about this Pz II as the next project. I kinda want to do another restoration/revival of an older model ...
2021-01-13 19:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Although it already looks kinda finished? π€£ Is that the power of pre-shading and pre-dusting? Who knows!
Anyway, my friends, of course the chipping didn't take just one day, why would it? But really, I had to do a bunch of other stuff so I didn't have that much time to sit down, but let's be fair, two days? For...
2021-01-13 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, we're almost ready for dust and mud effects! I did quite a lot of work on the BMR, although I must admit I wasn't as "progressive" with the order of techniques like on those mine rollers. It's just easier to experiment on something that's faded, beaten and rusty πBut anyway...
I started by painting all th...
2021-01-11 22:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Not as much work has been done on Friday my friends, but yesterday I finished the second mine roller. It's not as fun when you're doing the same thing twice π So I tried to make it slightly different with more chipping and rust in some places.
Now it's time to put them aside for a while and focus on the BMR-3! Then, ...
2021-01-10 11:38:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Basic modelling tools on a budget!
Holy crap, this video was a nightmare to film!!! I spent about 2 hours setting lights, mic and camera and still couldn't get a clear image. I was so frustrated... I gave up and kicked everything into the corner. After taking a smoke break and watching some tutorials on Youtube, I...
2021-01-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the basic tools video turned out beautifully! I probably spent more time setting up the lights and camera than filming, needless to say it's a true night shift episode because I filmed it at 8 in the evening and it was all done at around 1 after midnight.
I did some work yesterday but was really tired ...
2021-01-08 08:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I just prepared all the stuff I consider to be the most basic - including some things which are similar, but each might suit someone else, and it's a lot of stuff to talk about!
You left me lots of amazing suggestions in the previous post and I noted them down for further video ideas!
My original...
2021-01-06 13:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostMy friends, so I finished the BMR-3 painting video and I'm going to film the next video about modelling tools.
The idea is this: do it as a "basic tools every modeller should have" but breaking it into categories: the most fundamental tools which are also budget-friendly (the bare minimum to build a model, also ideal fo...
2021-01-06 10:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm marking this into my calendar (no I'm not lol): first attempt at pre-weathering, or in other words, not starting the painting process with a clean model that gets progressively more and more dirty and weathered with subsequent techniques, but rather creating the whole concept from the beginning.
I feel like wh...
2021-01-06 10:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be damned, I completely forgot to upload large pictures of the unpainted BMR! π€¦ββοΈ
2021-01-05 11:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the next step wasn't detail painting after all. I decided to take a similar route like with the T-90 where I laid out the basic dust tones at the very beginning. Just with one small difference - chipping fluid, and of course, the scale plays a huge role.
I think this might be an amazing way not only to...
2021-01-04 21:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I think the base coat is done. I kept adding lighter and lighter layers of green, first few were a mixture of Modern russian green and dark yellow and the last two were the previous mixture lightened with deck tan.
Then I grabbed random Lifecolor paints and added them as glazes over the reactive armor ...
2021-01-03 10:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Some unbiased opinions about paints, thinners, primers and what goes together and what doesn't π
2021-01-01 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
2020 is finally behind us. How many of you were staring at the clock expecting it to continue past 23:59:59 as if this cursed year would never end? π
Anyway, I added some extra colors on the mine rollers and sprayed a shadow/grime layer over the entire BMR. This is an extremely diluted mixture of black and brown. Tha...
2021-01-01 11:33:22 +0000 UTC View Post
