My friends, work continues on adding more of the concrete-like texture. I started by brutalizing the hull and removing the plastic fenders. Then it was again about replicating the textures from reference photos, and each component has its own character!
JS-2 and 3 might be the roughest looking tanks I've ever seen, because just about...
2022-05-30 11:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the turret is now fully textured and ready to be finished with some missing details and weld beads!
This was a real blast. Following references, I removed the pre-molded weld beads, scribed the seam line at the bottom and added the "scars" using a rotary bit. Then I stippled the cast surfaces with lots of modelling cement...
2022-05-28 07:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Final conclusion to this project - the finished "Savior" diorama!
2022-05-27 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's some small progress on the new project - the JS-2 I mentioned a while ago! This tank is going to be all about MAD textures. I'll try to follow reference images as closely as possible because every component on these tanks had its own, unique, gnarly texture.
The ingredients for this model are:
Tamiya JS...
2022-05-26 20:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here are some shots of the finished scene. The water in the crater was a disaster! I had to redo the water four times! 🤣
First time it leaked through the tape. Remove the tape, wipe it off, re-tape it, pour again. The next two times it spilled out of the crater... you'll see in the video. And the water was too gr...
2022-05-26 19:54:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's the finished diorama, and as per tradition, I'm giving you some Photoshopped pictures and also a comparison on how a 3D sketch looks compared to the finished scene. Enjoy!
2022-05-25 19:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, yesterday and earlier today I focused all my effort on painting the remaining terrain. It went smoothly at first, but then it didn't so much... I kept using the same techniques and paints like I did on the tank and the trench, but something wasn't working... and I realized it after good 7 hours of painting!
The ground see...
2022-05-24 09:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this took a couple of days but I think the trench is pretty much finished. I might add a tiny bit of water at the bottom, though.
I repeated the same techniques as on that first trial section, and it went like this:
Painting the wooden walls with Old Wood, Iraqi Sand, Burnt Umber, all highly diluted and painted with...
2022-05-21 18:31:05 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, yesterday I started painting the diorama. I had to use a spray can for priming because it would take hours with an airbrush :D
The base colors were sprayed as following: Flat Earth, my custom dust mixture (same I used on the A7V), Buff and finally Deck Tan on the wooden parts. Some Ammo shaders in a few places and the bas...
2022-05-19 07:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I think figures look better if they're photographed in their "natural" setting, so to say! :)
2022-05-18 10:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Now onto the diorama, my friends! I also completed the video so now it's time to prime the scene in black or mahogany brown primer and start post-shading.
I haven't painted heads that are attached to the body in a while. The last and only figure like that was the GI in the T29 diorama. It definitely makes the process more difficult b...
2022-05-18 10:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, work continues on the figures and also outside the workbench.
As usual, the black and white pre-shading doesn't work on all surfaces, but so far, at least from what I've experienced on the last bunch of figures, it only doesn't work on leather and details that are WAY too small to cast any shadows on their own. ...
2022-05-16 09:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, just a quick update. Yesterday I finished the upper torsos. Right now I'm assembling new furniture for my bedroom and it feels like I died 5 times today 🤣 This stuff is very exhausting, especially when you're assembling a large closet.
Will do my best to finish painting all the details soon so I can move on to the skin...
2022-05-14 18:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, did some more progress this morning. Now onto their jackets!
This glazing method is seriously heaps of fun. I used Khaki Grey as a base coat on the tanker figure and Flat Brown for the gentleman with a cane. Everything this glazed base coat then needs is one round of highlights (base color + some pale tone such as Pale Sa...
2022-05-12 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I started painting the British soldiers from Stalingrad. I can already tell these are gonna be more enjoyable than the Black Dog figure because the sculpting is much better!
As usual, I'm using the BW preshading + glazing method, and I'm trying to make a detailed video about the process! More progress tomorrow! ...
2022-05-11 20:30:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, last night I added the tracks, gave them a rather rusty appearance (because this is going to be another abandoned tank) and sprayed the exhaust soot.
Regarding the loose dirt on the roof, I found one close-up shot showing exactly this, lots of dried grass around the driver's cabin. When I was adding all of this, I had the...
2022-05-09 06:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here are some simple earth effects. My guess is that this tank was rather clean thanks to its hidden running gear and most dirt would remain contained there. To change things up I used Wilder's Aqualine paint for the streaking rainmarks, but the process was as usual.
Some stippled acrylic mud paste, loose dirt and grass o...
2022-05-08 13:13:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots of questions = very long video. Play it as a podcast while you're building models, not just collecting them!
2022-05-06 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been thinking about this idea since yesterday. On one hand, I want to "try something new" with every model this year, but this idea is just too good! And I wanted to build a proper, heavily textured, completely beaten-up IS-2 for YEARS!
I also found new love for tall dioramas with a lot of vertical volume, so this setting fits t...
2022-05-04 18:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostAs stated in the previous post, I'll take some more time to finish the A7V and release it as a full weathering episode the next week, so here's some space for a QnA video that I'll release for you this Friday! 😊
2022-05-04 12:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the rust tones are finished and so are the only 3 details on this model - the exhaust pipes and that wooden stool mounted on the access doors.
Exhausts were first painted in Ash Grey from AK, then they received a heavy rust wash followed by chipped remnants of the base color with Ammo Dull Green. Then one more round of ru...
2022-05-04 12:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I was finally able to do some modelling again because until yesterday, I had no workbench!
As I mentioned in the last post, I'm currently remodelling most of my living space and I decided to start with my studio, as that's kinda the most "important" room. Just like the A7V, it's still work in progress and I'm awaiti...
2022-05-02 20:36:30 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, just a quick update. Finished the pin wash and started with some quick chipping effects. Between running around, moving furniture and getting the necessary supplies for room painting, I only managed to chip this side of the tank.
At first I didn't want to pick out the rivets with a lighter color, but as you see on the gre...
2022-04-28 20:31:15 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I started applying the pin washes. Just like in the interior, I opted for enamels because they're more convenient for me at the moment. Wash for German Yellow was used on the rivets while Winter Streaking Grime was added into panel lines.
I need to finish the remaining sides and then I can proceed with chipping! Again, if...
2022-04-27 07:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Post-shading was never so fun to photograph until now!
2022-04-27 07:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the model is now ready for weathering. I outlined every bolt and rivet with the Ammo Shader, gave it a coat of flat VMS varnish and sprayed the tracks in a mixture of German Grey and Flat Brown.
It's funny because now it looks just how I imagined the finished model, so a part of me doesn't even want to touch it anymore ðŸ...
2022-04-24 08:22:36 +0000 UTC View Post
