nightshiftmodeller

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Stowage and wires, let's 👏 go 👏! 

Heads up!

My friends, it was a busy day but the gang is finished 😊And these were the best heads I ever painted. Their individual personalities are just a small cherry on top. Just excellent figures from head to toe, a real painting pleasure! 

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Leg update, mail call and dugs bollocks

My friends, thank you for all your nice comments over the past few days! Things have been a little tight and stressful with the upcoming x-ray so I wasn't able to catch up with everyone as much as I'd wanted, but after today's visit things should ...

Pooch time!

My friends, it's time for the real MVP of this diorama 😁And although it was my first time painting a puppy, it was much easier than the skin tones on these figures! Painting arms is more difficult than painting faces... just a long, smooth trun...

Headless gang is here!

My friends, the crew uniforms are ready and the road to skin tones is clear. Or maybe not, I'll probably paint the puppy first 😁

But to be honest, despite how beautifully sculpted and detailed these Panzer Art figures are, I kinda found t...

A different approach to figures

My friends, here's a different take on painting figures. Before I talk about it, I may or may not repaint the jacket. At the very least, the breast pockets have to be repainted because they turned out atrociously bad! Also, shoes and belt are just...

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Lower hull, wheels, tracks, dust, dry mud, grime! 

Idea for the next project?

Well, I just placed an order for the Tamiya Mark IV tank, a British soldier figure and two-component resin water. 

Everything about this photo is saying "DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!" 

If there was ever a reason to do 3 new things at...

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Muh furendzzz, this is the final photoshoot before we place kitty in a diorama 😊 

I think this is the finish line

My friends, I pushed forward and finished the whole model, not just tarps but everything else as well 😇

There are wires on the sides and roof, those were used to hold foliage on the vehicle. Adding these was clear from the very beginning,...

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Almost finished, we're nearly there! :) 

Hard stowage

A bunch of updates today, my friends 😊 

Starting with the stowage, I painted the "hard" bits, those that aren't tarps... I still need to add the rust tones, dustify them and add some streaking effects. Jerry cans were post-shaded wit...

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It's washing time! 

Question for y'all

My friends, I'm currently editing a new video, but until I'm done and can get back to all of you, I wanted to ask you something. 

We're reaching 200 000 subscribers on Youtube and 1000 Patrons, which are both amazingly huge milestones, ...

All dirtied up!

My friends, this time I'm coming with a load of photos from a new phone with better camera 😊 Close-ups are sweet, even better than my DSLR. Besides, the camera on the iPhone XS was getting a bit outdated, so I upgraded to 12 Pro (the new 13 is ...

Dustify!

My friends, weekend is over, late summer is here (what's the correct term in English anyway? When there are a few sunny, warm days in autumn? Is there a term at all?)

Anyway, it brought some inspiration! Inspiration for a dry, dusty look for...

Running gear = done

My friends, the weathering starts at the bottom. It'll go as follows: lower hull and running gear, then tracks, and finally the upper surfaces. 

Since Normandy 1944 is more of a "dry" theme, I'm trying to keep the dark earth tones at ba...

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Let's get ourselves in a chippy mood! 

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As Dalai Lama once said, the camera is ruthless and it'll show every blunder in your work and make it look 10 times worse. Considering what I did and described in the previous update post, these pictures are especially painful for me 😁  2021-10-14 14:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post

This just in

My friends, my package from China finally arrived. Pretty "soon" considering I placed the order in August 😁 But it was held at customs for 10 days, although in the end I wasn't charged any extra money. 

So, this might be the most exc...

Good news!

Good news, everyone, I'm bringing you bad news! Wait, that didn't make sense... or did it?

Good news: I've got the JP ready for dust and mud effects. I've also got the washing and rusting video ready. I've chosen the main viewing angle for t...

Rust tones

My friends, it's rust washes over chipping as usual, and as always it's about keeping them subtle so they're not evident from a normal viewing distance.

With three colored camouflage it gets trickier because they're less evident on green and...

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Photos from Thursday night... video editing days are intense 😁 

The DSLR captures the model as close to reality as possible. I have to make more color corrections in the video compared to other models, and phone camera goes completel...

Pinwash 🤯

My friends, yesterday I started with the pin washing stage, but the oils were taking their time while they were draining on a cardboard palette, so in the meantime I painted a bunch of details - and as usual, all of them are grey 😁 (pardon the ...

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Some shady business going on here

It's that time of the year!

Also, don't forget to grab your supply of birch seeds! They're the easiest source of scale leaves. Not very accurate, but they're free, and they make for an excellent ground scatter. They're just starting to dry up, so it's the perfect time to go ...

Chipping overload

My friends, it wasn't a day, but two days ain't bad either, right? 

Light chips were all applied with a sponge. I tried this approach on the BMR, Pz II, and T29 and it works well enough. It's not as pretty as brush-painted chips, but th...

Zimmerit chipping

My friends, Zimmerit is now completely chipped and I can move on to the steel chips. To my horror, the second vaccine shot got me pretty hard and I felt like your regular sick person during autumn thorough the entire weekend - tired, muscles and j...

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Big kitty, panzer kitty

Zimmerit chipping

My friends, after finishing the airbrushing video the other day I was very enthusiastic to get back to the workbench! Well, here's what I was able to pull off today, not much, I know :) But hey, I slept for 5 hours, woke up early and got my second...