My friends, what a wonderful and productive day it was yesterday! I managed to apply the basic colors with an airbrush and treat the muddy groundwork with enamels. On top of that, I also painted the wooden sides!
Let's talk about the w...
2023-06-07 10:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends! Today (and yesterday afternoon) I managed to do some progress on the diorama and somehow... I just realized it's ready for painting!
After the last post, I laminated the sides with 0.6mm veneer and cut them precisely to show off ...
2023-06-05 19:27:02 +0000 UTC View Post
32 minutes of painting and weathering, let's gooo!
2023-06-02 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends! Yesterday I finally cleaned my workbench from all the paint bottles and dragged out some pieces of styrofoam from the stash.
The basic shape of the diorama was going to be simple from the beginning - a muddy, rutted road, a...
2023-06-01 19:43:55 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here are probably the best pictures I've ever taken. I invite you to zoom in and look at the details, and you'll be probably taken aback just as I was, because they even show quite a lot of imperfections in the paint job, something I w...
2023-05-30 15:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, the Valentine is finished, and I would almost say that fun times are ahead because the next step is the muddy diorama, but I would lie this time - the painting and weathering was SO. MUCH. FUN.
As I mentioned a few times, t...
2023-05-28 19:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends! The most time-consuming step is done!
This took me longer than I wanted due to some things, but here we are, the sloppy mud is on. And I didn't enjoy it this much in a while... probably because I haven't done a heavily weat...
2023-05-25 21:25:36 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I wasn't feeling the muddy vibes yesterday, so I instead painted the tanker sitting in the turret. I'll keep the remaining two figures for the diorama as they're more fundamental to that part of this project.
This one was a...
2023-05-20 20:32:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, stowage used to be a phobia, now it's a pleasure! Although this model made it slightly more difficult.
I started with the fuel drum, and I've read somewhere that German drums were mostly left in their natural metal color. I'm no ...
2023-05-18 20:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post
... and how I rediscovered my love for oil paints!
My friends, I started the rustification process the usual way - using enamel washes. However, I wasn't very satisfied with their behavior. They were spreading way too much over the mat...
2023-05-16 14:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I spent the last few days fiddling with tiny brushes and acrylic paints. The first step was highlighting the small details all across the model (and there was a LOT of them!) with two different shades of sandy browns. They look a bit e...
2023-05-14 14:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I have finished the pinwash. It's no secret that this is one of the most satisfying techniques, and it feels extra good when it's the first thing you do after the initial airbrushing.
It was a bit of a struggle in some area...
2023-05-10 12:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I sprayed some of the hard stowage (I'm keeping the wooden boxes for brush painting, and the fuel drum will be also treated with a brush, I just wanted to have a pale base coat for it).
After that I coated the entire ...
2023-05-06 18:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I'm so sorry for taking my time here! I started editing the build video on Tuesday because on Sunday and Monday (May Day here in Eastern Europe) I had some other duties. So today I finally sat down at the workbench again and gave the m...
2023-05-05 19:10:59 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's been a while since we had a set of studio pictures on a white background, right?
But these are something special, and if you really zoom in on any of these, you might notice they're a bit smoother and crispier than all the p...
2023-05-04 11:15:56 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends! Things have taken a complicated turn again, just as one would expect with this tank, but I'm proud to announce that it's finally ready for painting, but there's more - you can already glimpse the basic concept of the diorama!
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My friends, finally, the last detail has been glued in place. You'll notice that I replaced all the rivets on the fenders with new ones punched from tin foil, and, surprisingly, that was one of the easier tasks!
All the fine PE on this...
2023-04-27 13:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, leave it to the British tank design school to make things as complicated as possible :D These fenders have at least a 100 bends in the oddest places, tons of rivets, and multiple complex fasteners. That would be mostly okay if they did...
2023-04-25 14:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, now the real fun begins - the photo-etched fenders!
So I finished the running gear where I used the original Tamiya wheels although I considered swapping them for the more detailed Bronco ones, but that, again, would requir...
2023-04-21 07:47:21 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today's progress is probably not gonna be very riveting, but a lot of work has been done on the hull!
Besides the obligatory texturing of the armor plates, although I kept them rather smooth, there's been a lot of sanding, ...
2023-04-18 08:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's that beautiful moment of a fresh, new project! And it's finally that Lend-Lease Valentine I promised a few times already.
This is going to be a proper kitbash of a project, although not the kind most people were reques...
2023-04-14 19:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's the long anticipated WW1 video! :)
I managed to chop it down to 46 minutes instead of the 51, but still, it's the longest vid I've ever made so far. Enjoy!
2023-04-14 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's another Easter catch. This wonderful barn sits in my grandmother's brother's garden, and I only noticed it now. At first I thought it would be a nice addition to a diorama, but then I thought a gem like this could be built into ...
2023-04-12 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, Easter Monday was a fruitful day, as I was able to snap lots of interesting photos and possible ideas for dioramas. Look at all those textures! More photos in the next post!
2023-04-12 15:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here are the final shots of the Melusine. I chose the black background once again because I think it adds to the dramatic effect of these little vignettes. The only downside - the black sides of the diorama are not very visible, but th...
2023-04-10 10:20:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's finally over. This project has taken much longer than I expected and wanted, partly due to the Spain trip, and partly due to other duties that had to be done, and also a bit of Springtime lethargy.
There's not much to ...
2023-04-07 09:48:55 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's the Melusine ready for earth effects. One cool thing about these suits - the weathering is fast! What's more, they really are a blend between armor and figures. You can add lights and shadows like you'd do on a figure, but with ...
2023-04-06 16:58:17 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I finished the diorama and started painting the Melusine. About time, too!
There are only a few details in the diorama, but the larger scale meant they required more attention and care. I was especially pleased with the sho...
2023-04-04 19:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I painted the sandbags and the terrain. Let me tell you, my suspicion was correct: sandbags are really hard to paint and post-shade! Even if you use the pre-shading and glazing method, they're not easy because they're just so flat... M...
2023-03-31 17:35:31 +0000 UTC View Post