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As always, thank you very much for the compliments and for commenting on my videos. In response to your question I managed to get the text of Shep Paine's book "Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles". I'm currently building a tank that I will include with all the latest miniatures I painted (german tank riders set i and 2) and as soon as I finish building the tank I will experiment with Paine's painting, obviously helping myself with videos that show his technique in action, now that I have the airbrush, I can try his technique. The same goes for miniatures and houses. The only reason why I haven't painted any miniatures with Paine's technique yet is because I can't paint camouflage with his technique. With monochrome miniatures such as Soviet or American soldiers I could do it without problems, with German ones with camouflage I haven't been able to do it yet, so all the German miniatures I have painted I have painted with my technique. Then I look a lot at the dioramas made by other modelers and if I see a style that I particularly like I try to find the technique so I paint them in that way. It must also be added that it would be better to create a homogeneous diorama from the point of view of techniques, so it turns out to be more unique and "Belonging to the same atmosphere". I am currently building a house with XPS foam, I am filming myself while I build it, in some ways I did it my way, but in others I am watching videos with the techniques of Shep Paine, who mainly used diluted colors and powders. Thank you again for commenting and giving me advice, with time I will improve, hoping to enter together with other good modelers.

@@edoart3081 I understand that. The methods I grew up with - the late 20th Century "American / Belgian School" founded by Shep Paine, Bob Letterman, and Francois Verlinden - has been added-to by the 21st Century "Spanish School" pioneered by Miguel Jimenez. Whatever approach a modeler takes; the important thing is to enjoy yourself as you create your finished models and dioramas. Just keep doing that, and you'll be fine!

@@modelermark172 I will definitely continue. You learn a lot of things and you have fun painting, especially watching the experts helps you learn new techniques and new wits.

Thank you very much! Although your miniatures are painted much better than mine.

@@edoart3081 thank you for the compliment too. I try too and it makes me humble that others are better than me. It’s good that you are posting video for our modelling community. Getting good at something takes time, patience, practice and encouragement. Looking forward for more from you. Yours faithfully, Gunberyl.

@@gunberyl3075 Thank you very much, little by little I will continue to publish videos and improve, then to show in more detail my technique for painting houses, miniature soldiers and vehicles. Thanks again for the compliments.

Thank you so much for the compliments!

Thanks!

Thank you for your advice, I painted these miniatures using my own technical personal who formulated, I developed by seeing several miniatures and techniques used by various model makers. I admit that on these miniatures I made some mistakes (too Nuln Oil Shade not diluted and a very intense Drybrushing). Obviously I will try to improve both in terms of precision and technique. Even if I honestly like the result of these miniatures that I painted, both for the folds that they exalt, both for the shaded areas and for the effect of a faded and dirty camouflage.

@@edoart3081 As I wrote before. I think you have the talent, just like I had decades ago and I've evolved over time. Don't overdo it with the drybrush or the shadows. At this scale it is possible to see the concrete tone of the uniforms, otherwise you will exaggerate the effects. Continue. You gained another follower. :)

@@rammhobby205 Thanks for the compliments, for the tip and for joining :)

Thank you so much for the compliment!

Thank you so much. Yes, absolutely, I will continue to build, I am painting a whole series of sets for a Normandy diorama with houses and other miniatures and vehicles, it will not be out soon because first another diorama will be out with all the German winter miniatures that I have shown in the other videos. Thanks for the like and the comment!

Thank you so much! I am preparing a video where I will show how I build houses with XPS foam and plywood, also with windows and accessories built by me

Thanks Mark!

Merci!

A thousand thanks! I'm glad it's a valid technique

Thank you very much, I will continue to build both models and miniatures!

Oi ciao Mattia! Grazie mille!

Thanks for the advice, I usually paint the most important and complex parts first, but thanks for the advice, I will try to paint from the inside as you advised me. As for the Citadel FleshShade, I use it for the shaded parts of the skin, such as the eyes, the forehead if covered by a helmet/cap, the chin, and to underline some facial features (like a gaunt face for example), or even on the hands between the fingers (if the miniature is not wearing gloves at this moment), otherwise I use Citadel null oil. Thank you so much for always being there with advice and support!

I intend to create a series of videos in which I show how I paint miniatures, I have already published one on my channel, but I intend to make others, as soon as I have time I will publish other video tutorials

Thanks for all the advice, I'm very happy that you like my videos. I'll try to look at this type of material to fill the structures. I currently built a typical French/German house with plywood. So I am experimenting to build houses from scratch, I will subsequently include them in different plastic. Thanks for the like!

@@edoart3081 Thin plywood was the go-to material for making diorama buildings back-in-the-day since a render of spackle was all that was needed to replicate a typical, European / Mediterranean Stucco finish. Shep Paine has detailed instructions for doing this in his 1980 book, "How to Build Dioramas." But after the turn of the century, many modelers began using XPS foam, embossed with wood or stone detail and sealed with Mod-Podge prior to painting to make buildings, after the method used by wargamers, to make terrain. There are plenty of videos on this site. I also have a book published by Games Workshop titled, "How to Make Wargames Terrain," that shows a lot of useful tips. I think this one is available online as a PDF, too. As always, Happy Modeling!

@@modelermark172 thanks for the advice. Yes, I have seen that XPS foam is more versatile than wood or other materials. For now I have experimented with plywood, an excellent result came out but I intend to try XPS foam, I think it is a little easier to use, also for making certain details that are a little difficult to do with plywood (like a piece of peeling plaster with exposed bricks underneath and cracks in the plaster). I was thinking of using plywood to create the roof and I create the walls with XPS foam

Grazie

A thousand thanks! Yes, however, every element or miniature that I show in video I will include in all my future dioramas. creating houses from scratch is a good option that I have considered, since I don't find many of them. Creating it myself will be very nice in terms of construction from scratch and imagination in construction, when I have experimented and got the hang of building the houses with the right materials and measurements, I will show how I build them, it is an excellent idea of content. Thank you for the tip!

Thank you!

A thousand thanks! Absolutely, I will continue to cultivate this passion of mine

A thousand thanks!

A thousand thanks!

Thanks, even if this is not the best I have done, I was still inexperienced here, soon I will show a model with the T-34 with the miniatures of the Soviet soldiers with the white cloak that I painted

A thousand thanks!

Thank you very much, yes this time I decided to insert the resin heads, they are excellent. The next diorama will have the T-34 and the Soviet soldiers, then I have some others in mind that I will build.

I'm glad you like it

A thousand thanks! You're right, it's great to paint and show off your models.

A thousand thanks! Happy New Year too. I'm painting a lot of miniatures, I plan to put them in different dioramas. I'm experimenting and studying to create a good terrain, so I do a good job throughout the diorama.

Thank you very much

Thanks!

thank you!

Si che mi ricordo di te! però, madò da quanto tempo! Te come stai?

Già, io ho appena iniziato la quinta superiore, dal primo giorno che studio giornalmente visto tutto ciò che si fa in classe, sta situazione mi sta causando un po' di stress, ma del resto tutto bene Con te come va?

@@chasetalix Bene dai, inizio l'accademia a ottobre, yee. ma te lo hai ancora il mio numero?

Ahh interessante dai, comunque no, ho cambiato telefono un paio di mesetti fa, e ho perso una gran parte dei numeri, purtroppo non ho più il tuo

Thank you Mark!

Je te remercie! Oui tout à fait, petit à petit je vais m'améliorer de plus en plus et expérimenter de nouvelles techniques

Thank you very much! I already have a new diorama planned, this one will have snow and more whitewashed and weathered vehicles. I will use the Marder that I had inserted in my first diorama and I will add a few more vehicles

That sounds good - but consider this: You may want to think twice before 'scrapping and salvaging' your earlier work. I did that back in the day, and now I regret not having ANY examples of my earliest diorama work to compare to my latest efforts. Thanks for sharing, and Happy Modeling!

The best! As is the game

Thank you very much!!

Thank you very much!

Grazie mille!

Grazie

Thanks for these other suggestions, I'm planning another Diorama that maybe I'll publish around Christmas, so also to celebrate my first year on TH-cam, but since I've already finished many elements I won't be able to apply these techniques on books. but I will surely build other Dioramas, with particular techniques

@@edoart3081 Model building is a constant, learning experience. I've been building for about 57 years now, and I'm still learning new ideas and techniques. While it's always desirable to make each new project better than the previous one, the main goal is to relax and have fun. I'm looking forward to more projects you post in the near future. Another suggestion I can offer is for you to join your local chapter of the International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS.) I joined the St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Gateway Chapter, around 1975. That's where I met Bob Letterman, Lewis Pruneau, and many, many other master modelers, who taught me a lot about the hobby.

Lewis Pruneau died?

@@MrPolicekarim Sadly, Mr. Pruneau passed away September 12, 2021 in St. Genevieve, Missouri. I remember being at a model show and contest in St. Louis in the late 1980's when his massive 1/32nd scale B-52 diorama first made its debut. There was so much to take in that unless it was pointed out to the viewer, few noticed that one of the outrigger landing gears on the wings had come off during transit. Around the same time, Mr. Pruneau brought a diorama of a German WW2 V-80 U-Boat in drydock to the regular IPMS Gateway meeting. There were lighting and sound effects - including a flashing welder's torch. To say Mr. Pruneau was a fascinating model builder would be a gross understatement.

@@modelermark172 I believe the U-Boat was an experimental 1. What happened to his and Letterman's models?