Somewhere in Germany 1945... | Sherman Easy 8 Vignette | M4A3E8 Tamiya 1/48
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- Tonight we're creating a very simple scenic base, the kind that just serves as a "decorated display stand" for our model. No storytelling, no real context, just a piece of groundwork for those situations when you don't want to put your model on a plain wooden base or on your shelf.
And I'm going to learn quite a few things in the process, which I'll try to implement in the next piece of terrain!
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Friday has been renamed. It’s “Uncle Night Shift Day”!
Yay!
Totally Agree!!!
I would be fine with that lol
Agree
Seconded
Man without nightshift, my models would be so bad
Thank you uncle Nightshift
I just started and practically learned everything from night shuft
So this experience led me to purchasing the FAQ Dioramas book from AK, because I felt like I'm overcomplicating even the most basic things which in turn kept distracting me from important stuff like composition etc.
Well, after reading a few chapters I can say pretty much everything can be done in a more straightforward way, so I hope the next vignette will look much better!
@Night Shift Im exited for the next project! Keep up the good work :)
Do you buy Ak paints off a website if so which one is best?
Painting the diorama before you add all the foliage can give you a nice map of what to do next, especially for puddles and tufts of grass.
Your videos have me buying all sorts of ground paste, washes, pigments, etc. thanks for the content!
Do a video showcasing your new cutting tool for dioramas pls
Nightshift: You can see a disaster in every corner
Me, a guy with 3D and visual design education: All I see is a freaking real road
You absolutely have to do a plane, i would love to see that as a challenge
"Another needlesly long video"
*Yes a long video*
glad im not the only one that thought the same thing.
Don't Like It ??? DON'T WATCH IT !!!
I don't know but your English accent is oddly satisfying.
"I didn't want to subject you to any more safety hazards" Subjects us to safety hazards anyway
There I was...I grabbed my snack, then unexpectedly I started to choke on my crackers as the "I pinky friken promise" (21:04) was given. I could not contain my laughter. Not only do you display excellent modelling skills you provide an entertaining video on how to be a better modeler! Thank you Uncle.
I CHOKED OM MY NOODELES
Danke nightshift das du jeden Freitag uns teilhaben lässt an deinen Modellen.
Auch wenn du das nicht liest möchte ich einfach danke sagen in diesen schweren Zeiten.
Danke
1:30 when he pulled out the Damascus steel kitchen knife, a large smile went on my face. Damascus steel is awesome
It’s technically pattern-welded steel, not Damascus steel. I’m not going to tell you to call it pattern-welded because i understand that it makes it seem way cooler if you call it Damascus steel, but there is a big difference between real Damascus steel which they can no longer make and pattern-welded steel which is just forge-welding a billet of different steels to give you a certain look. The bands in Damascus steel consist of carbon nanotubes and cemenite nanowires which are part of it not the reason why Damascus steel was so strong. Conversely the bands in pattern-welded steel are purely cosmetic. At the end of the day idc what you call it as long as you know what the difference is :)
Peter Marrocco thanks for the info!
It was still no match for the uberstyrofoam tho
Night Shift now just wait until you get that hot wire cutting table!
Your content never fails to impress! As a noob to making models, I can't express how awesome your videos are! Not only are your models great, but you describe what you're doing incredibly well. Can't wait to see what you decide to do next! Thank you, Uncle Night Shift!
Night Shift: Diorama pretty much terrible
Me: *Literally sees nothing wrong with it whatsoever*
Then it's....
not great
not terrible
@@NightShiftScaleModels Honestly I think all of the work you do is great!
Night Shift Was that a Chernobyl reference?
@@dequariusbiquiner6102 I think it was
I realize I am kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch newly released series online?
I'm not giving up. I want to see you build a warship. I do not care what scale or what type. Just want to get you out of your comfort zone.
Heck yeah!
Just finished a Free French Interior Forces Citroën traction 11cv, could be cool to see you have a try at it!
People always come back with "i can't do this!!" But you can. Everyone was new to the hobby at one time. Patience, practice, and layers. Martin's way of weathering has reinforced how i do things. And also made me do other things i didn't think about. You young guys just getting started, don't be overwhelmed and don't think you cant do these things. All these great modelers have certain things in common, wanting to get better, patience and layers, using references, and not afraid to make mistakes. Only way to get better is to get out there and start building and painting and weathering.
Literally just discovered this channel this morning due to a random TH-cam recommendation and after watching all the episodes for this Sherman I’m hooked!
Great video keep up the great work 👍
What I used to do with grass before I got a good static grass applicator was using a vacuum cleaner to make the static grass stand upright more. The first applicator I has didn't have enough strength to make the fibres stand up well enough but the vacuum cleaner worked quite well..as long as you don't get it to close.
Yes, a figure of a US Army armored forces would do the trick..I would also add a few discarded German Stahlhelme for good measure around the dirt. Amazing work as always! Thank you Uncle Night Shift!
Here’s a technique I’ve learned from another modern TH-cam you might have heard of called Andy’s Hobby Headquarters. Anyway the technique is: have a space pair of rubber tracks so you can press it down into the mold (and I believe you let it dry with the tracks in there) and than your peel the rubber tracks off and it leaves a really nice track impression
If you haven't seen him already, I really recommend Luke Towan if you need tips for doing dioramas or for using things like hot wire cutters and static grass applicators. Would be really cool to see you do a bigger chunk of the area around the tank!
Also this looks amazing Uncle, you gotta stop being so hard on yourself man!
I really like your approach with mixing damp earth and soil textures. Impressed the air dry clay turned out. I've had similar misfortunes, but I think I was doing the same thing you were in the past. Very cool work as always. Excited for the next video.
I love the Sherman, haven’t seen it yet but I know it’s look great! 👍
Hey Martin you are hoocked on diorama making, hehehe!Welcome to the club!
Dear Martin, another excellent tutorial and brilliant conclusion to the project. Thank you for sharing. Kind Regards Johnny
Use a saw or a bread knife for cutting insulation foam 👍.......also use PVA glue and water to spread your air dry clay around 👍
today I finished painting a Star Wars Legion clone trooper, but in German late war uniform, and I think making a diorama similar to this would be really cool for them
Northwest Shortline is a very well known model train part company over here in the US. That tool is most likely designed for cutting brass sheets or for cutting model track rails.
I absolutely love this. I enjoy watching you build and make terrain bases for your models. Keep up the amazing work.
Gotta say, your diorama bases really take your work to the next level. Love it!
Texturing the styrene before cutting is a lot more easier. And with razor saw or metal brush, a final pass with Scotch brite will remove most bits which didn't come off.
Static grass applicator is a must. Woodland Scenics has the heavy duty Static King, but also a cheap plastic can, which seems to work for small project. The transformer fly swatter are also good for small grass. I use up to 12 mm grass, and for that the Static King is a lot more successful.
thank you for existing
I think not using static grass applicator made a sort of downtrodden grass look like it's a bit of a hardy place. Certainly not a bad base, and I like the fence!
You should do a rusted old tank from the Pacific theatre next, you could do a diorama with it underneath some water as well
We are our own worse critics. I like the way you built the base
nice damascus blade also love your work
if you want smooth and perfect wall on your diorama use wet baking brown paper and white glue you have almost perfect flat surface after !
You are now officaly the fence expert ;)
I have been always your big fan... great job thanks for the share
love you doing the diorama to enhance the story telling~ more video haha!
I really enjoy these videos Night Shift!
You can be really proud of this!👍👍
Honestly, that grass is pretty accurate to how a lot of fields over here look
I’m feeling extra fancy today!
So what was the fancy snack?!
CharlesBr0ns0n noodles 👍🏼
@@carsonnelson8195 Scale modeler's choice^^
If you're gonna cut that foam using a Kitchen knife I'd recommend you use a drawing motion, like pulling back and forth for a smoother cut haha
Awesome work! Well done sir!
Thanks so much for this🙂 I’ve always wondered how to make a muddy road, no one else on TH-cam does one, they only do dry dirt roads for some reason
So true..........
Actually, Plasmo did a really muddy scenery with a tiger 2 some years ago, you may want to see the video.
Fred. Glt oh yeah I forgot about that one I have seen it
But you are still kinda right, not enough people do muddy scenes.
I could do muddy roads all day, they're so fun. I want to make a deeply rutted muddy road sometime in the future, I just need to find a good model for it.
To be honest, at around 9.30 in the video the road and grass look better and more interesting to me than the endresult.
Hell yeah, hero dirt! Let's mountain bike like it's 1945 \m/. (Send it through the mine fields and stuff I guess haha). That gives me an idea, since you already put some hero dirt on there, you might as well add a shredder from WW2, maybe he could road gap over the Sherman or something like that.
That’s one fancy kitchen knife
Wow it looks great!!!!
21:42 That’s the money shot!
Idea: Create a roller like rosie-the-riveter but from a drive sprocket and tracklinks.
Instant diorama tracks!
You should do an amphibious tank! That would be really interesting to see how you would texture water damage/weathering.
Also another suggestion, I would love to see you work on an Object 279! I know its a prototype but it still would be really cool!
I have one Object 279 fully built up and customized with sheet metal cladding, PE, metal tracks and everything... all that's left is to paint it!
No matter what you say mate, I think it's ace 😁👌
Suggestion for incorporating figures in future builds: Typically, due to the poor visibility outside the vehicle, crews of WWII tanks would have their hatches open and their heads sticking out until they were actually getting shot at or bombarded with artillery. (commander and driver)
For when you do your first figure on this channel like you mentioned, it would be awesome to do the tank crew unbuttoned and operating the vehicle, particularly for a WWII tank.
That's something I'd definitely do. A partial figure isn't so time consuming so it would be a good starting point. Part of me wanted to paint the tank commander included in this kit, but unfortunately there was no hatch detail from the inside so I just kept the tank closed.
@@NightShiftScaleModels Check out the Chieftain's hatch on youtube if you haven't all ready. He does interior tours of various WWII tanks.
Well done Martin, interesting video, Cheers bud :-)
Uncle Night Shift another smash hit, looks really good, I my have to try making some bases too.
I must have missed the needless parts of the video 🤣 it didn't seem long when I watched it. Looking forward to the fine leaf litter a coffee grinder produces. Hopefully it turns out less coarse than the trusty old food processor. It's always cool to see the behind the scenes steps and not just the finished product, to know that everyone makes something they see as filled with mistakes and to learn lessons with them along the way. It seems to me like you have all the construction techniques down! Now if you want to work on anything, it is perhaps more the conceptual or aesthetic aspects. I understand what you're saying about the fences blocking the view. The whole scene could certainly be described as realistic, but I see what you mean about the model looking cramped and needing room to breathe. When it comes to my personal taste in things like fences or telephone wires, I prefer something that doesn't show up in a ground level photo looking cropped sooner than it should if that makes any sense. Like seeing the full tank, but only half of the fence in the foreground. I understand completely why it is the way it is and the fence cannot extend beyond the base. But just something that pops up for me as interrupting the "suspension of disbelief". Unfortunate that often "realistic" and "artistically pleasing" do not line up perfectly. Anyway, very much looking forward to your workbench tour! Have a great week 😁
I am watching these out of order in 2021 so I've seen the static grass applicator and the hot wire in action. Spoiler: they work!
i like .it. Look at it as a learning experience.
for your grass fiber, you can put down a base of watered down PVA glue then take a piece of PVC pipe, rub the pipe with cloth to generate a static charge. as you sprinkle down the fiber bring the pipe close and it will encourage the fibers to stand and align. wont be perfect and you can buy/make better tools to do this. but its an easy test to see if it works for you
never mind i was typing this as i heard you say you ordered a static applicator
Great looking result! I think you made the grass look decent in the end...but yes...a static grass applicator is really a must-need when using static grass.
you call it a dumpster fire but its still 100% better then anything ive ever done
Uncle - if you are not ready to start painting figures then the rest of us will never get there.
Nice Shun knife.
If you put a damp cloth over the clay while it dries it does not crack.
Nobody:
Night Shift: imma just blend some leaves real quick
"I don't want to subject you to any safety hazards"
*replays dogey clip from before*
Very nice 👍
I would love to see a year or two old plane crash in a forest diorama with your weathering skills. I think it would look great.
You should try a diorama with a German tank or Russian tank in the winter with an artillery shell exploding in the snow nearby, that’d be cool
I love how you didn’t get discouraged by how the grass looked when you applied it at first and just rolled with it
For track impressions on clay: Grab a spare length of those metal tank treads for the tank you're currently working on, wrap them around something like a roll of tape, and roll the impressions in?
Sadly I didn't have any leftover tracks from 1/48 kits so there wasn't much I could do. Luckily I figured something out for the next base.
@@NightShiftScaleModels do the clay part of the base first, with the tracks before paint/assembly
First, I think you are a bit hard on yourself for the final result. You were trying to do a simple base for a model and I think the end result was effective.
A couple of suggestions to address problems you mentioned:
* In a similar diorama in the future, you might think about putting the vehicle at a crossroads. This allows you to add the visual interest of fences (or whatever) without obscuring the detail. And you can get more detail on the crossing road surface that won't be hidden by the vehicle, too. Heck, maybe even a military policeman directing traffic down the correct road.
* You might think about edging the road differently on each side, perhaps a fence on one side (or corner), a hedgerow, an earthen bank, trees .... Just to get a bit of variety.
* The roads followed by armies tend to be heavily debris-strewn, by the retreating enemy, by refugees, and by the advancing army. A broken wooden chair, some discarded ration wrappers, a simple rag doll, .... There are lots of choices that you could make to imply a story without really detracting from the main subject.
All that said, I think your work on armor detailing is absolutely stellar and your TH-cam videos are the best on the subject that I've found. Thank you, and please keep them coming.
*Fury flashback intensifies*
Tiger be like: Yo I’ma move forward and reveal my position, and also I’ma just continue moving forward, why not. Also I’m not going to shoot the lead tank, and I’m not going to shoot the clear long barrel on Fury First.
@@bageled_meme2690 let's get real though, the Tiger scene is literally only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Fury's inaccuracies. That movie was a mess.
@@spencerc7819 it may have been a mess but it's still a good movie regardless of the mistakes
Most of the movie is nonsense, but it's one of my WW2 themed movie guilty pleasures along with Frankenstein's Army 😁
If nothing else, they captured the gloomy atmosphere perfectly, and the movie is a good source of inspiration for modellers.
@@bageled_meme2690 the biggest reason it was done like that(engagement scene) was that they had the tiger for literally one day and it could only go forward. They were limited in how to do the fight. My biggest gripe is every sherman knocked out, the entire crews died, but fury gets hit by different weapons and nothing. Lol. You know how much better the movie would have been if an infantry platoon was with the tank instead of star wars stormtroopers shooting at it. On that, i did enjoy the movie. It had vehicles you would never see in other films. It just needed a better director.
Nice knife.
How about placing a little brass name plate on the side? It might make a small change in its appearance. (like it’s not awesome anyway👀)
Take it as a challenge and try to make some scenarios too like some houses ,old cars, bikes and other stuf
Hi, Uncle Nightshift!!!!
I didn't want to put you through any safety hazards like this (rolls archived footage)
I laughed out loud.
The grass looks like a bunch of sections marched on it.
Could you make a destroyed tank? I think it would be cool to have it sinking into some deep mud with multiple shots that penetrated through Its side.
love your content!!
We all love his content
A sign post could also had just a bit of pop and context.
Can you do the Tamiya 1-35 Churchill?
N2 yes!!!
Uncle why aren't there any bloopers?
Ps. Great job
Just 3D print some tracks so you use those as marks in dioramas
Bruh. Why do you paint static grass? Just put it on last.
Your thumbnail made me think that you should make an entire diorama in black and white as if it were a photograph in 3d. I've never seen it done before and I think it could have a great effect. Love the vids, keep it up!
Another outstanding video my friend !
Hey Martin, I really enjoy watching you modeling tutorials. I have one question, is it ok to use tamiya acrylics on a wet pallet? I notcied that you used vallejo paints on the wet pallet. Thanks
T h i c c T a n c c
Thank You very much for that tutorial. Great done, as usual. All the best for You! ;)
Your work is world class so your next challenge is figures with your work lol take care my friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️🐑😁😂
From my own experience : test the static grass application first on a scrap piece of terrain. And before you add bigger items, because you will never reach in the corners, like around a fence. 👍
Good advice, I still haven't tried it although it already arrived. True with the fence part, I think the best way will be to "plant the lawn" first and then start adding items like fences, road signs etc.
Make next diorama with water like tank going through water and making waves donno maybe a good idea
Of COURSE you're happier with the Soviet T series tank than the capitalist US tank.
You're from Eastern Europe after all... :D