At last, a youtube modeller who understands that tanks get VERY dirty and dusty. Most models show too much unrealistic rust and chipping and nowhere near enough muck and dirt, probably because the modeller is copying other models rather than looking at photos. Nothing wrong in that, of course, but it's good to see someone who gets this fundamental point and wants to reproduce it in miniature. Great video!
Agree 💯 Chipping seems to be really fashionable and even though these people are probably modellers than me I've not seen any Ww2 tanks with any where near the amount of chips on them.
Hey Hank Been a modeller (mainly military a/c) for over fifty years. Always built AFV's as 'a sideline' but not 'seriously' until about five or six years ago when YT tutorials really started to take off and products from the likes of Legend, Value Gear, Vallejo, AK and Mig Jimenez became more and more available. Long story short, I really struggle with pigments, I almost always apply way too much, even when I 'know' that it's less than last time ".... This video is, IMHO, the single best on pigment application that I've seen. Perfectly lit, edited and narrated, absolutely clear as to what's happening and perhaps most importantly no generic thrash metal or 'popular classics' in the background. Sincerely, thanks for this it's excellent, going to recommend you to my armour-builder mates here in Middle Earth. Links to two of my better, more recent AFV builds if you're interested. Have a Tamiya Achilles on the bench right now and will be using this video as a guide for the dust in the next few days. ( that build here: imodeler.com/groups/work-in-progress-armored-vehicles-and-artillery/forum/topic/achilles/ ). imodeler.com/2022/08/dirty-beast/ imodeler.com/2020/01/not-a-fury/ Cheers from New Zealand.
Fantastic techniques - really like the way this Churchill turned out. I learn something new in every video you put out! It is important to look at historical reference photos, but remember that cameras back then were not as robust as they are today. The cameras typically wouldn’t come out in really bad weather when the tanks were at their muddiest. If you at photos of modern tanks on exercise you’ll see many totally covered in mud including mud all over the turret.
Excellent video my friend some great techniques used and very well explained some great reference videos to the Churchill looks amazing thanks for sharing 👍👍
Using Mod Podge for water streaking is a brilliant! You're right. No other You Tube video has shown this technique! This comes at a perfect time as I'm about to start building a 1:16 scale of the Serman Easy Eight. Thanks for the tip! For dust effect I was expecting you to use a light spray of Tamiya XF57 Buff.
Greetings Hank, that was a totally brilliant tutorial, the funny think about armour etc dtiving around the countryside is no tqo vehicles will weather the same, again a great session, very bexr regards from Australia.
I use kids gloss varnish for wet look,as its water based and effects good and can mix with acrylics for oil stains etc,also diluted kids pva makes great binder...
I think also what helps is to look at various vehicles for specific areas of Europe. The type of weathering in Italy will be different from say Norway. Also time of year being modeled also makes a huge difference. Winter in Germany wet mud would be everywhere, and thick on the lower portions. Snow rain etc on top. Summer is dry and dusty. Spring or fall might be a mix. Also when paint chiped and rust was setting in you just took more paint and slogged it on top of the rust. Don't ask what was in that paint, but it stuck and worked.
Very helpful, I’ve tried pigments a couple times and couldn’t figure out how to keep it on the tank! I’ll definitely be trying this on my M3 Lee I’m wrapping up. Quick question…are you doing this on top of your post-decal clear coat, and does this require another clear coat to ‘seal in’ the dust effect or does the drying effect of the enamel thinner lock it down well enough?
A very good question! All of this is on top of my final matte clear coat - I usually apply a gloss coat, apply decals & let them dry, apply a second gloss coat, do my pin washes, and then apply a final matte coat. After that, I move on to pigments & final weathering effects. I don't put any clear coats over the pigments, as I find that sort of messes up the effect. The thinner does a good enough job of holding everything in place, but you do have to be careful handling the model afterwards as to not leave any fingerprints. Hope that's helpful - and good luck with the M3! Happy building 🍻
Having seen US Forces leave Germany from RFORGER it can take 2+ hours to clean a Tank before shipping it home to the states they get dirty driving around in the mud and dirt and it gets everywhere on them =)
Question, when adding thinner to the dry pigments by brush, can you use a airbrush instead? This is all new to me, I have never used dry pigments! Thanks
Woah, so all I have to do really is build a tank and leave it on a shelf in my shop, within a week it will have scale dust effects. I wonder how I could seal it though.
@@SpruesNBrews approach as normal, but when it comes to the 'locking it in' mist iso over the model and let it fall onto the pigment. It will soak through making it easier to seal.
anyway you can do a video of subscriber model pics that we can send to you in response to a particular video? and have you constructively criticize them, I know I need help in the weathering dept. I think it would make an interesting vid
What if there was a VO montage of various clips of the actual content at the intro instead of a lengthy stand-up requiring people to have to look at you for an entire 2 minutes?
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At last, a youtube modeller who understands that tanks get VERY dirty and dusty. Most models show too much unrealistic rust and chipping and nowhere near enough muck and dirt, probably because the modeller is copying other models rather than looking at photos. Nothing wrong in that, of course, but it's good to see someone who gets this fundamental point and wants to reproduce it in miniature. Great video!
Thank you very much! Gotta lean into the grime 😅
Agree 💯 Chipping seems to be really fashionable and even though these people are probably modellers than me I've not seen any Ww2 tanks with any where near the amount of chips on them.
That Churchill turned out great. Love all the mucky netting and canvas!.
Thank you - I appreciate it! 👍
It's very nice tutorial. Also, it's easy to understand what do you want to do. Thanks for sharing. This video will helps many modelers.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it - and thank you for watching!!
That Churchill looks fantastic! I have one in my stash, I'll be using your excellent video as a blueprint! thanks for posting.
Thanks so much! Glad to hear it - thank you for watching! 👍
Great work! Nice suggestion on the Modge Podge!
Thank you very much! And thanks for watching 👍
Great stuff, inspired me to get my crocodile out and onto the bench.
Awesome - so glad to hear it! Happy building & thanks for watching! 🍻
Really liked this idea of the museum some great toys in there more museum please.
Sounds good!
Really love how you present material. This was great. Thank you!
So glad to hear it - thank you!!
Hey Hank
Been a modeller (mainly military a/c) for over fifty years. Always built AFV's as 'a sideline' but not 'seriously' until about five or six years ago when YT tutorials really started to take off and products from the likes of Legend, Value Gear, Vallejo, AK and Mig Jimenez became more and more available.
Long story short, I really struggle with pigments, I almost always apply way too much, even when I 'know' that it's less than last time ".... This video is, IMHO, the single best on pigment application that I've seen. Perfectly lit, edited and narrated, absolutely clear as to what's happening and perhaps most importantly no generic thrash metal or 'popular classics' in the background. Sincerely, thanks for this it's excellent, going to recommend you to my armour-builder mates here in Middle Earth.
Links to two of my better, more recent AFV builds if you're interested. Have a Tamiya Achilles on the bench right now and will be using this video as a guide for the dust in the next few days. ( that build here: imodeler.com/groups/work-in-progress-armored-vehicles-and-artillery/forum/topic/achilles/ ).
imodeler.com/2022/08/dirty-beast/
imodeler.com/2020/01/not-a-fury/
Cheers from New Zealand.
Fantastic techniques - really like the way this Churchill turned out. I learn something new in every video you put out!
It is important to look at historical reference photos, but remember that cameras back then were not as robust as they are today. The cameras typically wouldn’t come out in really bad weather when the tanks were at their muddiest. If you at photos of modern tanks on exercise you’ll see many totally covered in mud including mud all over the turret.
Thanks! And ahh fair - you're probably right!
Excellent video my friend some great techniques used and very well explained some great reference videos to the Churchill looks amazing thanks for sharing 👍👍
Thank you very much! I appreciate it - and thank you for watching! 👍
Absolutely stunning
Thank you ..... 🍻learn something every time I watch ...🍻
So glad to hear - thanks for watching! 👍
Using Mod Podge for water streaking is a brilliant! You're right. No other You Tube video has shown this technique! This comes at a perfect time as I'm about to start building a 1:16 scale of the Serman Easy Eight. Thanks for the tip! For dust effect I was expecting you to use a light spray of Tamiya XF57 Buff.
Subscribed to your channel tonight
great tutorial mate! really gave the chruchill a real battle worn look!
Thanks my friend! I appreciate it! 👍
Greetings Hank, that was a totally brilliant tutorial, the funny think about armour etc dtiving around the countryside is no tqo vehicles will weather the same, again a great session, very bexr regards from Australia.
Thanks! Glad to hear you enjoyed!
I use kids gloss varnish for wet look,as its water based and effects good and can mix with acrylics for oil stains etc,also diluted kids pva makes great binder...
That mod podge idea was so great! Maby use some clear water product or diluted glue :) great video dude! Cheers 🍻
Thanks! I appreciate it! Cheers 🍻
Great one my friend thank you !!! Amazing tutorial keep going !
Thank you very much! I appreciate it - and thanks for watching! 👍
I think also what helps is to look at various vehicles for specific areas of Europe. The type of weathering in Italy will be different from say Norway. Also time of year being modeled also makes a huge difference. Winter in Germany wet mud would be everywhere, and thick on the lower portions. Snow rain etc on top. Summer is dry and dusty. Spring or fall might be a mix. Also when paint chiped and rust was setting in you just took more paint and slogged it on top of the rust. Don't ask what was in that paint, but it stuck and worked.
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
Wonderful, like al your models🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉godo job!
Thank you! 👍
Brilliant
Great video, but what medium do you use to seal it up at the end?
A splendid job, I really like your techniques, do you varnish the model at the end?, thanks
Very helpful, I’ve tried pigments a couple times and couldn’t figure out how to keep it on the tank! I’ll definitely be trying this on my M3 Lee I’m wrapping up. Quick question…are you doing this on top of your post-decal clear coat, and does this require another clear coat to ‘seal in’ the dust effect or does the drying effect of the enamel thinner lock it down well enough?
A very good question! All of this is on top of my final matte clear coat - I usually apply a gloss coat, apply decals & let them dry, apply a second gloss coat, do my pin washes, and then apply a final matte coat. After that, I move on to pigments & final weathering effects. I don't put any clear coats over the pigments, as I find that sort of messes up the effect. The thinner does a good enough job of holding everything in place, but you do have to be careful handling the model afterwards as to not leave any fingerprints. Hope that's helpful - and good luck with the M3! Happy building 🍻
learned a lot!
Great! I'm so glad - thanks for watching!
Awesome
Having seen US Forces leave Germany from RFORGER it can take 2+ hours to clean a Tank before shipping it home to the states they get dirty driving around in the mud and dirt and it gets everywhere on them =)
Ahh so glad to hear! Thank you 😁
Question, when adding thinner to the dry pigments by brush, can you use a airbrush instead? This is all new to me, I have never used dry pigments! Thanks
MAGNIFIQUE MERCI
Merci beaucoup!
i dont use a lot of things just some paints and i do like to make custom camo nets by using orange packiging
Very cool!
@@SpruesNBrews thanks
Hank, didn’t you do a painting tutorial on the Walker m41 Bulldog? If so, I can’t find it but I swear I saw it. Could be mistaken???
Great video Hank! My question is why not use pigment fixer? What is your opinion between E. thinner and fixer? Does enamel thinner affect your wash?
A pigment fixer would likely work a bit better here, but I had thinner handy & it works very well also!
I don't recall if we're acquainted. Nice video.
Thank you very much! Appreciate it - thanks for watching!
Do you seal the whole model with a varnish?
Woah, so all I have to do really is build a tank and leave it on a shelf in my shop, within a week it will have scale dust effects. I wonder how I could seal it though.
Hey Chief, tank looks great! Going to try this technique on a Konigstiger. I'm just wondering did you matte varnish this before applying the pigment?
Hey there - thank you! And yes, I'd recommend a matte coat before applying the pigments 👍 happy building!
did you put a final dullcote/varnish on the vehicle to seal everything in?
Nice work.
Why didn't you use isopropyl to help lock in the pigments before you paint it?
Ahh I haven't heard of that approach!
@@SpruesNBrews approach as normal, but when it comes to the 'locking it in' mist iso over the model and let it fall onto the pigment. It will soak through making it easier to seal.
can you secure pigments using white spirit. thanks!
Where did you get the camouflage net from to put on the side of the tank
anyway you can do a video of subscriber model pics that we can send to you in response to a particular video? and have you constructively criticize them, I know I need help in the weathering dept. I think it would make an interesting vid
What if there was a VO montage of various clips of the actual content at the intro instead of a lengthy stand-up requiring people to have to look at you for an entire 2 minutes?