ARE PIGMENTS OBSOLETE? What do you think mates?

@brettbarrow4383

5 жыл бұрын

No, because I still mix them into my dirt & mud washes to give them texture :-) but yeah, I rarely use them straight or by themselves anymore. I have been using more and more acrylic washes lately. I'm a big fan of David Parker's work and have been following some of his examples using Lifecolor for dust & dirt.

@ortiz5922

5 жыл бұрын

No!! However I have to admit I HATED pigments a lot, but sicnce I've been using them as Rinaldi does, I really like the effects and texture. Tamiya rainmarks are f** great too, didn't know the soapy water trick. Thanks!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

@@brettbarrow4383 true true, very good points. I also use them from time to time in those dust, mud or rust washes. Sometimes I also apply them in extremely limited amounts on top of the dust washes to slightly adjust them. But I think the era when people applied pigments all over their models and then flooded them with thinner is way past its glory days.

@laMoort

5 жыл бұрын

i know this will sound counter intuitive but high quality ones are obsolete yes. low quality ones, like vallejo for ex. where there is more filler in the bottle than pigment itself are still useful; simply because actually less pigment means it's less potent, which is the bane of pigments; their effects are very overpowering even with the tiniest amount if you get what i mean here. gist of it is less is more, indeed.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

@@ortiz5922 Mike's approach is amazing and I used the same techniques a few years back. But I slowly stopped enjoying the process and there was still a lot of mess on my workbench, so I looked for some alternative methods and somehow ended up here, using Tamiya acrylics lol

Who disliked the video? 🤯 His work is top notch, and super helpful......

Great looking tank, so realistic 😍😍, I'd love too see you paint a Warhammer 40k Vehicle!

Night Shift: Do this and this and this you'll end up with a $500 looking model (Night Shift actually ends up looking like that ) Me: *Does everything as explained* - ends up with a model looking like it was build by a 1 year old chimpanzee.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha I feel you mate. watching a video can make you understand the technique, but it's practice that makes you master it!

Who doesn't like it... T H I C C ?

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

I love it when my paints have curves

@scaleartsg

5 жыл бұрын

Panzermeister36 mottled!

@MrPolicekarim

4 жыл бұрын

MIG maybe?

Adding soap to Tamiya acrylic paint to circumvent water tension... game changer! Oh and the mud effects, SPOT ON! Cheers!

You learn something every day! Fabulous work with a very informative and funny voiceover 😂 Many thanks🇬🇧

Never been able to use pigments, always created a mess that was always hard to correct. Will be trying this as it looks way more controllable. Also liking the style of your videos, very chilled/fun to watch...not like other big name modellers.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mac, yeah that pigment mess all over the model and my workbench brings me nightmares every time. Glad you're having a good time!

That’s what I love about your channel in-depth and to the point!

Beautiful. The effect with graphite is awesome. And the commentary/effects (zoom/b&w) made me smile 😀

Like the use of your airbrush to spread the wash into corners and along edges. Great technique.

brilliant stuff as ever Martin. Really like the effects you achieved. fab

Fun and simple, just like scale modellism should be! I'll try your advices. Thank you so much!

Awesome job, looks so real! Félicitations de France! 👌👌

I’m very new to modeling and just bought the Tamiya 1/35 walker bulldog and I’m pretty excited. I have tons of acrylics from my cosplay work and this video was really cool, since the only pigments I have are the essential colors and not the browns and weathering. Thanks night shift!

Amazing work! Such epic detail, and you explained it in such a great entertaining style. I like the Char B1, and you've done it great justice.

Great effects, well illustrated in this video! Keep up the great work!

Ohhh boy...one of the best part of the week! Learned awesome technices again. Keep rocking! 🤘

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! It's great to see you here again!

Love your vids, just wanted to say that. Amazing work as always, keep up the good work!

I think that you put out very skilled and entertaining vids!! I usually just mix actual, different grade soil, and mix into my mud- weathering paints. Works pretty well. And.... cheap as dirt!!

Martin...Love your videos on the Char B1 tank build. I have learned a lot about how to weather tanks. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming! John

Masterpiece! Really like the outcome! 👌 and yes, more 1/72 armour!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Julian!

this channel is pure gold! Thanks for the videos mate :) I appreciate all the hard work you've put in :)

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

found this video in a search on here, love the technique, i’ll definitely be making my own rain water effects mixture, have a cupboard full of pigments, time to move to other techniques i think, they’re wayyyyy too messy. Just went through a few of your other videos, great stuff, keep them coming, thanks for all the tips.

Just stumbled across this. Glad I did. Great video.

Night shift you are the greatest. Keep the vids coming.

F__king awesome video, great technique and great explanations. Cheers for your hard work.

As always masterclass, and very funny!. Looking forward to next Friday. Congratulations.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate! Next Friday is when we'll wrap this thing up and get it done. And then, something new!

"stylistic form of Mud!!" Great vid...very informative.. thank you!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, somewhat. Like I said in the video, it's important to make it a bit more refined and stylistic, otherwise it wouldn't look very appealing. Thanks!

I've recently become a big fan of your videos and congrats on being among the few who can focus the camera on these miniatures. You should really have a store. I've been buying just about everything you recommend and I wish you were getting some kind of commission for that! either way, thanks for the videos. Keep em coming!

Really love your videos at the moment.

What a talented mother and a fantastic and humorous narrator. Keep on the good work and I will follow you anywhere

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Editing was 7:30 crazier than usual and I love it. Great informative video, Uncle Night Shift.

Loving this. As they say you learn everyday. I sure did. Thanks man!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that Michal!

I think the tracks need more *silver*

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

THE HORROR!

@williamsaloka9043

3 жыл бұрын

More silver!, more silver!, more silver!...................WE NEED MORE SILVER!!!

Definitely Great Work !!!!!!! And naturally Many Thanks for sharing your well tuned methods………………

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

Amezing ! looks real 100%

I know I am late to the comments, but the detail on your realism approach is phenomenal! They could be used as a movie prop. Very interesting and so well-done!!

Glass I found your channel. Beautiful work

Extra, quel talent ! les manipulations pigments, peintures à l'huile et autres techniques c'est vraiment impressionnant ! j'adore et j'espère un jour égratigner un zest de ce savoir faire

Great work as usual. Great looking CharB 1.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott!

I loved the bass boost affect NOOOO!

Genius!!!! nice video.

Norton (Bear brand) has some yellow Washi painters tape that looks very similar. It's my favourite tape for fine masking. It's very thin, peels off with no residue and paint does not bleed through. Love your work BTW! All the best from OZ mate, Ben

I just feel my hands will get dirty touching that mud, great tuto!!!

Great video.

Hi, another cool video👍

Truly Inspirational, 👍

Love this channel ! So funny, I hate masking too!

Thank you i am applying what i am learning to my studio series transformers!

Haha! Man don’t take your videos down, I Learn a lot and laugh too

Never could use pigments without making a complete mess. Love your technique here, thanks so much for the video

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. Glad you enjoyed it!

How are you SO GOOD? Great videos from you, cheers!

Hey Martin, Just picked up a link to this from somewhere on Facebook. First time I've seen any of your videos. This is great.. very clear tutorial, I love the effects and your editing and presentation is brilliant! Many thanks Graeme. 🙂👍

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Graeme, hope you'll enjoy the upcoming stuff as well!

nice one. Thanks!

Great work!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

So nice

Great video Martin! I really like the use of acrylics here. I've been working a lot with acrylic weathering, but had not thought of using some of the methods you have here. I'll definitely be ripping off... I mean *emualting* them! :D For your XF-52/XF-19 mix, was that thinned with X-20A?

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon! Definitely give it a try, it's pretty rad technique. Ripping me off, pfffft... I'm ripping off... wait for it... Adam Wilder... AGAIN! You mean the airbrush mix? That is thinned with Mr. Color thinner.

Nice model 😍

lOVE THE VIDEOS!

Wow. It's all coming together so well. Looking forward to the conclusion, and wondering what could be next??

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

That's the real question eh? Well it's gonna be big, actually bigger than I expected.

Superb!!!!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Nice!

Greta job! ;)

Great Channel 👍🏻

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Thank you .

bravo , surtout à cette échelle .i like

Nice video mate very coooooool :-) throwing away my pigments away after watching that ;-)

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Hold it right there Comrade, they're not THAT horrible!! :)

Nice done. Normally, it will be overload with effects, but I think in that case, as partisant's tank, should be OK. Great! ;)

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Yeah, that and also I just cannot help myself... I just always end up trying to get the most out of it :)

Outstanding tutorial! I'm a relative novice and loved the effect you achieved. Therefore, I've just ordered myself a pot of the Wilder textured earth as a result. One question though, would the mud effect have looked as good if it was splattered/flicked as a result of the track movement ie, not vertically up and down but at a slight angle?

@NightShiftScaleModels

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, if you're a novice I'd stick to more simple techniques because that effect is quite hard to pull off.

Excellent video, I've been experimenting with acrylics for mud & dust for some time so will certainly try your methods soon. Do you apply over a gloss or matt finish by the way?

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pete! That's kinda hard to answer, as I always varnish the model with clear gloss coat after I'm done with the camouflage and markings. Every subsequent layer of weathering dulls down the shiny surface, but the effect is kinda random and irregular. So to answer your question I'd say yes and no. In some places the surface is still glossy, in some it's flat. BUT to give you a more constructive answer, the surface doesn't matter. It's easier to apply these effects over matt surface, but they'll work just as well over a glossy one, it will just take a few more initial layers to build up the matt dusty foundation.

@petesmith2465

5 жыл бұрын

@@NightShiftScaleModels excellent thanks for that, I will try the methods soon. I have been weathering 1/48th armour for some time with acrylics but have only dabbled on 1/35th stuff. petesmodelworld.blogspot.com/

Truly amazing, I love the dusting process, I will surely try it on my next model. Especially the track part of the process is really interesting

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luigi, hope you'll have fun with it! It's super easy.

@LuigiDelussu

5 жыл бұрын

It looks quite realistic, I’ll use it on my ongoing kv 2 project

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

KV-2 is one of the best subjects for this technique. Those big turret sides... mmmm

@LuigiDelussu

5 жыл бұрын

Btw, what kind of soap do you use to break surface tension on the rainmarks wash?

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Try some liquid dish cleaner, that's what works for me. But I think the brand shouldn't make a difference.

Awesome work! I'm definitely going to apply these techniques in my models. Can you tell me what brand is the muddy paint? Regards!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's from company called Wilder.

Please more 1/72 scale armor! I need more, its addictive to me

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

1/72, then 1/35, then 1/72, then 1/35... sounds good?

I know this is an older video, but I’m wondering if you’d recommend using graphite for bare metal effects for everything or just on tracks?

Love all of your builds. I have never seen 1/72 models look so good. Many props to you. Do you prefer 1/72 kits? I have so many 1/35 kits I am running out of room.

@NightShiftScaleModels

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, no, I'm a hardcore 1/35 fan for life :)

Ahoj, casto pouzivas Wilder produkty. Ako napriklad 10:02 Dark Brown Fine Earth. Mas skusenosti s nejakou nahradou? Nieco co sa da zohnat na Slovensku v Europe? :) Napriklad od Valejjo nieco?

AWSOME!!!!😂😂😂😂

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

Is the "rain Mark's mix able to be sprayed on with the airbrush, in a VERY VERY light mist over let's say vehicle windshields?

My son has sprayed his tank with Tamiya Acrylic paints and has put a single semi gloss coat over the top. He has tried to use some black Tamiya panel line but is having a problem cleaning it with the enamel thinners as its pulling up the acrylics where he was trying to clean up the panel liner. Can we just use thinned down acrylics is a similar method you used here for a panel liner or is there a reason that enamel base is used for the panel liner by Tamiya?

Hi, is it possible to seal the graphite areas with any kind of varnish or similar product to have a "permanent" finish?

m a g n i f i c e n t !

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@laMoort

5 жыл бұрын

@@NightShiftScaleModels quick question: there were 2 bottles, 1st one was for the dust 2nd for the rainmarks. you've mentioned that 2nd was thinned with soapy water. i assume 1st one is thinned also but with what exactly? reason being tamiya type acrylics, no matter their thinner being lacq or ipa, tend to strip down underlying paint when applied via hairybrush. there is some serious scale modeling blak magick voodoo here!

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, the first bottle which I used for airbrush application was simply thinned down with Mr. Hobby lacquer thinner!

What may be a stupid question, but is there a way to 'seal' or fix graphite onto the model, so that it can't be rubbed off?

Silver!!! Silver!!! Silver!!!

I like masking tape!!!

You should do a British MK1 tank.

@ScottKenny1978

4 жыл бұрын

That'd be perfect for going absolutely nuts with the mud effects!

And it's all on a glossy varnish? Have you applied a matte varnish to the model yet?

does the graphite not rub off at all?

Are there other options for the Dark brown textured earth? Maybe from Vallejo or something like that because the shipping costs are unbelieveable :o I thought about vallejo weathering effects Thik Mud Brown. Thank U

@NightShiftScaleModels

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, Vallejo makes several acrylic mud pastes that look pretty good, I haven't used any of them but seen other people achieving very nice results with them. AK also has a range of acrylic earth pastes which should work very well too.

Why are you so goog?😂😂 Btw, nice and fulfilling video again❤😈

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Lolol, thanks so much Jakub!

@jakubrosa2054

5 жыл бұрын

Nz😂

Can you link that mud-paint(?) That you used?

How could I do weathering and stuff without an air brush and instead a regular brush

👌👌👌😉

can't get any wilder anywhere in the UK OUT OF STOCK everytime

I hate putting masking tape on but taking it off and seeing the crisp line in the paint when you’ve done it well is just something else entirely.

Can you elaborate more on that soapy mixture? Components, exact propоrtions? Wanna try that, but afraid to get it wrong.

@NightShiftScaleModels

5 жыл бұрын

Get some water, put a few drops of liquid soap/dish cleaner, mix it until it bubbles, add Tamiya XF paint straight from the bottle. No exact proportions, trial and error :)

@anthonyb.7360

5 жыл бұрын

@@NightShiftScaleModels I'm going to try this. I was very happy to see your results. Seems to dry fast but light enough be completely controlled. Love your work my friend!

What scale is that? It looks like one/you can’t see this without a microscope scale lol.😅

2:09 bye bye my ear

Beautiful model. I hate pigments as well. It mostly messes up model, a lot.

Heeey, you promised to tell about making rain-marks mixture in this video!!! I'm still waiting!!!😥 Sorry, found it. I'll try it ASAP