nightshiftmodeller

It’s big!

My friends, the 36-minute Chevy video is finished, and I started assembling the water mill from RT-Diorama.

The whole scene weighs almost 4kg with the majority of the chonk (3,5 kg) containe...

First component of the diorama is ready!

My friends, the truck is finished, and I must say it was an interesting experience. Fun at times, but also frustrating. The build, the handling during painting (it's much different than a tank), su...

HD photos

My friends, here are proper photos of the finished truck. Well, proper is a questionable word because nothing of the interior is visible in them :D But that's what usually happens with interiors. A...

Details and stowage

My friends, everything is in place and ready for weathering! But I’d like to keep the earth tones quite subtle on this one because the paint job looks just right to my eye. Also, the truck will b...

A little transformation

… done with a pin wash, chipping, and rusty oil paints!

My friends, this is the largest benefit of post-shading and a pale base coat. You can apply a wash and the model looks finished - if...

Some cool bricks

Here are a few ref images for brick walls. Imagine scribing this into styrofoam 😁

Paints!

My friends, the scariest part of this project is behind us, and by that I mean masking! I didn’t do the best job, but it’s nothing that can’t be fixed in the upcoming steps 😁

I went...

Ready for spraying!

My friends, the rest of the build (read: the flatbed and wheels) was very straightforward! It’s as if all the perils were contained in the cabin. But the irony is strong because you’d never exp...

There was no other way…

My friends, I like to build first, then paint. And I try to avoid anything else, but here… I had no other choice but to paint the interior before continuing with the assembly.

The cabin wa...

New project!

My friends, I started working on a new diorama, and it’s probably going to be the most epic one so far.

The Chevrolet truck is just a small part of the upcoming scene, and I’ll be releas...

Early video

Told ya, let's gooo! 

HD photos

My friends, here are proper photos of the finished Puma vignette. It covers so much of the scene that I decided to snap a few pictures without it :D But that's the tradeoff when you're making a sim...

Done!

My friends, this “quick summer project” is, at last, finished! I’m currently working on the video so it’ll be ready in time 😊 I’ll get back to you once I have it done.

Groundwork done

My friends, the only things left are the fence and plastic drums… and maybe a few extra small details 😊

The ground needed to be muddy because the Puma is muddy. As such, I used the same ...

First paints applied

My friends, the airbrushing phase is finished and I also managed to paint the concrete slabs with acrylics. It was the same procedure as on the Conqueror diorama, but more simplified. Only 3 steps ...

Base ready for paints

My friends, I’m just about to start the airbrush! As I mentioned in the previous post, the base is very simple as its main goal is to showcase the model.

I considered a small industrial la...

Base for the Puma!

… and the other thing that left my entire body in pain 😪

My friends, it’s been a tough week but I tried my best to do model related stuff as well. Editing the Puma video, and then wor...

Early video

Protect your trash cans because there's a thief in the neighborhood! 

Nice photos

My friends, here's a gallery of proper pictures. Even though I was able to see the Puma every day on the workbench, I'm pleasantly surprised how it actually looks on a clean background with good li...

Finished and ready for base!

My friends, I finished the Puma on Sunday with some subtle mud on the pallets and rags, and a couple of final touches such as the soot on the exhaust and polished edges on the autocannon.

On...

Rags!

My friends, the rags are done, and somehow I managed to sculpt and paint them all in one day 😁 What remains is to add weathering to this improvized urban camouflage and wrap things up. I’ll be...

German trash panda

My friends, the pallet camouflage is on and boy, did it transform the entire model 😂 I need to add some weathering to blend them with the model, and also add some rags and tarps that are a part ...

So much wood

My friends, I managed to paint the pallets yesterday, oof! That was a lot of painting!

Instead of spraying them with a dark primer, as is my usual routine, I tried flooding them with thick c...

Pallet army!

My friends, the miniature, fully EPAL certified pallets are ready for painting 😁

Blueprints are easy to find with Google, and then it’s a piece of cake to divide the dimensions by 35. T...

Muddy work done!

My friends, it always surprises me how much work can it be to apply all the earth effects properly. And how the workload increases exponantially when the model is big!

But damn, I’d say it...

Muddy test section

My friends, I started this tradition on the Valentine and it’s a great way to overcome fear when you’re not confident with your mud game!

Pick a section lf the model and do everything th...

Ready for earth tones!

My friends, those pesky details are finally done! There was so many of them, but what was worse - most of them are hardly visible.

After studying reference images, I noticed the Pumas get ch...

Details go pop

My friends, I’ve done something unusual. Instead of highlighting tiny details with a lighter color and then proceeding to the chipping stage, I started painting details in their respective colors...

Pin Wash ready!

My friends, this took a while! But it doesn’t mean it wasn’t enjoyable. The trickiest part, as expected, was the anti-slip surface which acts as a paint sponge. I found out that thicker wash gi...

Ready for weathering

My friends, the decals are up, everything is sealed with VMS flat varnish, the rubber mats are painted, and I’m sweating with anticipation. Because the next step is the most satisfying one - pin ...