The noodles are totally new to me. Only found out about them recently. In your opinion could they be shaped and keep their shape? And, without help from the base? Many signs, the neon sits up from the sign. I’m current using a 2.5 mm EL wire. As of now, it feels like it will keep its shape, but only with some, hopefully, well hidden clear glue.
They’re super rad, but a little finicky! Glue doesn’t love to stick to their rubbery exterior, but Boylei Hobby Time recently used heat shrink for a better adhesive surface. We’d hoped to have the neon elevated like a standard sign, but we need to play a little more with it. For an upcoming build, we used clear filament in a 3D printer to make channels the noodle could sit in - which worked alright. Still more trial and error. If helpful, the best glue we’ve found so far that holds is Zap-A-Gap CA+ glue. Keep us posted on your progress - we’d love to see!
Ice cream trucks are such a benign and mundane aspect of life, so it's understandable that they get left out of Cyberpunk games/shows/models: Well done on balancing this karmic debt! Subscribed! :)
Think of all the weird, joyful establishments we’re not seeing in cyberpunk - bakeries, arcades, tiki bars… Maybe we need more silly entertainment for the low lives of the underworld!
That sounds amazing!!! Let us know when it’s done!!! Balsa may be easier to work with, but you definitely get wood grain in the final. We were thinking thin acrylic or Styrene may be a little smoother in the future. Aluminum may be tricky to work with, but just think of how cool and authentic it’ll look when it’s complete!
@@seriously_nerdy I wish I could just have dinner with you two to discuss. I’m really worried I chose the wrong material…. I would show you what I have so far, but… we are on YT. With that being said, I’m instantly a huge fan. This sign video was what grabbed me.
We’ve partial to Vallejo hobby paints. We use Vallejo primer in our airbrush, and in this build used Vallejo fluorescent blue and fluorescent magenta so that everything glows under blacklight. (We also recently picked up some Tamiya panel liner, which isn’t a paint, per se, but is a great thin wash for seeping into the cracks and providing nice contast.) If you don’t have a local hobby shop, you can get all of these online. In fact, our local hobby shop has a pretty extensive website: houseofhobbies.com
Very nicely done, Seriously Nerdy! I don't have the courage (or needed skillset) to attempt a "Forced Light-Source Perspective" piece, myself. But this project (and your earlier Dorothy Gale scene) show that you're quick learners! This is a fun diorama, and I hope you'll do more Cyberpunk (and Steampunk and Dieselpunk) scenes in the future. Thanks for sharing your imagination and skills with us! 16th Like.
Have courage, Mark! The worst that can happen is you don’t like the way it looks so you strip the paint and start fresh. If we can do it, so can you! Thanks for watching and encouraging. 16th like of a like. 🤓
@@seriously_nerdy I'll try. But at almost 65 with so many models in my stash to build, I'm going to have to pick my projects carefully. One idea I'd like to see the two of you try is to replicate a classic movie monster scene in greyscale "black and white" tones - similar to your Dorothy scene, but using ONLY greyscale, and in a darker setting. It's also satisfying for me to see younger people discover classic, plastic modeling. I don't remember if I mentioned this to you earlier, but you definitely want to Google the Old Masters: Shep Paine, Francois Verlinden, Bob Letterman and Lewis Pruneau. Their works and contributions to the hobby have to be seen to be fully appreciated!
For my taste it became a bit too black and violet, e.g. the hair or the faces colors could have differed a bit. But overall a great kitbash and a scene without weapons or violence or decay, which is rare in our hobby.
We have a sign in our craft room that says “Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” - a line from the show Adventure Time - that reminds us that we have to be brave enough to be imperfect as we learn. (And candidly, sharing your imperfect learning with the internet is scary!) Totally agree with you that we’ve got some refinement in our future with surface contrast, but all part of the learning process. Most of all, thanks for watching!
You did an excellent job, here - not just with the execution of the idea, but the sepia-toned painting. Early on, I was wondering how you would depict Dorothy's iconic Gingham dress in sepia-tone. Let me assure you that you nailed it! Put another way, you didn't just build a model. You created what is sure to be a family heirloom! Thanks for sharing your skills and techniques, as well as your video! 19th Like.
If you hit that MDF with a 50/50 mix of water and PVA glue, it stops soaking paint/glue/everything and stops that slightly fuzzy texture bleeding through.
Anyone can see that this project - like all of your projects, come to think of it - is a true, labor of love. I hope that Nina West gets to see this; I think they'll wholeheartedly approve. I also like how you used combined methods to make your figure. You used modern 3D Printing for the main part, but went with epoxy putty sculpting for the details. Sometimes, the older ways are the best. I do have a suggestion for future figure painting projects: Master figure painter and modeler Shep Paine advised modelers to, "Paint your figure as though you are dressing them." Exposed skin first, visible undergarments next, and then outward, finishing with details like buttons, buckles, etc. If you are unfamiliar with the works of Shep Paine, you owe it to yourself to Google his works. It was his "Tips for Building Dioramas" leaflets included in many Monogram hobby kits in the early 1970's that I credit with keeping me in model building as a hobby. Thanks for sharing this build with us! 16th Like.
About all I know about "Fallout" is that it exists, and that it's set in a post-apocalyptic, retro-future, mid-century modern / raygun gothic setting. I'd say your diorama fits the aesthetic of those descriptions perfectly! Thanks for sharing this with us! 75th Like.
@@seriously_nerdy . . . And now that someone invented LED Filaments; in-scale 'neon' signs really can be done! I'm old enough to remember the day when affordable, plastic fiber-optics became available in the 1980's, and suddenly everyone had to light their Starship Enterprise models . . . .
Please write us poetry like this all the time! You rock! And thank you for the compliment - we are huge fans of Boylei and always love contributing to his art challenges.
Gah, we wish there was! Until then, we rely on a lot of RU-vid videos for various techniques. Our favorite maker for weathering is @NightShiftScaleModels on RU-vid. Just an absolute legend - highly recommend starting there!
Thank you! We like that it gives off Nixie clock vibes when the lights are under the dome. (We also had to Google what a retro glowing dome clock was called... haha)
This is brilliant! Your imagination and use of random stuff in this diorama baffles me. I wish I was able to think outside the box like that. I've been a modeler for most of my 45 years here and want to start creating scenes for them to become part of. This video showed me I need to exercise my imagination much more. This is the first Seriously Nerdy video I've watched and won't be the last. Thank you, Alex and Dani!
Jason, that is so dang nice of you to say. Thank you! But believe us when we tell you that if we can do this nonsense, anyone can. We 100% believe in you! If it helps, we got started with our kitbash crafting by just keeping a little cardboard box of “bits” - little leftovers from model kits, cool-looking pieces of trash, 3D printing errors, really anything that looks interesting. We usually start with our bits box, because it feels really low stakes to experiment without feeling like you’re dumping time or money or precious resources down the drain. Every once in a while, we’ll remember that one odd toothpaste cap or IKEA knob sitting in the bits box and it inspires a whole new project! Maybe consider starting your own bits box and see where your imagination takes you? We can’t wait to see what you create!
This is a fantastic diorama!! Looks likea day in the life of a Martian settler circa the 1950's. Using UV resin to create the plants was really neat and ended up with awesome results. I've only watched one other of your videos (the SW Podracer) and I had to subscribe half way through this one, but I did miss the commentary from the last one. Hopefully you will bring that back. Brilliant job with this one, I'm off to watch another. Keep on keeping on!!
Really great work! Even watching the whole video I still had a "doh!" moment when you popped the switch cover off to turn on the lights. Extremely well disguised with the dummy panel and comm tower! Looks right out of Episode I 🎉
Wow, thank you! We’re still very much padawan when it comes to electrical wiring, so the fact that the on/off switch still worked after we placed it in the hidden panel was a big win for us. Ha!
Alex and Dani, this is excellent! Full stop! As a lifelong modeler, I was looking forward to the model kits that would be inspired by "The Phantom Menace." Though I was not disappointed with what we got, this movie's actual major contribution to our hobby was that it gave modelers an entirely new Science Fiction concept to work with: Pod racers. And while Anakin's bespoke Pod Racer was the only one to be released in kit form - I was also hoping for a model of Sebulba's Pod Racer for the diorama possibilities, alas . . . - modelers the world over took the basic idea, and ran with it, producing hundreds of canon-compliant masterpieces - just like the one you shared with us in this video! I even remember hearing about a model club that sponsored a two-contest where entrants had to scratch build their own Pod Racers. First, they would compete in a classic, IPMS-style model contest. And then they'd be used to compete in a game where they were 'raced' according to rolls of dice! 17th Like.
Thank you so much, Mark! We agree - Sebulba’s pod is awesome. There’s an entire spread dedicated to Sebulba in our old Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary and Dani was geeking out over all the details in it, like the modified chair so that he could pilot with his Dug hand/food combination. Wildly cool!
I really wish that Nickelodeon could give the "Legends of the Hidden Temple" reboot a second chance and have it done right. All the toxic people who are always miserable say it can't be done, but I'm not listening to them.
