Do you like the black background? I've been messing around with my camera's settings to get better white balance and stuff....so I figured I would give a black backdrop a shot to see how it looks. I kind of like it.
The black background works really well, I didn't even notice it until you said! Just a side note: I'm pretty certain that 'flat base' isn't a varnish, but used to Matt down gloss and satin paints by adding varying amounts. 'flat clear' is the Matt and, obviously, 'gloss clear' is the gloss. Tamiya's semi gloss is X-35 'semi gloss clear'. Keep up the good work fella 👍
No, Flat Clear is not matte. It is satin. It is between "flat" and "clear" which tamiya use for matte and gloss, respectively. It's what I sprayed onto the model and it's not matte. You also can use Flat Base as a varnish as I have done in the past, but it's not ideal. I'm mainly just using it as a visual aid of matte to demonstrate my point.
Yeah Tamiya flat clear is their matt its just not really matt. The flat base is to add to gloss paints to make them matt. Tamiya do a semi-gloss which is their satin.
Thanks Ian for this tutorial, i will safe this video in my tutorial playlist. If any viewer of my videos, have questions about an oil washes, i can recommend your video to him. Stay safe! Greetings from Germany
Great tutorial, it was a treat watching you apply the wash over the turret and see all those details come to life. You and Martin have different approaches, but both of you are superb modellers. Keep up with your great work and stay safe.
Superb video and just what I needed 👍 You covered everything very thoroughly, thank you I like the black background, it seems to highlight the model better. Thanks again and stay well.
Great video. Important topic that answers a lot of my questions. The black backdrop (Blackdrop) really brings out the Dark Yellow and Red Brown. Nice touch. Now I need to find out what the difference is between AK White Spirit and AK odourless thinner.
Many thanks for a most interesting video. I've been using Longlife floor polish for sealing my models, predominantly aircaft. Do you think that this will be suitable for enamel washes? Regards, Mike
I am not sure. Those floor polishes are not meant to be permanent; they're meant to be stripped easily. So you have to be careful that whatever wash you use isn't going to strip the polish.
I love your videos although I do not agree on the enamel washes, I have been using vallejo washes for 5 years now and they work just fine for me. They don’t destroy my previous paint layers but they are a bit hard to clean up, you have a point there🙂
Having you and Night Shift both work on a tiger at once shows different possibilities of how to do something like being conservited on washing Zimmerit vs not being. Edit: You him also cool.
Wash came out great. I had to double-take on that close-up of you holding the cupola. Looks super-realistic. Had a good chuckle when you “finger-wagged” the acrylic paints. 😂
Thank you. That was extremely informative. Explains how I managed to ruin my current model using acrylic washes and thinners over acrylic paint and varnish. Regards
Yes, Tamiya Panel Liner is just an enamel wash product like those from AK and Mig, etc. I have never personally tried the Tamiya Panel Liner but I have heard lots of positive things from people who have used it.
Since washes and filters are enamel based, why not simply use a few drops of Humbrol or Revell enamels diluted in some white spirit instead of using artists oil paints. Makes sense to me.
X-21 isn't a great matte. It usually fogs up. It's meant to mix into glossy paints, not spray on its own. Use Testors Dullcote or Mr Super Clear or VMS matte, etc.
Once I apply dust and oils later on it should be toned down more. I usually like a dark wash if I'm doing dust effects later....we will see how it goes.
@@Panzermeister36 Thanks panzermeiter, I have been watching and listening to you for 2 year now. Your amazing! Building, painting and the tutorials are impressive. I'm 57 was in a bad motorcycle accident and lost eighty percent use of my right hand. So this is much harder for me. But with some practice I will perciver!
Do you have to wait a bit before cleaning up the excess wash with enamel thinner or do you clean it up immediately? Thank you and very informative video.
Hi all. To you all for the great advise. Was just wondering if someone could tell me why once I've primed and painted my model with acrylic and want to glue things on afterwards, my paint gets damaged. I'm using tamia cement with white cap. Please advise.
The Tamiya glue will melt paint because it's a chemical welding type of glue. If you're going to glue parts onto a painted model then you should use super glue instead for those parts.
Am i the only one that doesn´t think that a darker wash should be applied on DG colored zimmerit? The wash looks great all over the tank but not on the zim.
is it the same procedure with soft skins (trucks , jeeps, ..) as with the tanks? i am painting now a opel blitz truck .. kind regards and greetings from Belgium..
Oh, thank you! Well, perhaps right now might not be the best time since the postal services here aren't working very well due to the virus. Which country do you live in?
Certain airbrush acrylics like Vallejo can be thinned or reactivated with airbrush thinner. Personally, I hate enamels with a passion so I'm stuck doing acrylic washes. It's just quite a bit harder- work in small areas and touch it up with the thinner ASAP.
@@Panzermeister36 well, after a certain point of drying the acrylic won't reactivate as easily. I experimented this a bit on a spare model and enamel pin washes are much safer, easier, and better looking. And yes, it does cause the varnish to peel. 0/10 do not recommend scrubbing hard at all
The screens shot, at 50 seconds into video showing X-21, XF 86 and X22 lined up, is what I based my using Tamiya X-21for my final matt finish on my 2 month long build of a Zvezda Panzer IVG. In your video X-21appears to be presented along with it's medium finish and gloss counterparts, so......naturally..... I had used a lot of your techniques and the finish turned out perfect. My best build to date. Then I totally ruined it in the end with the X21 leaving the model with a frosty snow like surface . I'm beyond mad right now. First, please tell me what went wrong. Dilution was 3-1 thinner to paint. There is no real information about using X-21 on the internet except horror stories. My fault in the end but I never saw this one coming.
I've used X-21 in the past as matte before. Thin it down super thin with lacquer thinner, apply it in very thin coats, and avoid spraying too much into corners where you'll get frosting. If you've got build-up of frosting you can just rub it off with a brush apparently. It's just talcum powder.
@@Panzermeister36 i use model master lacquer satin varnish, for paint, i most mostly Ammo mig or Mr Hobby(both lacquer & aquerous type) depend on the color. For Enamel, i mostly use aritst white spirit /ordorless thinner. After thinking for a while, i really do thing this cause by Model master vanish, i not have this issue when i use some left over Gaia not varnish in my few first project
@@Panzermeister36 hello, i thought x-21 is not a varnish but a additive to get glossy colours matt and the tamiya semi gloss is x-35. Anyway, great tutorial as always, thank you.