@@NightShiftScaleModels I'd say the same! I had a Tamyia M1A2 Abrams that I covered in way too much wash. When I sanded and cleaned it, it looked much finer
Hey, Uncle Night Shift! That was cool of you to shout out Black Magic Craft! I've been watching both you and him since we first got locked down here in Canada in March 2020. You guys are both truly inspirational.
So... Now after watching this. I'm really looking forward to seeing more dioramas from you. They have gotten better and better. You started with a scenery piece with only a sign for the crusader, then you painted a figure for the Jagdtiger and now there is an awesome building. What's next? A T34 in front of an in-scale Reichstag?! Amazing work
Building the scene brick by brick and tile by tile... it's madness, but I would expect no less. I'm really looking forward to the progress on this one. It already looks great and I'm glad that you're having fun. As someone evidently obsessed with realistic detail, I would imagine that diorama work is going to be something that you'll really like. I also appreciated your comment about "story" and omitting details where they do not contribute or would detract from the story of the piece. All artists are storytellers at some fundamental level.
A great video and I'm saying that as a semi-professional model maker specialising in constructing buildings and structures and having both books and magazine articles about scratch-building terrain published. The roof top tiles are called capping and I would also recommend egg box card (the card containers that eggs are packed in) it can easily mimic wood and bricks and stone. One final point - I like to build my building cores from corrugated cardboard rather than foam. I look forward to seeing part two - the painting. Tony
Finally got to this video a week after - and glad to see I'm not the first to appreciate the Black Magic Craft shout out. and a comment from Miniac. Wait until he discovers texture rollers . . .
I have made Diatoms in the past used doll house bricks and plaster dry wall mix and wooden match sticks. And bosen wood. Fun and well it was my very first time. By the way i still have the Diaroma
Photon Zero is 160 bucks I think it's very small but you can get a lot of mileage out of it if you're just using it for miniatures. But yeah, a decent sized one will run you about 300-450. Worth every penny though. It will pay for itself almost immediately lol
Two points. At 5.39 you ask for alternatives to cutting the bricks. You almost had it correct when you overlap the corner by half a brick ON ALTERNATIVE COURSES, not every course. The intermediate courses will start with a half brick. On the adjacent wall you butt the brick up to the extended brick and interlock the bricks on the next course up. When cutting the bricks with the hot wire cutter you should have cut some of them as half bricks, to tidy up the other end of the wall as required. The other point is when feeding the foam through your cutter don't apply too much pressure. This avoids the issue of distorting the hot wire and thus the foam. Hope you understand this.
Nice job so far .... you need to cut back the mortar on the horizontal joints at the corners and also look at how the rain would flow from the roof of the barn to the shed. It would be built to ensure rain wouldn't get inside. The joint you have does not look very normal. Perhaps some lead flashing? Good luck 😊
I am just about to embark on my first diorama project, videos like this one, and others of yours that I have watched, have bee my inspiration to try it. I used to built model boats/ships, then I took up paint-pouring art, then metalwork, but now that I am in my 70s, I am looking for a new challenge, especially one where I can sit down to do it! Thank you for making it look interesting/challenging/fun, all at the same time.
I can’t even say how happy I am to see you enjoying these new projects! Even when it is you first time, you put an Uncle Night Shift level of skill and effort in, and it came out great!
Your skillset is amazing! Once again, I am blown away by your attention to detail, tools, and tricks. That barn looks awesome even though it isn't painted or weathered yet. Wow!
Seems like you're some kind of savant. Whichever kind of task you do, it turns out like work of art... So an artist then, and very universal at that. Beautiful barn. Very realistic stuff.
For the corners you could make a single one. About 30 cm or so. Now you make a mould from silicone and cast it afterwards with plaster or whatever you ha e at hand. Enjoy the quick corners. And have fun to exchange them with friends.
Whoa. This looks amazing, lad! Friends shown me this video and I am quite astonished. I think I am going to use this further down the line to make some buildings for Mordheim! Thanks for making this!
Well, wouldn't have thought to be saying this but: looks like this model will be hard to improve on through painting. Looks so authentic with just the bare materials. wow
I'm still a beginner when it comes to XPS cutting using a hot wire cutter, but I think your problem with the bricks sticking together and being a bit "hairy" _might_ stem from you cutting them with the cutter being too hot. Maybe you should try a lower setting (if your cutter has one).
Very cool and inexpensive project. The hinge detail is wonderful. BTW the top row on the roof that seals the peak is called the cap. It was a point of pride for roofers to make them as even side to side and straight as possible when installing it. I probably hammered down about 10 miles of cap in my younger days when I did it for a living.
Good morning Night Shift, that was absolutely fantastic, I look forward to seeing the painting video, and it is great to put a face to the voice, take cars and keep safe during these crazy times we are all in, best regards from Australia.
Technology is a great thing. Those roof tiles look so good. With that said...those door hinges! 😳 So much detail put into this building. Excellent work. Can't wait to see it painted & weathered. 😎
Fantastic work, especially on the roof. I've been trying to work out how to make those tiles. One thing I can offer as a tip for the wood work is to keep a bottle of white vinegar with a chunk of fine wire wool in it. You need to let it sit for a few weeks before you need it, ideally, but when it's had a while you get iron particles dissolved in a mild acid. If you dip your wooden planks in the vinegar, or spray it over whole sheets of wood, once dry it ages the wood dramatically. It goes silvery grey and the structure dries out easier due to the acid and iron breaking down the cells, behaving more like old wood. Salt exaggerates the effect even more but the wood stinks like a fish & chip shop for a couple of days. Give it a try, it's a super-cheap hack and works great.
