Larry, you are one heck of a good guy! You must sure truly love your wife to step away from making consistent, long content while she's healing! Prayers for you both!
Larry, two things. There is a gentleman in Toronto, CA that does scanning, he comes to some US train shows and scans as well. His RU-vid channel is miniprints. He also did a video recently on this painting technique and used rattle cans for the black and white.
Actually there is someone 3d printing laser scanned US Crew Mini's in the USA if you ever watch What's Neat This Week Podcast with Ken Patterson, they went over it a few weeks ago.
I use earthquake putty put onto the top of a pill/vitamin bottle (with a flat top) to hold my minis. 1. The earthquake putty is reusable and doesn’t stick to the mini 2. pill/vitamin bottle fits into your hand very well
These are really nice figures. I have examples in 00 for my old British layout and I have a set of HO figures which I use on my model railroad. Thanks for the video Larry, hope your wife gets better soon
Hi, instead of gluing the figures to the cork I drill a hole in one of the legs and then glue a pin in that hole, then you can pin the figure to the cork for painting
I want to tell you and the rest of your subscribers that although the items form MODELU were on backorder, they shipped from UK in about three days after I placed my order! Great supplier to deal with. Thanks for this great information!🚂
Alan really is a great guy and when it says backorder that just means they need to crank up the 3d printer and push the go button so turn around can be very fast. I usually place one big order at a time which helps offset the cost of shipping.
Larry, sorry about your Mrs., I pray she heals quickly & doesn’t have much pain/discomfort. Do take care of her as well as you yourself as you are both precious to your & our families. 🚂🚑🙏🏽
Thank you for taking the time to share this information Larry. I have found painting of tiny objects like figures a challenge, your suggestions will be helpful. Wishing your wife a full and speedy recovery from her fall.
Excellent video Gary. I have been painting my figures using similar techniques. Many years ago, I found a container full of champagne corks and they make great holders for the figures. I model in O scale and I drill a small hole infoot of one of the figures to insert a tiny piece of brass wire which I attach with ACC. The brass wire is then pressed into the cork and after painting, I can either snip the wire or drill a hole in the base of my layout to hold the figure. Again, thanks for a great video. I leared a lot from this. Also, a company ip here in Canada scaned me recently and I will soon receive a figureof myself to place in the cab of a loco. Fun stuff. I hope your wife recovers from her broken wrist. Regards, Keith Stamper
Larry, I was terribly sorry to hear that your wife broke her wrist. It’s times like these that we recognize just how much they do. Those are very nice figures and thank you for sharing how to paint them. Can you now share how to see them? Lol.
NIce video, Larry. I've been watching the war gamer figure painter videos for several months now. The black and white priming method is called Zenithal Priming. To get the best light and shadow effect it helps if the paint you put over it is on the "transparent" side (not completely opaque). And more than one coat may be needed. I've tried it with mixed results (due to my basic skill level). Ultimately I resorted to using a dark acrylic wash for the recesses and dry brushing for the highlights. In any case, I've found watching the war gaming miniature painting videos to be very informative and wholeheatedly recommend them to model railroaders who paint their own figures. Cheers from Wisconsin!
Yes, I’ve just begun to experiment myself. I found a wash of acrylic paint diluted about 8 parts thinner to 1 part paint and built up in 3 or so layers gives enough coverage without obscuring the black and white undercoat. Unfortunately at this small scale it is almost impossible to do the outlining of details and painting in face details like eyes and lips. Facial hair is also “fun”. However for my cab crews that kind of stuff isn’t necessary so I concentrate mainly on the figures around platforms, loading docks, and focal points. You step into a whole new world when you start watching the military weathering and detailing videos!
@@TheDCCGuy Next time I'll use more transparent paint and see if that works better for me. I mix matte medium with regular acrylic paint to make it more transparent. It works well when weathering freight car trucks.
Be aware that you need to dilute the paint a bit to create more of a wash and build up the color in 3 or so coats in order to preserve the effect of the white and black undercoat. As I showed in the previous videos I mox my colors in a watercolor palette and have one well filled with IPA to dilute the paint before applying it.
Yes, I finally heard back from Allen with a link to your site last night and will mention it in my video tomorrow. I searched the web several times last week and couldn’t find it for some reason, even though I had seen it a month or so ago. Good to have a NA source although that $40 min could be a real hindrance unless folks consider the reduced postage from Canada compared to the UK.
it is something I really want to do, I can then get copies of myself in 00, HO, TT and N, that should cover all the bases. Definitely next year@@TheDCCGuy
