>gets to part where base is completed >he applies the photo edge “You sure you wanna put those unpainted? That gold looks pretty garish...” >gets out air brush “Oh no” >starts spraying everything “Oh no...” >covers the entire base with dark brown “I’m watching a psychopath...”
When the photorealism kicks in... Seriously , Night Shift could do some bad shit crazy stuff with a high res camera and a studuo enviroment. I bet if you slam a ww2 combat footage filter on this it looks as the real thing.
I would really want to see a completely abandoned vehicle on your channel,like completely rusty and beaten up by the rain. Orr....a diorama placed in Rotterdam,and the main protagonist being a Churchill ;)
What about a diorama of a rusted out tank next to a garishly bright childs playground, the children can play on the swings next to a monument to human suffering and death. I personally think it would be an awesome diorama, if one could pull it off that is.
A Sherman I'm doing is going to look rather reminiscent of this scene, too. It turns out I'm much more risk averse than Martin. I like to follow trails, not blaze them.
@@NightShiftScaleModels i actually used real mud from outside because i had no acrylic mud and with some work i managed to get it to look fairly in scale
Beautiful scene, I like how nonchalantly you create these masterpieces - makes it look easy where in fact it's hard work requiring a lot of planning and forethought. Chapeau bas!
You can make a really good acrylic wash that won't bead up on the surface by mixing acrylic ink, matte medium and a few drops of flow aid. That way you don't need to mess with paint thinners.
I have been watching huge amounts of your videos in the past months, and I want to say that I love your way of storytelling and - of course - the results of your endeavours. You make it look so easy, and I have loads of facepalm moments where I am embarassed that I was not able to come up with the techniques you show myself. I love it. I totally get that tanks are your thing, but I would really like to see you tackle a tractor or something not-war-related. I would assume that even your first attempt at some post-apocalyptic utility vehicle (or something along those lines) would be stunning. It would offer a chance to go all out with customising, scratch building, painting, and story telling. Keep it up mah friend!
The final result is astonishing. The diorama gives great emphasis on the tank and its size. While T29 and T30 may not be the most appreciated tanks, they're beautiful. Congratulations for this whole journey :)
If the US army did adopt the T29 and T30, it would be called Heavy tank M29 and Heavy tank M30. What general names that these tanks would use, i have no idea but it's an interesting what if scenario
@@darnit1944 actually there was an idea of the army adopting atleast the t29. and was promptly thrown out. the whole t series of heavies tanks were test beds to see the downsides of mounting an extremely large gun (mind you the largest gun mounted in a turreted tank at the time was either a 105 howitzer in the m4a3e2 assault sherman, or the 90mm gun on the jackson.) if there was a proposal for adopting a heavy tank its likely the e2 would be taking that place and them just ordering more than the 200 they already had. because to be frank the lightest of the t series of heavies, the t29, was already to heavy for all but 1 port in all of europe. meaning they would need to be shipped from the US (likely on the east coast) and have a one way trip to france where a well known and well used port could pick them up. then you got transporting them to the front, which would solely be by train seeing the army tank transporter best lifter couldnt even carry one seeing it weighed 20+ tons over its max. and the germans know trying to move heavy tanks without transporters isnt fun. hell the germans took a already in use half track, and convereted into a tank transporter, solely because all of their heavy tanks couldnt use any of their own tank transporters. and the germans had beastly ones at that.
t-29 height its 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) and a barn like that can be between 22 and 29 ft (7-9m) and here you can see the tank it's almost as tall as the barn and the soldier is taller than the barn doors so it really doesnt show how big the tank is because proportions are not correct, dont get me wrong, the modeling and painting its impressive but if he do all that hard work to make a very realistic diorama he should take an extra step to get a more accurate scale
“Technical Difficulties” 😂 A quick tip from an automotive airbrusher. All ways leave the air on and just rock the trigger back for paint. This stops the occasional splatter. Great job.
After a 40+ year break from building models I began again a few months ago, and while I’ve done a few bases for them, they have been of a limited scale, so I am finding this series to be extremely helpful as I want to step up my game, and really didn’t know where to start...things have changed a lot in 40 years!
Hey uncle night shift, how do you feel about making a scenic base involving water? Something like a river crossing or something 🤔 Anyway, love the content! Your videos are always a pleasure to watch.
The videos of NightShift becomes my tradition of Friday evening, I watch them drinking a soda and eating a donuts ! PS : Outstanding, amazing, wonderful, like always mate !
Pretty good work on the figure, especially considering you are new to them. The uniform weathering needs a little adjustment. From my time in the US Army, the locations that got dirtiest were the butt, knees, elbows, and front of the upper thighs (because that's where everyone wipes their dirty hands to clean them). Only if conditions were particularly muddy would there be 'spray' and flecks of dirt/mud on the back of the legs or higher than mid-boot. Vehicle crewmen uniforms display different colors and patterns of stains than infantry, such as oil stains around the shirt sleeve cuffs and generally more on front of the clothing than the back.
I didn’t get to watch them all on the same day, but it was a banner Friday for me to save 3 videos that would begin: “Shut up compressor” “What’s up gangsters?” and of course “Man frens”
"Uh oh, I did too much grass!" Yes, having too much grass is indeed quite a problem Mr. Night Shift. Though, some would say they don't have enough grass! ;D
For me this is still the best tank you have done. I feel in my body that it weighs 60 ton when I look at it, and that is not something I ever do when I look at models.
one day, when i am out of debt and have nothing better to do, i may want to sit down and try something like this. for now though, real life is calling, and it sounds like i have to get back to work
This was one of my favorite projects and I'm kinda sad it ended and I loved it but I very much loved the journey of this model coming together your video are like a show to me and I'm excited for every other video that come.
This is absolutely amazing it looks like somebody froze a scene from real life and shrank it I can't believe it can't help but wonder how a ww1 tank and trenches would look made to this high of specification keep up the fantastic work look forward to the next model
I thought you had lost your mind when you painted the brown primer over all of the grass and stones. I couldn't believe how well it turned out! I don't know why I haven't found your channel sooner but I'm so glad it was recommended to me! Subscribed!
Would you consider oing a "counterpart" so to speak diorama to this one? like the enemy tank or position that the tank is aiming at? like a german prototype aswell or maybe even russian?
Definitely not a separate diorama that would be in the same cinematic universe, but a similar German subject in another setting, definitely yes! At some point.. :)
@@NightShiftScaleModels a abandoned JagdPanther hiding in some muddy vegetation on the western front 1944-45 , and a couple off shell impacts on the lower plate would be cool. Just a suggestion
Well, if that thing had been ready for combat in 1944 then the war in the west would've finished a lot quicker! Americans would've captured Berlin a few weeks before the Russians anyway. What a beast! And what a terrific build!
This came incredebly useful because I was thinking about making my first diorama, and couldn't come up wirth a proper caveman method for ground plaster, thank you for the idea. And as always, impressive work. Really inspiring.
Studying and copying techniques is my main occupation when watching Martin's videos... my first 1:35 diorama is quite pretty to look at, thanks to the fantastic tips and tricks. Huge thanks here!
Fuck I love the American T-Heavies. I wish these big beautiful babies would've seen action in WW2, would've loved to of heard stories or seen them in film.
Love the Pershing. Could go toe to toe with the Tiger. It was not easily transported by ship or train. Too big. Why they probably didn't see any action till the end of the war.
Good stuff, as always. It's interesting how the body language of the three figures really comes together to suggest a scene. The tank crew don't seem very pleased about whatever GI Joe is telling them.
Instead of building a diorama straight away for the next model, why don't you build two models from the same era but on opposing sides - then build a diorama for them both in a combat pose?
Awesome job! There's a trick I've used in the past to ad simulated weight to something like a tank. Make the ground under the treads somewhat uneven and ad a couple lengths of fishing line to the underside of the tank. Run the line through the diorama and pull the tank down. The wheels on the treads will articulate over the uneven ground as if the weight of the tank was real.
Very nice finished result. As always I enjoyed all of the videos and I’m waiting to see what’s up next week. Now that I’m leaving home I’ll get into figure painting and I’ll use your figure painting videos as a way to make mine decent, hopefully. Tanks for sharing your awesome job.
Great work, uncle Nightshift! I love this heavy tank and highly appreciate that you decided building it! Will you one day build a Jagdpanzer IV L/70, alias "Guderians` duck" for us? =)
@@NightShiftScaleModels Noooo - IF, then please the one with the low casemate and long 75mm gun, not the "intermediate solution" - this one looks very ugly i.m.h.o. XD
*Gets out airbrush* Me: What are you gonna do with tha- OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT LOOKED FINE. *Finishes* ok that looks pretty nice *Gets out paintbrush* OH FOR GOD'S SAKE
