Great work Martin. I think the overall black primer on the base is effective and important for the cohesive result of the model and base. Reason being: it matches with your high-contrast style of your painted tank and figures. You make effective use of black basing, post-shading, dark washes, and without mimicing that on the base, it would likely not seem unified with the model. Most of that vegetation you buy for modelling is quite light (and muted) to begin with, so repainting it black and then highlighting with punchy colours makes it match the model, stowage, figures, etc. and everything seems like it fits together. Otherwise the ground would not seem to have the same level of dark shadows as the model. That's my two cents.
With my dioramas I’ve found that a high contrast scenic base and low contrast tank model can each complement each other in a strange way, but a good way nonetheless. Also, you make great models too, panzermeister!
You did really well with the island's texture - the palms are very accurate looking with the brass leaves. You might have been able to cut similar leaves out of paper or thin plastic on a Cricut machine. This came out great, considering how different the plants are in the Marianas Islands from the "standard" ones that most modeler are familiar with. I used to live on Saipan (Guam, too), so I'm speaking from experience - we used to swim out to that one famous M4A2 that was abandoned in the shallows near the beach it was headed for. My grandfather was one of the Marines who were sent to take the island, so that steadfast rusty hulk has always had an added significance for me. There was also a park with the remaining intact Japanese tanks that weren't among the large number bulldozed into and buried in a hole somewhere on the island (or so the story went). At that park as a toddler, I wandered into the bushes and came upon a big monitor of the species you chose for the diorama. It looked pretty damn big to toddler me - I remember that I yelled "CROCODILE!" and went running back toward the tanks. That said - there aren't any monkeys natively on Saipan, although there are some photos of Marines hanging out with monkeys that they found during the battle. When I lived there in the 80s, there were no monkeys in the jungle. There were coconut crabs - oh so many coconut crabs. Someone put about a dozen into our car once as a prank.
@@DakotaofRaptors I've never tried them. I hear that there are places that they eat them, but it's not common. In a lot of places where they live they eat "Sea Mangoes" which are a poisonous plant (not a real mango) that makes their meat poisonous when they eat them.
@@rayzrblayd I think it probably has to do with if there are Sea Mangoes around. I bet anywhere their distribution overlaps with Sea Mangoes', they don't get eaten much, but outside that, I guess anything probably goes...
Beautiful model Martin, the tank alone looks amazing, but then added to the jungle track…..😯🌴👌The groundwork & vegetation look fabulous, & perhaps with the specialised products aside, it shows what great effects can be created with some simple modelling materials! Love the shades & colours that bring it all to life 🟢 It’s good to see also how you decided you weren’t happy with the original base & made another, instead of persevering with the original & perhaps not being happy with the finished model. Sometimes it’s best for a rethink, even deep into a project😖! Great work as always….☺👍
I love how you look absolutely nothing like the stereotypical "modeler", yet you make some of the absolute coolest models and dioramas on UA-cam. Awesome work Edit: since people can't seem to understand, the first part is kind of a joke
Regarding your last few words there: If I was ever able to produce a piece that beautiful while suffering from a "lack of energy and enthusiasm" I'd give up the hobby and call it mastered. Outstanding job there. Please don't ever stop. Looking forward to your next piece when you tackle it giving your all!
I have been watching you for a long time and recently got into modeling about 6 months ago because of your videos! Thanks for what you do and the inspiration you have given me to get into this hobby!!!!
You did a great job on both the model and the diorama. I was in a used bookstore the other day and found a book on "Tanks in Combat" and found a black and white picture of the tank King Kong in it and I thought of this model. You did an outstanding job here.
Great looking stuff dude. As a funny aside. Your dioramas seem to have sparked a mini revolution in the US model Railroading scene. Since a few of your vignettes have shown up in RMC there is a sudden interest in "Vignette" style layouts.
Your videos always make me smile, your voiceovers are perfect and of course your work is absolutely amazing. I recently ordered a bunch of AK-Interactive goodies based on your recommendations and I love the Wet Ground texture so much that I'm always making up scenarios that require it's extensive use!
Brother Nightshift , after watching your videos for a couple of years now... You always manage to amaze me with the things you come up with.. I don't know how many of your dioramas builds I've watched over the years.. But each one you come up with something new. You have such a great eye with the smallest details.. And those or the details that make your projects " POP ". This project looks great , love the work on your trees. Thanks for sharing your build with us. Until the next video, may God continue to keep you Safe and Blessed. 👍🇺🇲
I got back into modeling this past month after about 40 years of not as I’m now each 54 I truly love your videos and your great personality. It’s infectious!
Awesome work as usual, really so enjoyable process from the begging to the very end. At last part of the video when the whole diorama is spining the moving palm leaves give such a great motion and all comes to life.
I'd love to see you built a gunpla like you do with tanks and really go hard on the texturing and weld seams. Making a futuristic mech look like a ww2 machine
Love, love this diorama. I enjoyed seeing the jungle vegetation as I mostly do Vietnam models. I had no idea about the Arber plam leaves and especially like how you did the trunks. Very impressive.
The one thing I noticed on tank dioramas is the tracks always seem to be in the nicest fine sand and mud. There would be some large stone and small rocks under there some times. I mean it would be normal for it to displace small fist sized stones or at least run over chest sized rocks. I'm sure some rocks would be cracked or pushed down, but some might survive and a track slip on it. it just seems to often it has two perfect track impressions behind the the tank.
Always amazed by your work, Martin, and one of a handful of scale model channels that always get a like from me, regardless of how far into your video I am...brilliant work in this diorama!! Leaves me asking UA-cam, "Where's the double like button?"😮
I really enjoy watching you work. Seeing the full scene put together, a cool detail that could have been added would be a tattoo on the driver's arm. Keep up the good work!
What a great build and dio. I always love to see your process and your results. As a little bit of an "FYI", you are right, your "monkeys" need tails. Without them, they are apes, and there are no apes species (other than humans) on Saipan. But, as a bit of artistic story telling, it's a brilliant addition to the scene. I can't wait to see you next "rusty" project!
LOVE the fauna inclusion! Have a shoreline diorama piece I've been planning for when I next have time for a large project and have put way too much thought in to location-accurate fish even though they'll be barely visible through the resin water XD
Great work Martin. I think the overall black primer on the base is effective and important for the cohesive result of the model and base. Reason being: it matches with your high-contrast style of your painted tank and figures.
You make effective use of black basing, post-shading, dark washes, and without mimicing that on the base, it would likely not seem unified with the model. Most of that vegetation you buy for modelling is quite light (and muted) to begin with, so repainting it black and then highlighting with punchy colours makes it match the model, stowage, figures, etc. and everything seems like it fits together. Otherwise the ground would not seem to have the same level of dark shadows as the model. That's my two cents.
With my dioramas I’ve found that a high contrast scenic base and low contrast tank model can each complement each other in a strange way, but a good way nonetheless. Also, you make great models too, panzermeister!
never knew I needed to watch someone build and paint miniature palm trees so much 😅
Just so relaxing😂
The most beautiful and realistic palm trees I have ever seen in a model. Excellent work. Greetings Tino
Loving the intro style now with an outside speech
Was it just me, but it look like it was shot on a green screen
What a great diorama . You are a very talented modeller Mr. Night shift .
Those palm trees look amazing. Beautiful work.
Always a good week when Uncle Night Shift uploads
It would certainly be interesting to see you make more pacific diorama's
"Sunny outside? Time to dig up the garden - I need to do another diorama!"
I just laughed when I saw the Peddinghaus product. It was the first shop I visited when I started modelling. It's 15km away from my hometown.
You did really well with the island's texture - the palms are very accurate looking with the brass leaves. You might have been able to cut similar leaves out of paper or thin plastic on a Cricut machine. This came out great, considering how different the plants are in the Marianas Islands from the "standard" ones that most modeler are familiar with.
I used to live on Saipan (Guam, too), so I'm speaking from experience - we used to swim out to that one famous M4A2 that was abandoned in the shallows near the beach it was headed for. My grandfather was one of the Marines who were sent to take the island, so that steadfast rusty hulk has always had an added significance for me. There was also a park with the remaining intact Japanese tanks that weren't among the large number bulldozed into and buried in a hole somewhere on the island (or so the story went). At that park as a toddler, I wandered into the bushes and came upon a big monitor of the species you chose for the diorama. It looked pretty damn big to toddler me - I remember that I yelled "CROCODILE!" and went running back toward the tanks.
That said - there aren't any monkeys natively on Saipan, although there are some photos of Marines hanging out with monkeys that they found during the battle. When I lived there in the 80s, there were no monkeys in the jungle. There were coconut crabs - oh so many coconut crabs. Someone put about a dozen into our car once as a prank.
Do coconut crabs taste good?
@@DakotaofRaptors I've never tried them. I hear that there are places that they eat them, but it's not common. In a lot of places where they live they eat "Sea Mangoes" which are a poisonous plant (not a real mango) that makes their meat poisonous when they eat them.
@@jameskelley2186I don’t know about that. Pretty sure I’ve seen them being cooked up by the ton in places like Fiji or PNG.
@@rayzrblayd I think it probably has to do with if there are Sea Mangoes around. I bet anywhere their distribution overlaps with Sea Mangoes', they don't get eaten much, but outside that, I guess anything probably goes...
Beautiful model Martin, the tank alone looks amazing, but then added to the jungle track…..😯🌴👌The groundwork & vegetation look fabulous, & perhaps with the specialised products aside, it shows what great effects can be created with some simple modelling materials! Love the shades & colours that bring it all to life 🟢
It’s good to see also how you decided you weren’t happy with the original base & made another, instead of persevering with the original & perhaps not being happy with the finished model. Sometimes it’s best for a rethink, even deep into a project😖!
Great work as always….☺👍
I love how you look absolutely nothing like the stereotypical "modeler", yet you make some of the absolute coolest models and dioramas on UA-cam. Awesome work
Edit: since people can't seem to understand, the first part is kind of a joke
So what does a stereotypical modeler look like?
I was gonna say that
@@johnathan133 older guy, white beard, you know the type. A lot of modelers I see look like that
I think that's a compliment, lol!
@@jerryvolpini7987 it absolutely is a compliment lol
Regarding your last few words there: If I was ever able to produce a piece that beautiful while suffering from a "lack of energy and enthusiasm" I'd give up the hobby and call it mastered. Outstanding job there. Please don't ever stop. Looking forward to your next piece when you tackle it giving your all!
I have been watching you for a long time and recently got into modeling about 6 months ago because of your videos! Thanks for what you do and the inspiration you have given me to get into this hobby!!!!
I love your dioramas so much!! Keep up the great work.
I'm always impressed that you put almost the same amount of effort and detail into the diorama bases as you do the models themselves. Great work!
Always wanted to be able to do this
King Kong looks spectacular and the Saipan diorama blows me away!
Nice, how a few palm trees can make it a tropical scene. Oval is nice, but the coners in a rectangular base can be useful.
You did a great job on both the model and the diorama. I was in a used bookstore the other day and found a book on "Tanks in Combat" and found a black and white picture of the tank King Kong in it and I thought of this model. You did an outstanding job here.
Great looking stuff dude.
As a funny aside. Your dioramas seem to have sparked a mini revolution in the US model Railroading scene. Since a few of your vignettes have shown up in RMC there is a sudden interest in "Vignette" style layouts.
Love this diorama! The uniqueness of the tank, the pacific landscaping, very cool!
Night shift upload? Friday? Work finished? Hell yeah!
Palmtree looks fantastic! Very fitting The diorama The way you made it look.
Also i like that King Kong meets its little brothers :)
Your videos always make me smile, your voiceovers are perfect and of course your work is absolutely amazing. I recently ordered a bunch of AK-Interactive goodies based on your recommendations and I love the Wet Ground texture so much that I'm always making up scenarios that require it's extensive use!
Brother Nightshift , after watching your videos for a couple of years now... You always manage to amaze me with the things you come up with.. I don't know how many of your dioramas builds I've watched over the years.. But each one you come up with something new. You have such a great eye with the smallest details.. And those or the details that make your projects " POP ". This project looks great , love the work on your trees. Thanks for sharing your build with us. Until the next video, may God continue to keep you Safe and Blessed. 👍🇺🇲
I’m always impressive by the richness of colors and contrasts of your models!
GREAT BUILD, AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING STEPS
Didn't even see the video but I know it's good!
You're not wrong. 😆
I got back into modeling this past month after about 40 years of not as I’m now each 54 I truly love your videos and your great personality. It’s infectious!
Your tropical setting looks very authentic. Thanks for the tips and the great video!
Beautiful work ❤❤❤
Bravo, encore une très très belle réalisation
Looks awesome. Another dio worth waiting for 😃
Amazing diorama, Nightshift. I love how granular you get with the details, it's so helpful for a novice like me.
Beautiful. Your work and tutorials never disappoint. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
This is amazing, love the palm trees, the floor fauna looks very lifelike I think, well done as usual Martin.
The most talented modeler I've ever watched -
Well done with the dio. I really enjoyed seeing how you did the palm trees and I hope I am able to do them in 48th scale. Thanks for showing this!!
Looks very nice! 👍🏻 I love it when new night shift videos come out. It always makes my day. Also good to see some pacific war stuff!
Awesome work as usual, really so enjoyable process from the begging to the very end. At last part of the video when the whole diorama is spining the moving palm leaves give such a great motion and all comes to life.
Great piece of work! I loved how you create a realistic landscape on such a small area
Really awesome job!
Tank is perfect, Diorama is perfect, thank you very much for sharing it!
Looks cool 👍and this is very inspiring to me because now I am working on some Shermans from the new Achtung Panzer starter set.
Never clicked like so quickly! Fantastic!
Absolutely awesome!!! Love the change in location 😊
Ma Friend!
this looks amazing , the details on the palm trees are incredible!
love your content
Very cool 😎 Conveys lots of drama. Thanks Uncle Nightshift.
Very cool that the tank crew are tri-gemini.
Awesome work as always mate!
Great video. I always learn something while watching & it inspires me to try new things. Thank you for being awesome ~ Cory
Really atmospheric for such a small diorama.
looks amazing, ive always been more of an aircraft builder, but watching these videos is so much fun, been watching for a long time and im loving it.
Wonderful Martin! I love your Palm Trees. Looking forward to your next video! I love it.
Amazing work. Absolutely love the palm trees
I Love your palm trees. Aside from the tank, these palm trees are (at least to me) the focal point of this diorama 🤓
Super, těším se na další kousek.
Great work Martin! The palm trees in particular are amazing!
Thank you, Night Shift…as always, your vids are highly anticipated and never a let down. You’re the best🤘
No matter what topic you tacle, it's gonna be incredible. Thanks for all the inspiration! :)
The palms are spot-on.
Excellent! Brilliant job
I'd love to see you built a gunpla like you do with tanks and really go hard on the texturing and weld seams. Making a futuristic mech look like a ww2 machine
That looks fantastic! You are a true artist.
High level tier modeling at its best, outstanding sir.👍👍👍👍
Palm trees look great. You can use the oval base for something else.
High End modeling . Amazing👍🏽👍🏽
This is just next level. The very best on UA-cam!
Westernkind is amazing and talanted all over the world! And some, like Mr Shift, doubly so!
Awesome diorama, as usual. Thank you for sharing.
Your diorama creating skills are exceptional!!
Awesome diorama.
Great work as always.
Tanks are cool .
Thanks for all the tips .
Mike .
내가 준비하고 있는 프로젝트와 매우 유사한 배경의 디오라마 제작.. .잘 봤습니다. 또 다양한 옵션세트 와 모델링 제료 또한 많은 도움이 되었습니다.
Love, love this diorama. I enjoyed seeing the jungle vegetation as I mostly do Vietnam models. I had no idea about the Arber plam leaves and especially like how you did the trunks. Very impressive.
The one thing I noticed on tank dioramas is the tracks always seem to be in the nicest fine sand and mud. There would be some large stone and small rocks under there some times. I mean it would be normal for it to displace small fist sized stones or at least run over chest sized rocks. I'm sure some rocks would be cracked or pushed down, but some might survive and a track slip on it. it just seems to often it has two perfect track impressions behind the the tank.
Always amazed by your work, Martin, and one of a handful of scale model channels that always get a like from me, regardless of how far into your video I am...brilliant work in this diorama!!
Leaves me asking UA-cam, "Where's the double like button?"😮
Always a good night when papa night shift uploads
Nice diorama Martin, the USMC Sherman looks right at home!
Love your work, inspiring to keep modelling, 💪💪
Outstanding and instructional as always
Fantastic tipps 😊
I really enjoy watching you work. Seeing the full scene put together, a cool detail that could have been added would be a tattoo on the driver's arm. Keep up the good work!
Dude this is absolutely incredible. Amazing work-
top build with the palm trees. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
What a great build and dio. I always love to see your process and your results.
As a little bit of an "FYI", you are right, your "monkeys" need tails. Without them, they are apes, and there are no apes species (other than humans) on Saipan.
But, as a bit of artistic story telling, it's a brilliant addition to the scene.
I can't wait to see you next "rusty" project!
Nice! Pacific settings are some of the difficult settings to pull off, and you crushed it!
As always...a great pleasure to see your videos, thank you.
you are a freakin' genius !!! LOVE your work!! :)
Gorgeous!
Like the stained veneer much more than the black paint
Palm trees 🌴 look amazing 👍
LOVE the fauna inclusion! Have a shoreline diorama piece I've been planning for when I next have time for a large project and have put way too much thought in to location-accurate fish even though they'll be barely visible through the
resin water XD
Bro your work is to good and it’s forced me to quit as the standard you set knocks my confidence big time 😢😢😢😢
Excellent as always Martin! Looking forward to your next video!
Dude, the plot twist with the diorama base... :D
Have you been watching Ground Effected? He usally puts a picture of the model he is doing under the base of that model
Those palm trees are awesome!
Totally Awesome uncle!!!
Martin, it did work, another great (small) diorama.