"Monkey Business" - Saipan 1944 Diorama
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- My friends, the Pacific Theatre of Operations allows us to explore very different landscapes than we're used to in European dioramas. Each island has a specific scenery, some are covered in a thick jungle, others are more grassy and some, such as Iwo Jima, don't have any palm trees. For this diorama, I wanted to combine tall palm trees, a reasonably thick foliage (so the tank would be still visible) and lastly, local fauna!
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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
never knew I needed to watch someone build and paint miniature palm trees so much 😅
Just so relaxing😂
Didn't even see the video but I know it's good!
You're not wrong. 😆
Palmtree looks fantastic! Very fitting The diorama The way you made it look.
Also i like that King Kong meets its little brothers :)
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!
I love your dioramas so much!! Keep up the great work.
It would certainly be interesting to see you make more pacific diorama's
I Love your palm trees. Aside from the tank, these palm trees are (at least to me) the focal point of this diorama 🤓
Very cool that the tank crew are tri-gemini.
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!!!!
What a great diorama . You are a very talented modeller Mr. Night shift .
"Sunny outside? Time to dig up the garden - I need to do another diorama!"
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!
Amazing Craftsmanship 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
This smart mud looks super effective.
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.
Beautiful work ❤❤❤
The most talented modeler I've ever watched -
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.
Looks cool 👍and this is very inspiring to me because now I am working on some Shermans from the new Achtung Panzer starter set.
Martin, it did work, another great (small) diorama.
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
Hi Night Shift, that was a absolutely outstanding diorama, would it not have been easier to paint the palm leaves before attaching them to the trees, fir a first time palm tree builder, you have done a outstanding job, congratulations on your great effort, best regards from Australia
Great work sir. Learned many meth from you. Just tried to finish an Abrams, and almost threw it out, due to the disappointment of my methods, but kept it to remind me that modelling is all about making mistakes and learning from them. Model on dude.
Very cool. Looks like Saipan. I've actually been to Guam which isn't too far away. Looking forward to your next project.
Loving the intro style now with an outside speech
Was it just me, but it look like it was shot on a green screen
Amazing, just amazing...
Excellent as always.
Looks Great modelfriend
Like the stained veneer much more than the black paint
Always a good week when Uncle Night Shift uploads
Beautiful. Your work and tutorials never disappoint. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
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!!
No matter what topic you tacle, it's gonna be incredible. Thanks for all the inspiration! :)
Totally Awesome uncle!!!
Such a nice idea and great work, of course, but ... where are the coconuts???
Really liked this well done .
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...
Great work Martin! The palm trees in particular are amazing!
Amazing diorama, Nightshift. I love how granular you get with the details, it's so helpful for a novice like me.
Those palm trees look amazing. Beautiful work.
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.
bonjour je trouve votre diorama génial je regarde toutes vos vidéos du début jusqu'à la fin, faut dire que ce que vous faite est vraiment splendide je suis jean luc j'habite en France plus exactement dans la Nièvre 58
Very nice work Nightshift. Maybe you could build a small japanese tank for the oval base.
The most beautiful and realistic palm trees I have ever seen in a model. Excellent work. Greetings Tino
King Kong looks spectacular and the Saipan diorama blows me away!
Thank you, Night Shift…as always, your vids are highly anticipated and never a let down. You’re the best🤘
High level tier modeling at its best, outstanding sir.👍👍👍👍
Really nice landscaping again. You became better and better in this. Can you explain sometime how you dilute your paint for the airbrush and which pressure you use?
Nice diorama Martin, the USMC Sherman looks right at home!
I just started a rewatch of The Pacific as well, great coincidence!
Now that we have Masters of the Air, I wish we got a good WW2 show about a tank crew considering how bad Band of Brothers made tankers look and how meeeehhhhhh Fury was
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….☺👍
Have you been watching Ground Effected? He usally puts a picture of the model he is doing under the base of that model
Always wanted to be able to do this
You mentioned sometime in the future you might not prime the vegetation and go with its stick colours. I would really like to see that! I’ve never been brave enough to paint mine. 😆 Do you ever use any Army Painter products?
Never clicked like so quickly! Fantastic!
Martin think it's about time you considered doing a book.
Would be nice to also see your reference images in the video, very cool video btw
Really nice man 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎🍷🗿
Outstanding!
Amazing!
Love your work, inspiring to keep modelling, 💪💪
Nice! Pacific settings are some of the difficult settings to pull off, and you crushed it!
In Australia, some areas complained when they went to install mobile towers. So they made them look like palm trees. They were so obvious they were fake and now they don't have any fake fronds anymore. Your palms are a million times better.
Thanks uncle nightshift! Btw there are no monkeys on Saipan 😁
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!
Fantástic Job!😮😮😮😮
I love this!
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!
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.
another banger video
Westernkind is amazing and talanted all over the world! And some, like Mr Shift, doubly so!
Love this diorama! The uniqueness of the tank, the pacific landscaping, very cool!
Excellent as always Martin! Looking forward to your next video!
Great video! I think a great idea for a diorama would be one of those big ass french hedges
Not sure if it’s available in Europe, but 3M now has a washi tape. It’s more similar to Tamiya tape.
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.
Not sure how accurate your idea of monkeys on Saipan is, maybe that's why you were having trouble finding anything :P Oh well I guess we can just say they escaped the zoo or something (And hope Saipan had a zoo in 1944/5) :P.
Seriously though, the end result is great as always, even though half the time I'm yelling at the screen "NOOO, WHY DID YOU DO THAT, YOU RUIN- ... oh that looks even better"
My first action after seeing night shift made a new video was to try to make enough excitement that somehow he would know that ......................................................i was excited but a comment is more effective
Night shift upload? Friday? Work finished? Hell yeah!
Looks awesome. Another dio worth waiting for 😃
Hey Nightshift,
Could you Weathering a railroad Waggon , e. g. a german G 10 ?
It would be great!!
Stunning
more unusual topics huh? I wonder if you'd ever consider trying to tackle a guntank from gundam, but in armour modelling style xp
The PE palm leaves work perfect in this Dio. I used paper on wire for my North Africa dio. Did they have different PE leave types for palms or just this one?
17:47 IIRC, monkeys aren't native to the Marianas. although I'm sure there were introduced or captive monkeys around there
I see we've transitioned from Real Earth From My Garden(tm) to their other product, Real Earth From My Flowerpots(tm).
Very nice
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"We'd be barely able to see the tank" - Have you done a tank with almost complete concealment? Something so well-camouflaged the crew's become a little comfortable to set up camp around it?
Hey Nightshift!
Have you ever thought about making a star wars models or a diorama? I bought 3 star wars kits and they are really fun to build because the space theme requires some different weathering.
I'd love to see star wars models from you. (Don't buy revell kits, they are terrible)
please assemble Panther G from Meng with fg1250)
This is amazing, love the palm trees, the floor fauna looks very lifelike I think, well done as usual Martin.
your work is fantastic. Where do you live?
Maybe it's the name of the tank, but have you thought of doing Hollywood tanks? The Fury sherman is obvious, but how about the Oddball Shrman from Kelly's Heroes...
Please do not lick the Magic Sculpt tools. That stuff is super toxic!
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!
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!
T95 Doom Turtle please!!!
Can you do a video where you show all your diorama?
Looks awesome as always, love watching your experience grow. I have a question. Have you ever done a completely snow covered ground, like right after a snow storm. I foot deep or so. What would you use or technique to make a really smooth surface? I also had an i dea that real snow is sometimes sparkly. I have this metal flake paint made by traxxas. Tamiya also makes a metal flake but its rainbow colored. When over white it looks like snow. Just cant figure out to get an extremely smooth hilly surface. Hope you catch this comment.