Spruecutters,tweezers,you will use most,if good quality will last for years,so saves money to buy right once.Replacing cheap tool's soon adds up,and never ending.G/L
You are by far the most charismatic UA-cam model-er on the internet with perhaps the exception of Duncan from Games Workshop. But Duncan is a two-bit sell out so you win.
I play Bolt Action, and I absolutely LOVE your videos! You have helped me so much from how to approach a paint-job, to weathering, to details. As soon as I get paid again, I'm going to be a Patreon. You've helped me so much, and I get a big-head each time I put down a new tank or armoured vehicle on the table, from folks' picking it up and sometimes passing it around! I always say, "Look-up Nightshift. On UA-cam! the guy is a Pro!" lol Keep modelling man! Be Safe brother.
Oh god, when I was new to airbrushing and tried to clean out my airbrush with water after using Tamiya paints. That was a fun afternoon pulling the gunk out of every crevice......
The value of your information in this video is incredible. People just beginning this hobby owe you for your exceptional video quality and super valuable info. Many thanks.
So Uncle Night Shift also conveys basic physical laws... soap in water = surface tension of water bye bye... I'm just pretending to have known that before, but now a few things are becoming clear to me. Diluting colors with window cleaner works well... not so much with water... now I understand why... Thank you dear Uncle Night Shift 🙂
When transferring paint, I use a drinking straw, dip it into the paint, pop your finger over the end, and release finger when paint is in the right pace.
' It's clean and wet'... I just died laughing. I totally buy your sense of humour and your modeling skills of course. Thanks for the effort you put in those videos; inspiration and fun in one place. Cheers!
your videos are amazing, the only other scale modeling channel i think is the same league is plasmo. keep up the good work, i'm sure your subscriber count will grow!
To open seized Tamiya bottles, you can turn bottle upside down, drip LT or AC into the crack, wait a few mins with the bottle upside down and use a small screwdriver to slightly lift the sides of the lid away from the glass. Voila, open.
Got those colours, got some spare bottles, got the soap, water, not a problem. Going to give this a go. Great tip, will put this to some use. Hope you don't mind me giving you a tip..... When taking the lid off a jar that is a bit stiff, put you pliers on the other way around, it's a whole lot easier. You had them on for clockwise direction....... lol
Absolutely love your modelling work and videos mate, educational and entertaining 10/10. Found your channel just in time for my first entry into historical tanks and inspiration is at all time high.
Dude, you do a fantastic job with your videos. Great instructional content mixed with liberal doses of humor. That makes them informative and entertaining! Keep up the amazing work and I'm looking forward to your future productions!
Para abrir los botes de pintura Tamiya aplicar calor en el tapon durante un par de minutos con un secador o bajo el chorro de agua caliente del grifo y se abrirá sin esfuerzo. To open Tamiya paint cans apply heat to the cap for a couple of minutes with a hair dryer or under running hot water from the tap and it will open effortlessly.
This is an awesome tip!!! Thanks for sharing. If possible, could you please do a weathering tutorial on desert coloured tanks? I have given up on them, because it always looks terrible when I do it. Green or dark colour tanks are fine for me, though. Your videos are the best. Keep up the good work.
Look into getting Mr.Color Jar Opener. Definitely better than a wrench even if stupidly expensive for a piece of plastic. Fits just fine on Tamiya bottles.
I'm an Eastern European Slav. We open jars with pipe wrenches, vices, power grinders, chainsaws, bricks and everything in between that we can find in our Babushka's backyard.
Nice, very helpful, just yesterday I was cleaning my working space.... and I got read of sow many Tamiya bottles... now I understand their potential😧😵😭
Stumbled across your vids and love them mate! Very instructional and funny also. Fantastic learning resource and your vids have me getting back into modelling after 40+ years. Great bro, just great!
I've been making mine using vallejo acrylics, water and a little bit of tamiya acrylic thinner, but not enough to make the vallejo stuff curdle, just enough to add a little bit of surface tension and make it smooth out
Got my first Rust pigment harvest from some wire wool in a jar with white vinegar,after 6months.But was having the same issue with water turning it to 'sludge',i'd never have considered detergent,i tried W&N mineral spirit and failed.Great video,cheers mate.
About 3 yrs ago i saw a 'Make your own 'Cheap' rust pigment.On Daves Model workshop.As 'rust' pigment was only £3 i wasnt interested.But after looking at a plate of rusty nail's,washers and screws in shed,i noticed how many variations of colour there was.So i got a few types of wire wool in jars with vinegar,some i left longer than others.Then ground it in little batches and mixed with water,but got that 'clumping' that i think detergent should help with.Letting it slide and settle better.Used the 'rust' with water on Halftrack flakvierling chassis and will try with detergent/water on \35 88mm Flak 36 carraige and mount.See if it works.I usually use oil paint and mineral spirits or Zippo fuel for rusting.But for texture as well,unrefined Iron oxide pigment with detergent,should perform better than well refined pigment in linseed oil.Fingers crossed.
Someone's getting more and more popular!! Congratulation, it's well deserved! :) I can wait to see what have you done with that "Nippon steel" monster.
You can keep your Tamiya lids clean by not turnin them over when you take them off. Do this with a brand new bottle and you'll never have a stuck lid again.
Nice as always. It comes in handy that using water works some kind of ordinary paint with retarder, but as I think its better to be used with brushes. For tamiya and other spirit-based paints much cheaper solution instead of original thinners could be using isopropyl alcohol or 646 thinner (well I don't sure if the markings are same for Europe) and they dry faster, which makes them better for airbrush in my eyes.
I used IPA for Tamiya paints back in the day but found them drying too fast and creating orange peel surface. Now I think the best lacquer thinner is Mr. Color Thinner. But keep in mind those wouldn't work for this mixture, because if you brush-painted them like that, it would dissolve the base coat!
@@NightShiftScaleModels Yep, forgot to mention that it can destroy previous levels of pain if its used with ordinary brush. And here comes the joke about India Pale Ale))
lololol, ACTUALLY a few years ago I was talking to one of my modelling friends and he was saying how he uses IPA for brush cleaning and I didn't want to look dumb but deep inside I kept wondering why would anyone clean their paintbrushes with hipster beer
I made some after your Char video and I've been playing around with it some. I was wanting to ask how you'd make a lighter version and glad to see you covered it in this one
@@NightShiftScaleModels I like it! I normally use Humbrol enamels as the base dust layer, airbrushing on then blending them with thinner and then using a similar Lifecolor shade to make stronger more dense areas in places like corners and around details. But I really like the way this darkens with the wet & damp effects like you show in the Char B series. I've always had a hard time making the damp patches actually look damp and not just like a darker color of mud. This does it naturally.
Love your approach, I did that a few times and felt like a true artist while doing so. The only issue is, like you said, it's impossible to make good looking water patches and rain marks over a surface like that. Only pigments and Tamiya paints work like that AFAIK.
Hello Night Shift! I love your videos and have subbed to your channel! I have a question. I'm a beginner at modelling / coloring etc and was wondering if you mabye could make a video showing us "newbies" what steps to do? Like: Primer Base Coat Varnish Filter I dont know which way you do it but it would be an awesome and helpful video.
Hey mate, I'd suggest you watch one of my complete painting series, either the Ball tank or Char B1, or the upcoming Type 5 Chi-Ri. My process is always very similar in terms of which technique comes first etc. That can help you get some ideas on where to start. Also, nice 2B pic!
"What did we learn kids?" That Tamiya isn't really a water based/soluble paint, but still chemical..hence Tamiya's paint "thinner" ;) But nice hack with the dishwashing soap lol the "bleh" in your bloopers reminds me of 'Count Blah' from Greg the Bunny :)
Make a complete beginner guide. I want to start, but clueless on what stuff I should get first, like should I get airbrushing gear, type of brushes, basic paint combo, etc.
So who's now gonna start painting dust using acrylic paints?
Well I may have to give it a try now :)
Also, holy shite, you're almost at 7000 subs :D
I’ll give it a shot... 😀
Dude your videos are good but are you giving out gold samples? Your sub count is insane. Way to go!
It's all thanks to that previous video :D
He's got bags of character.
My man It'sAgundam
What the hell?
"it's clean and wet". The new tap water slogan. Coming this fall
“Speaking of our planet - XF-52 Flat Earth....” I see what you did there 🤣
Me too. Of course our planet is flat, because every other object in observable universe is spherical, don't you all get it?...
Found this channel about two hours ago, already watched all of the videos and in the process of buying a armoured model I think I’m addicted already
Spruecutters,tweezers,you will use most,if good quality will last for years,so saves money to buy right once.Replacing cheap tool's soon adds up,and never ending.G/L
"What did we learn today? Water - bad, soapy water - good!"
Sounds like it's time to make some tea.
You are by far the most charismatic UA-cam model-er on the internet with perhaps the exception of Duncan from Games Workshop. But Duncan is a two-bit sell out so you win.
I added a drop of flow improver instead of soap. It works well too :)
Just started trying this out instead of pigments. I really hate pigments. Keep up the great vids.
I play Bolt Action, and I absolutely LOVE your videos! You have helped me so much from how to approach a paint-job, to weathering, to details. As soon as I get paid again, I'm going to be a Patreon. You've helped me so much, and I get a big-head each time I put down a new tank or armoured vehicle on the table, from folks' picking it up and sometimes passing it around! I always say, "Look-up Nightshift. On UA-cam! the guy is a Pro!" lol Keep modelling man! Be Safe brother.
Uncle Night Shift is AWESOME ! He has helped me improve my armor modeling skills. I look forward t every video .
You even weathered the pipe wrench! Now that's dedication! ;)
I don't believe in XF-52 LOL
I see what you did there ;) nice one
Oh god, when I was new to airbrushing and tried to clean out my airbrush with water after using Tamiya paints. That was a fun afternoon pulling the gunk out of every crevice......
Try using a hairdryer next time you encounter a stubborn Tamiya lid. Works like a charm, plus it doesn't make the lids look like trash!
The value of your information in this video is incredible. People just beginning this hobby owe you for your exceptional video quality and super valuable info. Many thanks.
You can't weather tanks with JELLO! Soap to the rescue! I love it.
Sometimes hot water, lid down wait few minutes and it should open. Keep up the great modelling
I totally enjoy your videos, because the good humor and the great tutorial values it contains..Thanks for sharing.!
So Uncle Night Shift also conveys basic physical laws... soap in water = surface tension of water bye bye... I'm just pretending to have known that before, but now a few things are becoming clear to me. Diluting colors with window cleaner works well... not so much with water... now I understand why... Thank you dear Uncle Night Shift 🙂
Once again, YOU'RE AWESOME !! this could not have come at a better time, and you could not have explained or shown this any clearer. Thank you :)
That's so awesome to hear! Thank you!
When transferring paint, I use a drinking straw, dip it into the paint, pop your finger over the end, and release finger when paint is in the right pace.
' It's clean and wet'... I just died laughing. I totally buy your sense of humour and your modeling skills of course. Thanks for the effort you put in those videos; inspiration and fun in one place. Cheers!
It's decided, I'm gonna replace all my metric and imperial measurement with brush loads. I just have to figure out the conversion ratio.
They told me to do my own research - and I did! This video PROVES Flat Earth is real.
I rate this technique a *TEN OUT OF TEN* as I smash my computer screen, very nice
RIP screen. Thanks!
Very nice! TEN OUT OF TEN!
Killer soapy chocolate milk recipe, thank you perfect time for the holidays!
your videos are amazing, the only other scale modeling channel i think is the same league is plasmo. keep up the good work, i'm sure your subscriber count will grow!
thanks a lot!
You sir are the master. I'm sure AK is already trying to sell their own mix now haha
To open seized Tamiya bottles, you can turn bottle upside down, drip LT or AC into the crack, wait a few mins with the bottle upside down and use a small screwdriver to slightly lift the sides of the lid away from the glass. Voila, open.
Got those colours, got some spare bottles, got the soap, water, not a problem. Going to give this a go. Great tip, will put this to some use.
Hope you don't mind me giving you a tip..... When taking the lid off a jar that is a bit stiff, put you pliers on the other way around, it's a whole lot easier. You had them on for clockwise direction....... lol
Thanks for the tip! From now on I'm just gonna try to keep my bottles clean so they'll be easy to open at any point.
@@NightShiftScaleModels Your welcome...... Now carry on with the good work. Very enjoyable videos, something for everyone 👍🏻
Perfect timing as I'm weathering a model this weekend. Great video as always!
ISU with that big fat gun? :) Loving it mate.
You. Are. the MAN my dude.
I like how you explain things clearly. You deserve more subscribers.
Thank you!
That "10 out of 10" part cracked me up 😂
Absolutely love your modelling work and videos mate, educational and entertaining 10/10. Found your channel just in time for my first entry into historical tanks and inspiration is at all time high.
I think that a tutorial on how to do a filter would be great as im totally unaware about what a filter is, thank you.
Noted!
THE MADLAD USED THE METAL GEAR SOUND EFFECT
Dude, you do a fantastic job with your videos. Great instructional content mixed with liberal doses of humor. That makes them informative and entertaining! Keep up the amazing work and I'm looking forward to your future productions!
The way you fill the jar with the brush, you get soap in your brand new paints! That cant be good, right? Love your vids, keep them coming!
I think it was a different brush, or I thoroughly cleaned it in water :D I wouldn't risk ruining them for sure!
And if you mean dipping it in the soapy mixture and then in the paint, I did it several times in the past and luckily everything was fine!
Night Shift that was what i was refering to. Just a small amount of soap and the paint could behave differently. Some extra bubbles in the airbrush?😏
you’re giving me new video ideas, you know that? 😅
@@NightShiftScaleModels 🤣looking forward to that!
Para abrir los botes de pintura Tamiya aplicar calor en el tapon durante un par de minutos con un secador o bajo el chorro de agua caliente del grifo y se abrirá sin esfuerzo.
To open Tamiya paint cans apply heat to the cap for a couple of minutes with a hair dryer or under running hot water from the tap and it will open effortlessly.
Thank you for sharing, the dish soap tip will stop the lumpy goop that happens in the past.
Yup, turns out it depends a lot on water... Spanish and US water apparently doesn't do this :D
This is an awesome tip!!! Thanks for sharing. If possible, could you please do a weathering tutorial on desert coloured tanks? I have given up on them, because it always looks terrible when I do it. Green or dark colour tanks are fine for me, though.
Your videos are the best. Keep up the good work.
Love your technique videos and will have to mix up a batch of rain marks tonight. Thanks a million!
You inspire me to do better , thank you for sharing
Thanks for the video. I made my own sand wash for Tunisia camo styles and am really happy with the results. Cheers!
Been making my own washes for years, acrylic paint and windex
Nice.
Now tell me how to make my own Angel Dust 👍🏻
I really like your modelling style, and I'm going to try your secret recipe on a Gundam right now. Thanks for sharing and cheers from Spain
Look into getting Mr.Color Jar Opener. Definitely better than a wrench even if stupidly expensive for a piece of plastic. Fits just fine on Tamiya bottles.
I'm an Eastern European Slav. We open jars with pipe wrenches, vices, power grinders, chainsaws, bricks and everything in between that we can find in our Babushka's backyard.
Continue to find you fun and entertaining but still lots of great tips and techniques! Keep up the great work!
Another great tutorial! Thank you very much - they are not only informative but also enjoyable. Love what you are doing with the channel!
thanks a lot!
7.000... your stellar my night shift friend!!😁😁😁 Way to go!!
Being a night owl has been paying off quite well recently! It's absolutely incredible and I'm one grateful individual for that!
@01:30 I usually drop a little bit of thinner into the gap between the cap and the bottle, wait for a little and then It'll come loose again.
You are a hoot...love the ease of your explanations.I think your info will help me dust acrylic and Goush paintings thanks.
Nice, very helpful, just yesterday I was cleaning my working space.... and I got read of sow many Tamiya bottles... now I understand their potential😧😵😭
they’re the most luxurious paint bottles!
Stumbled across your vids and love them mate! Very instructional and funny also. Fantastic learning resource and your vids have me getting back into modelling after 40+ years. Great bro, just great!
I've been making mine using vallejo acrylics, water and a little bit of tamiya acrylic thinner, but not enough to make the vallejo stuff curdle, just enough to add a little bit of surface tension and make it smooth out
YES!!! Thanks a lot you, might've helped me solve the mixture problem I've been having...
Great technique I’ll definitely have to try fiddling around with this. Another cracking piece of work.
Thanks Scott, definitely worth trying it out!
Nigh shift you can use a litlle glycerin in the mixure to extend the drying time!
soap breaks surface tension of water, thats why it works .
True weathering revolution
Not really, but it's one of the lesser known techniques!
Got my first Rust pigment harvest from some wire wool in a jar with white vinegar,after 6months.But was having the same issue with water turning it to 'sludge',i'd never have considered detergent,i tried W&N mineral spirit and failed.Great video,cheers mate.
Is.... real rust meant to be used like that?
About 3 yrs ago i saw a 'Make your own 'Cheap' rust pigment.On Daves Model workshop.As 'rust' pigment was only £3 i wasnt interested.But after looking at a plate of rusty nail's,washers and screws in shed,i noticed how many variations of colour there was.So i got a few types of wire wool in jars with vinegar,some i left longer than others.Then ground it in little batches and mixed with water,but got that 'clumping' that i think detergent should help with.Letting it slide and settle better.Used the 'rust' with water on Halftrack flakvierling chassis and will try with detergent/water on \35 88mm Flak 36 carraige and mount.See if it works.I usually use oil paint and mineral spirits or Zippo fuel for rusting.But for texture as well,unrefined Iron oxide pigment with detergent,should perform better than well refined pigment in linseed oil.Fingers crossed.
Thank you
Love your videos man! Can we get a 3 tone ambush camo king tiger now 😁😁
Thank you for the video, I will be suing this method on my ECTO-1
Impressive video once again.
You can also create very realistic dust effects by leaving models on your workbench for a few months ;)
Yes, but the scale might be an issue 🤔
I died laughing when you opened the bottle of German Grey and found it dry. The MGS alert tone was perfect LOL
Awesomeness......again!! My Martin fix for this week....need this daily ;-)
Wish that were possible, but unfortunately each video takes hours to produce :) Thank you
I just use water color pencils for making dust and rain marks effect believe me its much easier saves me the pain
Just love your style Martin ....... regards Fred
Someone's getting more and more popular!! Congratulation, it's well deserved! :)
I can wait to see what have you done with that "Nippon steel" monster.
Thanks! That Nippon sensha will be subarashii!
Really love this kind of tutorials :-)
upload more, don't stop grindin dude you are an ARTIST. That's a sub from me :D
Instead of soapy water, I use 50% rubbing alcohol. Works fine. Soapy water is likely cheaper though.
This is the tutorial I wanted, nice mate! Seems that my Jagdtiger gonna be a Watertiger that is...jaging?! Okeeey...forget this lol
Is that the Porsche type jagdtiger?
@@darronhedges5873 Yess it's
Are you going to use PE upgrade?
@@darronhedges5873 I did it..but in 1/72 it's a big challenge
\72 you are a hero,i went down to \48 cockpit detailing,and that was hard enough.
Great video...but seriously who are the two wobble heads that did not like your work?
Thanks! Probably pigment fans lol (but seriously, you can never please everyone)
Amazing..I'd like to make a skin wash like the Army Painter...which is hard to find..just a suggestion for your next video ;)
You can keep your Tamiya lids clean by not turnin them over when you take them off. Do this with a brand new bottle and you'll never have a stuck lid again.
MIND=BLOWN
Thanks for that trick!!!
Awww yeah it's time for a new vid. You might try using a hair dryer on high to loosen those bottle tops. It's a little easier than a wrench 😎
Why go small, I'll use a heat gun!
@@NightShiftScaleModels now you're talking
Nice video. Can you do a tutorial on burned out/destroyed effects. Specifically Armor. Not much info out their on doing that
Loving the videos, and the bloopers!!
Thanks!
Already subbed, already liked, found that Ring notification button not clicked .. so I clicked it.
Ah-ha!
Awesome tutorials and great presentations. Wish You all the best and 100.000 subs !!!
Thank you! Hopefully one day!
I think Tamiya is alcohol based which is why it doesn't like water much.
Nice as always. It comes in handy that using water works some kind of ordinary paint with retarder, but as I think its better to be used with brushes. For tamiya and other spirit-based paints much cheaper solution instead of original thinners could be using isopropyl alcohol or 646 thinner (well I don't sure if the markings are same for Europe) and they dry faster, which makes them better for airbrush in my eyes.
I used IPA for Tamiya paints back in the day but found them drying too fast and creating orange peel surface. Now I think the best lacquer thinner is Mr. Color Thinner. But keep in mind those wouldn't work for this mixture, because if you brush-painted them like that, it would dissolve the base coat!
@@NightShiftScaleModels Yep, forgot to mention that it can destroy previous levels of pain if its used with ordinary brush.
And here comes the joke about India Pale Ale))
lololol, ACTUALLY a few years ago I was talking to one of my modelling friends and he was saying how he uses IPA for brush cleaning and I didn't want to look dumb but deep inside I kept wondering why would anyone clean their paintbrushes with hipster beer
I made some after your Char video and I've been playing around with it some. I was wanting to ask how you'd make a lighter version and glad to see you covered it in this one
Nice! How do you like this technique compared to other, like enamel or pigments?
@@NightShiftScaleModels I like it! I normally use Humbrol enamels as the base dust layer, airbrushing on then blending them with thinner and then using a similar Lifecolor shade to make stronger more dense areas in places like corners and around details. But I really like the way this darkens with the wet & damp effects like you show in the Char B series. I've always had a hard time making the damp patches actually look damp and not just like a darker color of mud. This does it naturally.
Love your approach, I did that a few times and felt like a true artist while doing so. The only issue is, like you said, it's impossible to make good looking water patches and rain marks over a surface like that. Only pigments and Tamiya paints work like that AFAIK.
Great idea. I will try this!!!
Great video! Thanks
Love your videos informative and very entertaining!
Thanks!
I liked and hit favourite and subbed when you yelled 10/10 for the nice soapy mixture and stabbed the paper lol it made me laugh.
Great stuff ! Thank S for sharing ;)
these videos are awesome! i would love to see what you could do with a more sci fi model, like the warhammer 40k stuff :D
Hello Night Shift! I love your videos and have subbed to your channel!
I have a question. I'm a beginner at modelling / coloring etc and was wondering if you mabye could make a video showing us "newbies" what steps to do?
Like:
Primer
Base Coat
Varnish
Filter
I dont know which way you do it but it would be an awesome and helpful video.
Hey mate, I'd suggest you watch one of my complete painting series, either the Ball tank or Char B1, or the upcoming Type 5 Chi-Ri. My process is always very similar in terms of which technique comes first etc. That can help you get some ideas on where to start.
Also, nice 2B pic!
Brilliant content!
One of the things I learned after I started the hobby is to never use Tamiya paints. Don't want them even if they were free.
"What did we learn kids?" That Tamiya isn't really a water based/soluble paint, but still chemical..hence Tamiya's paint "thinner" ;)
But nice hack with the dishwashing soap
lol the "bleh" in your bloopers reminds me of 'Count Blah' from Greg the Bunny :)
Make a complete beginner guide. I want to start, but clueless on what stuff I should get first, like should I get airbrushing gear, type of brushes, basic paint combo, etc.
I'll do that eventually!
Fluffy earth