How to paint and weather TOOLS on scale model tanks and armor
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Painting and weathering tools on model tanks and armor can seem intimidating, but it is just a matter of a couple of simple techniques. It is easy to make that shovel, axe, jack, wire cutters, towline or sledgehammer look realistic and a mini work of art in its own right. I cover FOUR techniques in this video:
04:52 - Metal surfaces
13:24 - wood
22:32 - Bakelite (or Tuffnel) for German wire cutter handles
26:43 - weathered painted surfaces
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Just built the Panther G. I'll see how my camo job goes before I paint the tools. Back to the hobby after 30+ years.
I served in a Mech Inf unit. we painted our own APCs, For those modelers that do cam paint their tools, I never recall painting the handles of our tools ever...when you need to use them regardless of the paint used they would slip from your hand so we never did..just my two bobs worth. Nice Video Dave
Hi Neil, thanks very much for the voice of experience there. Good to get the reality from someone who actually has experience. Cheers mate, Dave
Just a suggestion, but put the pieces on a plain light grey piece of cardboard to display and use the camera zoom. The flat surface and neutral colour allows the camera just focus on the piece rather than the background or your fingers.
Always struggled with wood on tools, until now! I thought my metal technique was good until I saw yours. Two shovels are now in store for the DMW treatment. Thanks for this great video and the humour!
Thanks ThePudge! Please let me know how you get on. Cheers, Dave
Cracking job Dave, loved it. It's always nice, even though we all have our own way , so to speak, to see how other people do things. Glad you and your family are safe and sound back from Japan !
Thanks Motty :)
Right in time for my first 7 panzer models! :)
(I was in a buying mood.......)
I love it - if you're gonna do it, go in LARGE! :)
Long video but very good. Nice to see a breakdown of all the steps, and explanation. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Thanks Lance. I hope it wasn't too long? What do you think? SHould I work on making my videos punchier?
Dave's Model Workshop A very important skill too learn..not to many good vids under an hour witch I believe is too long. You always convae what your doing so it's easy to follow. I believe 15 min is perfect. You will snare looky loos, that are cruising u tube looking for inspiration and ideas. Keep in mind, you must be doing something right if you have so many followers. Well done. I love you helmet collection by the way. Hope this helps you mate, keep on keeping on...
Lance Caldwell thanks mate. Solid advice.
As usual Dave, great vid with fine advice and well presented. I'm watching all of your vids and they are the main impetus to me taking up the hobby again after so long away! Thanks for all your efforts, you are teaching an old dog some new tricks :-)
This was wicked helpful! I've always found that tools look very weird with the silver/metallic grey color that most kit instructions call for.
Learning an awful lot from you Dave. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Bilko, always good to hear from you mate.
Great video Dave, full of top tips and advice, many thanks for sharing with us all.
Have a great week and have fun!!
Joe
Hey Joe, thanks mate. When's your next video coming out? Cheers, D
I am off work sick with my knees again and taking Tramadol painkillers and so am a little off my trolley at the moment. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will make an update and let everyone know what's been going on. Cheers for asking mate. Have fun,
Joe
Mate, that's no fun at all (I dunno, maybe if you mix Tramadol with booze it becomes fun? Or is that just dangerous?) Look after yourself, D
Great work Dave
Perfect timing, I've literally just started painting some tools on an Planet 51 Tank!
Was going to experiment with the tools, but I'm gonna redo them trying your methods first.
imgur.com/cz7pnFQ
Hi Matthew, that's great timing. Do please let me know how you get on. Cheers, Dave
Dave's Model Workshop will do!
You should collaborate with panzermeister36 together. You do the painting and let him do the camera work and video editing 😉
Nice one Dave 👍
Master class as usual Dave don't you just love hairspray I've just started playing with it on my Sherman,s on my channel take care my friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🐑
Hi Neil, Yes, I really do love hairspray. It's a lot of fun to see the final result, it's a little random and that's the beauty of it :)
Exactly what i needed for my sherman! Right on time too :D
Cool, I'm glad to hear that :)
Very good!!!
Thanks Fabio :)
Do you happen to have a video on how you achieved the nice mottled look of the paint work on the sherman and tiger at the beginning?
Hi CursedMonkey, yes, I definitely do.
I cover the Sherman here: ua-cam.com/video/-U9a8lQaVM8/v-deo.html
And I cover the painting of the Tiger here: ua-cam.com/video/0r01GOvZ0e8/v-deo.html
Cheers, Dave
Can I ask at what point you’re varnishing? I’m constantly lost with varnish. I use acrylics, I paint something laboriously, I varnish it with Vallejo gloss, I add an oil wash (oil + turpentine thinner), I go to brush some wash off when partially dry and BAM all paint stripped back to bare plastic.
What am I doing wrong? I don’t rub too hard, use a q-tip soaked in turps, let base paints and varnish dry overnight etc. Is it that the varnish is acrylic? Can I put enamel varnish on acrylic? What if I want to add a few spots of an acrylic after the (spirit-based) wash (dunno why, maybe spotted an error)? How does the enamel/acrylic thing work? Just when I think I have it worked out, something goes wrong gahhh.
First off, I love your videos. Especially your trip to Japan.
I'm relatively new to armor models. Big question...do you put the tools on and paint later or paint the tools first? I've seen both and there doesn't seem to be a consensus which is best. I'm guessing that there isn't and it all comes down to personal preference.
chek Panzermeister's video abaut the cabel cutters you both can learn a bit of echother never to old to learn ;)
I loved the wood part because I was struggling to produce good wood texture effect.
Thanks Vortex, glad you liked it!
Nice tips mate👍👍👍
Thanks Paul. These should scale down nicely for wargaming armour, although the wood effect could be a little trickier at that smaller scale...
Are they they the tools from the Panther you bought last year at Hobby HQ ? ??
Heh heh, you have an excellent memory! Yes Zygote, that's correct :)
Hi Dave Thank you that was awesome just a question how long did you leave the Oil Paint to dry before adding the other weathering techniques please and once again thank you.
Hi mate, how've you been? I found after 24 hours drying time the tool handles were okay to weather gently, but the jacking block was still tacky and when I tried to apply pigment I just brushed off part of the oil paint. After another 24 hours it seemed okay, but as a general rule the longer the better!
can i do the thing in opposite order Dave ? i already paint the handler with brown color, so can i get the same result with light yellow oil paint ?
PS: oop sorry , i miss the part where you say that, so no need to bother about me
Hi Dave, thanks for sharing your techniques, very helpful and great video, one question i meant to ask you today at the expo when i met you, when you thin your acrylics would you recommend mineral turps or metho? (i use Tamiya) Thanks for the chat at the expo.
Hi Peter, I really dislike acrylics, I try to avoid using them as much as possible! But when I do use them, I thin them with plain old tap water. (I'm sure there are better ways to use them!) Cheers, Dave
How to do the fire extinguisher? Similar to the jack?
Hi Stewart, yes, that is exactly how I would do a German fire extinguisher :) . Cheers, Dave
Thank you very much.
Just remember, the basic color of German fire extinguishers was green.
*grey. They were a lighter grey colour than the usual panzer grey.
Dave, do you know what colors do I need for my dak figures uniforms, shoes, socks, skin tones, ect.
Hi Doran, for my DAK figures I just used a range of Tamiya enamel colours that were sandy/yellowy/earthy tones - from references, a lot of DAK uniforms faded quickly, so I didn't feel too constrained to a particular shade. For skin tones, I used the AK Interactive Flesh and Skin Tones acrylic paint set, and I love it and recommend it to anyone. Hope this helps. Cheers, Dave
yes it did, thank you very much. do you have a favorite brands for making plastic or resin figures? I bought some figures from tahk, they look very nice. do you have any videos for painting figures?
HI Doran, yes I do - check out: ua-cam.com/video/f5aIXCfzK1Q/v-deo.html
Re: brands - no favourites, I just work with whatever poses tell the story I'm trying to convey.
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Solo cool!! Tools are always hard to paint and weather!... Please check my channel i was inspired by this artist too!!