Building a 1/72 scale WW1 diorama "Behind the Lines" Part one - the troops aka "one weird trick"
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- #Diorama #Modelling #MiniaturePainting
Today at Badgerworks, we finally make a start on a diorama I've been thinking about for a while, with some lovely 3D printed WW1 troops. We all know my figure painting isn't great, but I discovered "that one weird trick"... Yes, that's clickbait. No I don't care... :-)
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I've painted a lot of figures at this scale, but not with anywhere near that amount of detail- I'm very impressed.
And well done to the printer for coping with the fine detail!
Yes, it did really well for an older printer. I'd be curious to see what a 4K or even 8K printer could do, but I don't have the money or space for either, unless someone from Elegoo is watching...? 😁
Good to see you doing another diorama. I loved the one you did with Kawalski, Big Joe and the Sarge....especially the stop motion in a later vid.
Don't tell anyone, but we may be seeing the boys again at some point... 🤫
Yessss!
I have found painting 1/72 figures challenging, relaxing and rewarding. Easy for an oops, but easy to fix.
I don't mind doing them this small, but I prefer ones with a bit more detail. I'm going to print some of these at the scale they're meant to be for comparison at some point.
Thanks for doing these figures. I don’t have a printer, but I love the poses of the figures and the variety of armies. Been eyeballing them for months and thinking about getting a printer.
Do you know the difference between an accordion and a bouncy castle?
You take your boots off to jump on a bouncy castle.
- I'll get my coat.
Lovely set of figures. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
You're fired... 😂
Very impressive printing, nice job on the figures. If you do a standalone diorama, I really don't think anyone will be able to tell they are larger than true 1:72 scale.
Thanks. I think they'll be fine, but we'll see.
Thank you for the translation for us Colony folk!
You're my favourite Colonial 🥰
Would it be possible to make a short or video showing how the paint thinning technique works. I think I understand what you are doing, (dip brush in water, dip in unthinned paint...) but it'd be so much clearer if shown.
Fascinating video as I've always struggled with painting figures whether they're 1:72, 1/48 or 1/35! Cheers for the tips, I'll give them a go 😁
The wet brush really works well, if nothing else.
Nothing I build has figures for a reason. Thanks for this.
I used to do the same, but someone mentioned to me once that figures really add life to a diorama and I can see their point. Give it a go, we can all be novices together 🙂
Black Adder, General Melchett, and the gang! 😊
A fine body of men... 🙂
I presume those good at painting tiny faces like this use a large magnifying glass attached to the table, some sort of clamp for the figure also attached to the table, and perhaps a single hair for detail? And of course a very steady hand is needed. Snipers hold their breath for the trigger release, that would help too.
You don't actually hold your breath when you shoot - you stop breathing during the exhale...
Yes, I used to teach marksmanship, among other things 🙂
Course, when firing from a tank, the breathing is less important, lol.
True, although there are other considerations there, like being the biggest target on the battlefield. Tank crews today are sometimes referred to as "Twenty Minuters" like the WW1 pilots were, because that's the average life expectancy for an armoured vehicle on a modern battlefield@@garystaud5022
@@SteamGeezerUK glad you arebin the shed and not rhe turret
It's been a while since I was a gunner, believe me@@garystaud5022
I have to say that I am very impressed with the technique of dipping the brush in water first and then the paint. My question is, do you dip the brush in water first each time you need to load the paint brush with paint?
Great detail in those figures and they turned out very nicely indeed.
It depends. I found dipping it once was a great start, and then as I progressed, I would dip again if the paint started to lose the consistency I wanted. I also sometimes found it a little too wet and would give it the lightest dab on a paper towel. It's so worth trying out, honestly. This one thing has been a real game changer for me.
Just so you know, the British army at tgat time only used black boots for Marching etc, in the trenches they wore brown leather boots.
I didn't know that, and every reference I saw had black boots, so thanks for the info. I'm honestly not going to change it at this point, but I'll know for future reference 🙂
Around 40 years ago me and my buddy re-enacted the D-Day invasion with about 6.000 of those little guys. I still have all of my half of them - all unpainted. Do you want to have a go?
Are you asking me to paint 3000 figures...? 😂
@@SteamGeezerUK Not gonna lie... it would be fun to watch you do that. But I don't think I can afford your talents, or the inevitable medical bills for PTSD 😁
Well, I'm way ahead of you on the PTSD, so don't worry about that, but I don't think I have enough paint for 3000 figures @@MikeUSA67 😂
Great job on painting these tiny figures so well! Please don't take this the wrong way, it's meant to be constructive criticism, but would it be possible for you to use another camera?! Also, some more lighting please. It's really difficult to see exactly what you're doing sometimes, as it's often out of focus and quite dark. Thanks 😊
I hear you. It seems like painting figures like this is going to require some rethinking on my part when it comes to filming. It's something I'm looking at, and I appreciate your patience while I get it worked out 🙂
Surely the officer with the pipe is General Melchett? Bwaahhh
Pipe is not a dirty word, Blackadder...
@@SteamGeezerUK Depends which crevice it's in.
Figure painters seem to have as much paint on them as they do the figure…
That's because thumbnails and the backs of your fingers make great mini palettes 🙂