Tutorial: Mud, Dust, and Earth Effects for Model Tanks
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- This video is a reasonably quick tutorial on replicating mud, earth, and dust effects using a few AK Interactive and Mig Productions products. Hope you guys enjoy and have some happy holidays!
And yes, I do know that the driver's side track is on backwards, what I don't know is how that happened....but I built this one a while ago. - Розваги
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if you dont have pigments and you want a budget option for mud effects, id recommend mixing pva glue, sawdust, brown paint and a little water. you can also add dirt to this or if you dont have saw dust just use dirt instead. if you play around with the proportions you can achieve basically any consistency you want.
I have done just that and it does work to a point. Not a bad way to work.
Great video. I would not have thought of dry brushing with the color grey. I used your techniques while detailing the Hobby Boss M4 High Speed Tractor I just completed and I am very happy with the results. Keep up the great work.
I've been trying out some mud effects recently. All I use is two colours of pigments and some PVA glue. I water down the glue and brush it on the model, then heap the pigments on dry. I get some pigment on a brush wet with the PVA mixture and sort of scrape it off on the model to look like wet clumps of earth (I use that technique on the tracks). I also use the slurry of pigment and glue mixture to simulate fresh mud. Finally I spash some of that mixture on using a toothbrush like you have demonstrated in previous videos. What I like about it is if I keep a variation of dry pigments and wet slurry it gives quite a realistic appearance of mud that has built up over time, some dry and fresher mud thats still wet. I find the trick to a realistic finish is achieving this balance. Sometimes I get it wrong and it looks too dry like I did recently on a Challenger.
I also mix static grass and whatnot if the terrain calls for it and dab that on. I did a T-55 diorama on a grass mat that you showcased and I used a lot of the static grass that came off the mat to really blend the tank into the terrain. I'm quite pleased with it.
Cheers and thanks for the vdeo.
Great muddy tutorial mate... Picked up a few new dirty tricks.
I really admire your work and love what you do with the models you make! Big inspiration! Keep up the bloomin good work. Big help to amateurs like myself
+George Bambridge Thank you George! Very much appreciated :) Glad you're finding use in my videos
Great work Evan. Love your work. Happy New Year
Really really great work! Thanks for doing this video I found it very helpful. Keep up the excellent work 👍👍
This really helped me get a good hold on how to apply mud to my models. Currently on my 7th, an M5a1, and it’s looking good.
I'm glad to hear that!
Excellent and easy tutorial mate. Gonna try this one on my latest panther I'm doing. Can't wait
+timtamtung Thank you! Glad the video was inspirational! Panther, sounds cool :) I haven't done one in ages...gives me ideas....
thanks for this video, i own some of these pigments and washes but have barely used them, recently though i've picked up some cheap armour and military vehicle kits with the idea of having a go at more advanced weathering techniques.
+phil's model making Thank you for watching and commenting, Phil! Washes and pigments are the two products I probably use the most, and you can get really nice results pretty easily with them :) Hope you have fun with 'em!
Really good work! Love the music also!! Regards, Jimp
Good job mate, it looks really great.
+jjab99 Thank you :)
Really awesome guide, thanks for sharing
great demo evan :) love the panzer IV and how you gave the model the look of a tank that has seen quite some operation during late autumn. i´m very inspired by your work actually.
+Hamilkar Barkas Thank you Michael! I'm glad I could be of inspiration to the Great Barkas :) Do you have something in mind, now?
Panzermeister36
there is an old stug IV by dragon in my stash :)
Love your tutorials! Greetings from Denmark
Thank you! Greetings from Canada
oh the modern warfare music I love it
+NotWorldWarthunder Yeahhhhhhhhh! Great music I love it
Trust me, dont worry about repeating yourself. Most of us need serious repetition to actually mature in this. Ill watch your videos 50 times and still find things that either didnt click or i just really never noticed.
like the methods you use Evan. I've been experimenting without pigments, using just enamel produts and got some ok results. Keep up the tutorials it is great to see how others do it
+Armour Empire Thanks Mark! yeah I've seen your photos on Google+ and you do get some really nice effects using those AK products and the like through the airbrush. Those with pigments would go nicely together in a layering technique I think. I'll try my AK dust effects through the AB sometime soon!
Good work mate!
simply great job buddy.... thanx
+Ravi Adivarekar Thank you!
outstanding !!! and great tips ...thanks
Thank you Marko
looking good man nice job
Thank you
amazing, nice work.
Thank you Mike
Pretty Nice, i think i try your technique on my "Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen" to give it i slightly muddy effect.
And wow these weathering products from AK are realy expansive in Canada, here in good old germany you can get them half a price.
+De Lan Thank you! I hope you like the effects you achieve :) Yeah in Canada they are expensive because usually they come in through the United States and then get shipped north to the hobby stores and stuff. Also, 1 Canadian Dollar is worth 0.72 US Dollars, so that doesn't help the prices much either...
its awesome buddy. Btw Best wishes to you and your family. Keep em up coming for 2016.
+byrnespeed Thank you :) And best wishes to you too and yours too! I hope you're feeling better now
Great tut. How do you paint your trax? I oftem find them not looking good on my kits.
Thanks...
Hey, just came across your channel. Really nice work on your paint ! I was just wondering, have you ever tried mixing play-doh into a brownish color you would stick between the tracks so it would look like the Panzer rolled into mud because of forest fights. You could also cut string into thin pieces and stick it into the fake mud, so it would also look like you rolled into muddy fields in ye ole' Blitzkrieg method.
The 3 years I was in the Army I never saw a dirty tank. Or one with chipped paint. They all looked like they just left the factory.
Are these static models only, or can you do these effects with the RC models too?
Cool tutorial, mate! I mix my own pigments, but I'll try to use them this way the next time. Take care. Jens :)
+Non-Prolific 1/35th Scale Model Builder Hi Jens! Thank you for watching and commenting :) How do you go about mixing your own pigments?
I've got a box of 24 pastel chalks of all colours. I decide on the colour I want to mix and take bits of different chalks and grind them with a teaspoon. I mix the colours, add a little here and there until I'm satisfied. I use empty pill bottles to store them as dry as possible, so I can always go back and use them again.
wow realy good video tank you for the tips!
Glad you enjoyed it!
kool vid ill use a similar effect on my t-34
Good job
Amazing!
Question: do you use a clear coat to protect acrilic paint before filter or pigments with white spirit?
I personally don't as I use Tamiya paints thinned with Tamiya's lacquer thinner, which makes a very solid paint coat. However, nothing bad will come from applying a varnish to protect your model.
mig pigments industrial city dirt is the stuff to use - trust me! 😉 That was a great effect and video too though. kutgw.
+Stevie Gibson I'll buy that one next time I get a chance! Thanks Stevie!
Wonderful video, found some mig product on sale at a hobby store and wanted to give the weathering a shot. Are you using the wash or the thinner to set the pigments?
You can use either the wash or just thinner. It all depends on the effect you're aiming for since using the wash will give the pigments a slight tint of the colour of the wash.
Thank you Sir....
Do this works on diecast cars?
Looks real not all tanks were slathered in real heavy mud it wore down tanks
Hey Panzer Meister merry Christmas and I got a question hopefully you can get to me as soon as possible with this you clear coat your models before applying the dust and dirt effects mud effects?
I will often apply a satin varnish after the decals and brush-applied chipping are all done. This serves as a good surface for washes, filters, streaking, dirt, etc. and also protects the decals. I will not re-apply a varnish between each layer...I just let stuff dry for about 24 hrs and continue with the next effect.
Usually my process is:
1.painting camouflage
2.decals
3.chipping
4.satin varnish
5.filter (if required)
6.wash
7.dot filter
8.enamel dirt effects on the upper areas
9.matte varnish
10.pigments and other mud effects on the lower hull
I don't re-apply the matte at the very end because it will ruin pigments applied in step 10. Enamels applied with the pigments will act as pigment fixer.
@@Panzermeister36 thank you sir for your prompt reply and again Merry Christmas
Wouldn't it be better to apply the dirt on the model and inner surfaces of the road wheels before you attach them and the tracks?
Sometimes yes, but here it doesn't really matter. You can do whatever suits you best; I often now take off these bits for painting and weathering like that.
Everyone I have a question: gunna build a m3 Stuart diorama (1:35) with German paratroopers about to fire panzerfaust and panzershrecks at it. Do you think these were fired at m3 Stuart ever? Would they not cuz of how overkill and thin armor they were? Need historical accuracy! Thanks.
I think if I was a paratrooper and any sort of enemy vehicle was heading my way I would shoot whatever I had at it in order to stop it squashing me, I doubt the boys stopped to have a debate about armour thickness, penetration power and contemplating potential overkill aspects, shoot and duck, that's how you don't get squashed
Ya my guess is that they wouldnt need to "save it" but im trying to find evidence that m3 stuarts were fired upon by german rockets
m3 stuart is an early war light tank. by the time those weapons were used it was around 1944,,,so the light tanks were be a M5...
Hello again. I read that to apply waterslide decals you need to have a gloss surface
I figured having a gloss surface on my military jet would not be the best look. Is there any other way i can apply my decals without the shimmering background effect you get when on matte paint
+ArtificialImPulse Well, I have never once applied a gloss coat to my model before decalling, so you don't need to. However, on an aircraft kit, the decals could be quite large and have big areas of clear around writing and stuff, so you might want to gloss it. I'm just used to crosses, stars, and numbers. A decal setting solution will really help make the decal stick flat to the surface; I always use Micro Sol
Panzermeister36 Ah ok thanks :D
Can you use acrylic base colors(paints) and use the AK products on top of them for effect?
Yes you can; that is exactly what I did here
+Panzermeister36 thank you very much. You do great work. Really want to excel it weathering. What plaster do you use? Can I buy it from big box store?
Shockwave I never use plaster, only pigments which I buy at hobby stores
great job, i subscribed. matbe you could give some tips for beginners like me when it comes to painting itself?
+Omightgod Thank you. I have thought about doing that but I kinda suck at the painting too...airbrushing is probably my least favourite part of the whole process. I might do this in an upcoming video though...I could film it point-of-view style with my GoPro
About how long, after the two pigment "slurrys" did you wait to come back and start at it with the thinner?
Estimated time*
Maybe 15-20 minutes...not long, since it dries pretty quick.
@@Panzermeister36 Appreciate it buddy.
Too many processes ? I mean It looked great around 5:37
mig jimenez 2 great work.........
thank you Tommi! I'm not nearly that good...!
To me the staining does not look realistic. The trackrollers appear as if they were moved through a big puddle of lube oil...
Are those products expensive ?
+Acrylic Maple Here in Canada, each bottle of AK product costs about $6, the Mig wash was $12, and each jar of pigments is somehow priced at a disturbing $11, though they do last a while.
ok i'm in Québec so the price should be about the same
Acrylic Maple I live in Ottawa but every year I take a trip down to Toronto to buy these products because i don't know where to get them here.
I'll go and have a look for them att the hobby store
+Panzermeister36 You can go to Hobby House they have new things every time I go there in terms of pigments. Cheers
Wicked result Evan. Haven't seen you around in an while, maybe hop on Skype or a hangout soon?
+Adam Mann Thanks Adam! I could do a hangout tomorrow morning, that'd be fun
Good, but tank still looks too plastic, no metal shining on the edges, etc. Hope will be done after.
+LOSTVeteR1 Yeah, you're right, I usually do that, and I might add it later. But here I was just using the model to practice and try out some new effects and I made a couple of videos on it. Not my best work, but it was a fun one. I used some white oils and grey to make a metallic effect on the hull and turret surfaces so I should do the same on the tracks.
+Panzermeister36 thanks
I'm not a fan of heavy mud as most pictures don't show that much dried mud, even pictures of Jagdpanzer IV's in the Ardennes weren't that dirty. European earth would have been best.
Enjoy your vids and I'm not trying to stir crap but I have no idea why MIG is still in business. Their Mud Effects is crap and it destroyed my Easy Eight Sherman. This stuff does not dry. I will never purchase MIG products again.
Hey Mike. No worries. Was it MiG Productions or Mig AMMO? I'd like to know which one's mud effects I should avoid!
@@Panzermeister36 It was Mig Ammo. (Heavy Earth, part no. A MIG-1704). Is MIG Ammo and Mig Production two different companies?
Lol! - I finally cooled down enough where I could see straight after a week. Pretty much destroyed my Easy Eight after investing lot's of bucks on the model, Eduard photo-etch, Star decals, weathering etc. I should have tested it beforehand but figured it was a reputable product. Want to get another Easy Eight but I'll have to wait for my next disability deposit. I'm gonna be testing every paint and weathering product from now on. Lol! Take care, Buddy!
Yes MiG Productions is Miguel's first company...which was bought out my Vallejo and is now independent I think. MiG Productions now owns 502 Abseiling as well I believe. Then there is AK Interactive which Miguel had after, and then there is Mig AMMO (AMMO by Mig) which Miguel runs now. It's all pretty complicated.
@@Panzermeister36 Ha! It does sound complicated. I think the next time I do mud I'll use what you have shown in your many vids. I was surprised with this particular product as there's quite a few vids out there with modelers using the above product. Perhaps a bad batch? Not sure. I did do a bit of research online and found a few modelers had the same problem. One modeler suggested that that particular batch might have accidently been mixed with acrylic binders in the manufacturing process - seems plausible. On the bright side, at least the turret, along with all the wheels are fine. Tried using thinner to clean it off but it just turned into a big mess. I think I'll save this model and turn it into a destroyed hulk along the roadside or something.
@@Panzermeister36 Ho yeah, Are you still modeling model railroad stuff?