Panzer Of The Lake - Epoxy Resin Water Diorama

Panzer Of The Lake, what is your wisdom?
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[@jacobs_models995]

Oh panzer of the lake, what is your wisdom? ... Nightshift is the best armor modeler

[@Intremental]

Bro we commented the same thing lol

[@adasteele475]

Pin this comment @night shift

[@flyingscotsman9657]

This comment soooo needs to be pinned...

[@daspanzer135]

Nightshift has to see this...

[@katerinaglynou1972]

What about David damek?

[@spicycaco2061]

Have you tried making an entirely black and white diorama? Could be an interesting challenge trying to capture the detail and textures of a scene entirely in black and white

[@pyromantiszegma]

Actually a good idea.

[@nofwild6325]

He’s complaining about how dumb the model is and I can’t stop thinking of my king tiger from Tamils that told me to melt the plastic molding to make the antenna

[@beas_espofficial6245]

@@nofwild6325 Wait what, bruuuh

[@nofwild6325]

@@beas_espofficial6245 I don’t know they had a picture and an explanation saying to cut up the frame the. Use a lighter to melt it to make it skinnier

[@zagaa1891]

@@nofwild6325 that's actually a good idea...

[@Modkits131]

Watching half an hour of Uncle Nightshift is the best thing about Friday’s. Maybe a tank graveyard next as a diorama?

[@Nick_Tank-Maker]

Yes I agree

[@dragonminigunner4878]

hell yea

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Facts

[@felixallstarbass7663]

Yes !!

[@FlexDB]

The graveyard near Chenobyl? 🤔

[@richardorta8960]

Autumn! Do Autumn! All the colorful leaves, drizzly weather... the damp dirt and patches of mud you could play with!

[@bu9962]

Autumn twinuzis RR Nina! SWS reference?????????

[@daringdare5078]

Perfect for the Polish September campaign of 1939.

[@Pte1643]

I think the moisture “creep” up the bank really fits well with the overall scene. Happy little accident, as Bob Ross would say.

[@chrispowell2947]

happy little panzers

[@p.bckman2997]

In real life moisture _would_ creep up the bank.

[@thatonefan387]

Yes chris powell. Yes.

[@jezusmylord]

beat the devil out of nazis.

[@bobroberts6155]

The moisture creep looks so right it will be well worth replicating in future scenarios.

[@Panzermeister36]

I think the reason why your method of completely repainting the groundwork black/dark brown and then highlighting later looks so good, is that it unifies the groundwork with the model. You paint the model the exact same way -- dark first, then building up lighter colours on top -- so everything looks like it belongs in the scene as the visual style is all the same :)

[@FougarouBe]

May I add that, in my opinion, it also works very efficiently to get deeper shadows under the grass ... ;)

[@JohnsonAttackThatBoomcannon]

Dear God someone actually made a model of the great panzer of the lake, you have my full on respect, rock on brotha.

[@Shiro2012.]

But it’s not an exact replica of the photo, the German soldier had a WWII German M34 Army Standard Cap and he was holding a Kar98 with the cleaning rod missing. 🤓

[@medievalarmorexptert6827]

@@Shiro2012. the figure is too specific to be manufactured it would need to be ordered as a custom figure which could cost a lot

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin of the Tube ! . 🐺

[@robinrayee6333]

- O panzer of the lake, What is your wisom? - If you want to try a different colour palette, you should build and paint a fictional vehicle! but seriously, it would be awesome to see you tackle a sci fi vehicle like a tank / walker from 40k

[@benwyness148]

I second this

[@recurvestickerdragon]

Baneblade! Baneblade! Baneblade!

[@robinrayee6333]

@@recurvestickerdragon as cool as that would be most of the tanks of the imperial guard have a pretty similar colour scheme to the tanks that night shift already paints, so we cant really use the different colour palette argument for that. I was thinking a mechanius vehicle or a knight. That or a t'au/ eldar vehicle

[@chrispowell2947]

I'd love to see another alt history/"what if" model like the soviet ball tank, or a post-apocalyptic diorama.

[@voxthesergal]

He should do T'au then. Retrowave style.

[@nathanmunderich6618]

I really love the new format with a whole diorama per video. It's really satisfying to watch the whole thing come together :).

[@markbehr88]

The fact the resin crept up the bank made it much more realistic as that what water would do. Great result.

[@sidwainhouse]

Cone Of Arc did a couple of videos on this Panzer and he did geolocate it. Well worth a watch. Excellent work again... 👍👍👍

[@notstonks20]

And it is in fact in a river, not a lake.

[@dyncoder]

He didn't geolocate it, a few member of his server did

[@rockycockatoo7944]

Okay this is just sick, Im really loving this all in 1 episode, props to you uncle nightshift!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Such a good concept and execution!!

[@mawericksniper523]

Dneska som bol na sútaži modelov v trnave, videl som tam túto diorámu a hned som si vzpomenul kde som ju videl, nečakal som že to bude zrovna od niekoho zo slovenska a už určite nie že to bude od niekoho kto je tak blízko, nádherná dioráma, pokračuj v tom a mohol by si potom odpisať ako si skončil na vyhodnotení 😃👌

[@Vmssupplies]

Neither rain nor snow nor some gassy resin issues can never stop Uncle Nigh Shift from attaining his goal which is a piece of history told through stunning modelling! 🤩

[@josol_1547]

Great work it looks amazing. And the panzer being in a river is not a conspiracy but reality. The youtuber cone of arc and his community found the location of the tank and it fell off a ferry while crossing a river.

[@kingofmystery1135]

Now, I wonder... is it still there?

[@josol_1547]

@@kingofmystery1135 no there’re photos showing it pulled out more of the water than on the picture most people know. After it fell into the river it was pulled out. What happened to it after that isn’t known.

[@outcastmodels4932]

I’m an archaeologist, and your earthwork on the embankment was spot on-I should know, I look at dirt all day long. It’s unfortunate that the resin water creeped up the side, but your colors and composition look fantastic!

[@SteamCheese1]

I'm a Railroader, so I don't look at dirt all day long. So I'm asking you as a dirt connoisseur, sommelier and expert. Doesn't water creep up like that? Or does it look unnatural to you? Does it depends on where the lake is located geographically?

[@outcastmodels4932]

@@SteamCheese1 really good question! I’ve only ever seen it when the water level dropped for whatever reason. I’m sure some riverbanks have water creeping up on them, but I can’t recall seeing that myself. But I’ve seen it at dammed lakes where the water level can be controlled. It only lasts for a few hours though-after that the soils appear to become dry. Like I said, I’m sure somewhere in the world there’s a riverbank that’s proving me wrong lol

[@SteamCheese1]

@@outcastmodels4932 Thanks for your response man! Yeah I went to our local pond to look at it and you're right. On the surface it looks dry and doesn't really creep up. Only like 2 to 5 millimeters. But under the surface if you just dig a few centimeters, the dirt feels moist and is a bit darker. So my guess is that on the surface the rate of evaporation is too fast to stay moist. So it looks dry.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@SteamCheese1 It really depends on the weather. I used to live where it was really humid and sometimes the dirt and sand around the waters edge would remain moist after it rained or after the water was disturbed, etc. It never was for long. Maybe this tank was recently submerged.

[@WeeklyRR]

My favorite part about these videos are the painting and putting the tank together, not that anyone asked a year from now, but just saying😊

[@Phoenix-15]

Oh Panzer of the lake what is your wisdom? Building models and dioramas is a good hobby. Thats some good wisdom

[@whirlybirdrc]

I think the bubbles and distorted area of the water added some more realism to the model. There's lots of gasses trapped under soil. When thet gets disturbed (By driving a tank into it as an example) you will get all these bubbles rising to the surface. But i understand that it wouldnt look as good as it should at these smaller scales. Love the model!

[@MistahFox]

You're completely right about the Panzer of the Lake being in a river, another KZbinr named ConeofArc was able to confirm it had sunk during a failed river crossing in Belgium.

[@rustythecrown9317]

Having this on your desk grant infinite wisdom.

[@MrPapamaci88]

Great work! I await the next tank meme, perhaps the *TONK?*

[@ralphford4302]

I never cease to be amazed with your vision of the finished product. Thank you for posting a very enjoyable posting

[@cplboot]

I've been following your channel for years now and I have to say, of all the approaches to groundworks priming, this one definitely looked the best in my opinion. As always, great videos, love your content!

[@KayserEin]

also a great refresher. So many great points ive picked up over Nightshifts history, put together in a very flowful way. I watch these after work, relaxing and looking forward to my weekend.

[@loganski_2158]

I never thought id see the day where uncle night shift brought a meme to life. Awesome work my guy can't wait to see what is next a Vietnam diorama would be awesome. Maybe with Tamiya's M551 Sheridan or the old M48 Patton tank with some USMC figures. Besides that awesome work can't wait to see what is next.

[@damonrudd6599]

I'd love to see uncle nightshift di a crashed US chopped in a Vietnam diorama, I feel like helicopters would suit the armor modelling techniques well especially one that's hit the deck

[@loganski_2158]

@@damonrudd6599 agreed that would be cool seeing a crashed Huey in Vietnam

[@razziousmobgriz5598]

By far one of my favorite models now, absolutely amazing recreation

[@inquisitorilyaal3959]

Absolutely stunning job as always. I applaud you again. It’s always a treat to get new tips, insights and experience due to your explanations. Would be so interesting to see you work on a tank from Warhammer 40K to be honest. To make it look as authentic as possible. I do not share in this hobby but I always come here for the huge amount of knowledge. Well done sir.

[@HoloSohma]

I love how you take feedback and use it as help and learning

[@willtaylor1395]

i like he way you say diorama as many times as you can

[@TheModelGuy]

*Record screech* “Hey, I’m Karl and you’re probably wondering how I got here.”

[@Neowofetch]

Very good job recreating the meme, i love your work, you're very talented at painting models and making scenarios.

[@lynx6023]

I have never watched a diorama or model building video before, but Panzer of the Lake was a very tempting scenario, so here I am. Now I'm starting to consider going into making similar things myself as it seems quite therapeutic and calm as a hobby.

[@para1324]

It looks really great, master level diorama. Watching the build from start to completion was enjoyable. I look forward to the next one. Thank you for sharing the build. 👏👍

[@jilthunder2276]

Nice work! And I appreciate that you now post longer videos with some more time in between them - that`s far better than videos of ten to fifteen minutes every week, I think! * Thumbs up! *

[@tommy5675]

When sanding a large surface on a sheet of sandpaper, move the component in a "Figure 8" pattern. This will removed the "High" points quicker and also help keep the component level on the paper and reduce any slope/angle that might occur when reciprocal sanding.

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

This is my favourite diorama so far. Thanks for sharing!

[@baleksander000]

Hello Martin. I’ve seen your videos over the past couple of years, as I research model painting, customizing, and diorama building. I’m a 1:18 scale customizer…and I’m studying techniques and tricks from youtubers like yourself. Thank you for putting out excellent videos and I love your narration…you instruct and keep us interested at the same time. Your resin work is outstanding and motivating. I’ve only used resin twice, and the second time I made the mistake of using NOT deep pour resin and the layers below were leaking out as the top layers were curing. I was so stressed out I just threw the whole project away. Watching your videos has taught me a lot…and I’m motivated to try resin again in my hobby work. Keep up the good work. Hello from Guam 🇬🇺

[@ScorpioDB]

Wow, I didn't expect that "lubricated as a fox" joke out of the blue :D Great build as always, your work is a huge inspiration for me!

[@sferguson1130]

Looks awesome!! If you haven’t tried it yet, you can use woodland scenics flex paste, for sealing your foam base, where epoxy resin will be poured. Works great 👌

[@jensburkhardt4006]

Although I am not an armour modeller (yet) I get bucketloads of material, technique and scenic inspiration from your videos, so thank you very much. I just felt the need to tell you that as mainly a figure painter in mostly 28mm scale I find your figures really great. They convey the story, fit the palette and your colour transitions are really excellent. When I will eventually start a 40k guard army, I am gonna binch watch your content again to end with the best possible tanks. Keep up your great work

[@ThePizzaGoblin]

I like what you did with the title cards for each section and how the size of the words change depending on what section of the diorama you were working on. It's clever

[@Bryan-cs9to]

Stunning work! I love what you did to create the exposed plant roots -very realistic

[@sferguson1130]

Can’t wait for your winter scenery 🙌 I’m currently working on a diorama for my Dragon Panzer III Winterketten ( #6606 ) I’m going for a post snow melt scene, so I can still incorporate some snow, but the entire diorama won’t be dominated by white lol

[@AddamsPlayground]

Very cool and nice save for the bubbles issue! I love watching and learning from these videos. One day I will attempt one of these!!!

[@CallousCoder]

Wow!!! That embankment looks door realistic and the painting of the panzer is superb!

[@brucethemodelnoob]

Beautiful result Martin! You say you initially put the wrong mantlet on the tank, but the first one was actually the correct one based on the photo… it’s a Pz IV Ausf D. 😀 Thanks for all of the inspirational videos. Can’t wait to see what you do next.

[@whattheshit4936]

I’d love to see you make a diorama of something from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, I feel like you’d be absolutely AMAZING working with apocalyptic-looking buildings and terrain. And I just wanna watch you paint a rusty truck for like 20 minutes lol Love your videos man!

[@slate8881]

I would love that, a diorama of rookie village or farm would be awesome and for a really large scale rostok or pripyat would be cool

[@bodenplatte1360]

Truck cemetery baby!

[@adamcichon6957]

Combat engineering vehicles maded on T-55 tank chassis ware used after the meltdown. Also isu-152s ware used as dozers... so Stalker diorama by Uncle Nightshift is quite possible if he opt to do it...

[@JDnBeastlet]

Your self-deprecating sense of humour belies your talent. Beautifully done, Martin, and a pleasure to watch.

[@HoloSohma]

I love panzer of the lake so this is amazing and the fact of what it is makes me love it even more

[@lkchild]

That’s a great diorama, I love it. If I can give you some feedback from working with the real thing, it’s that wire recovery ropes don’t bend easily. Heck they often won’t bend at all, unless it’s awkward, in which case they’ll bend in an awkward but graceful arc to wherever you don’t want them. They’re very springy, and the bend radius would be around the same as the curve on panther, tiger or cromwell/comet wheel for a sense of scale, unless you’re really applying a lot of pressure. keep up the good work!

[@crudboy12]

Loving these quick small projects from you. It's fun to get the whole project in one video. I wonder if there is any way to get the resin water to have less surface tension; at this scale it tends to creep up the sides of objects such as the turret and river bank. Thin resin would be difficult to contain without spilling, but maybe finishing the surface with an extremely thin layer of a very runny form of resin would help hide this phenomenon without requiring the whole base to be complexly watertight.

[@Faraway994]

what I see most people do is shave off the creeping edges with hobby knife and putting a gloss varnish to get the waters shininess back

[@rrl4245]

Brilliant idea! I love dioramas that tell a story, particularly an entertaining one...

[@gunnarsoderhielm3425]

Beautiful little diorama and I love learning from your videos. There are already so many things I want to try out after watching this and I might have to get back to my King Tiger diorama

[@darkwood777]

This is wonderful work, Martin! How are able to paint watch hands in 1/35th scale? Such steady hands. Speaking of color, I would like to see you replicate the spectral effects of petrol floating on the surface of still water. This could be either lying on top of water puddles on a street or road, or petrol that rises up from a submerged vehicle in deep water. This is not easy I think because several factors affect the color on real life. I hope you consider this a challenge and show us your interpretation someday.

[@johnlaplander5949]

Oh for sure! The color transition from black and green and purple, etc, depending on the angle would be a sick ass thing to figure out!

[@endgovernmentextremism]

20:33 Seems like a good opportunity to use this to your advantage with a frozen lake sometime.

[@endgovernmentextremism]

30:22 Serendipitous.

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Wow!! Your talent never ceases to amaze me Martin.

[@kepler240]

The shading and lighting techniques on the guy is phenomenal.

[@lordzombey1337]

Literally 2 weeks ago i had the idea of doing a Diorama with the panzer of the lake😂😂😂

[@jesperohlrich7090]

It’s so amazing to see how you can make those wonderful models. Have you considered making a tank from the 40k universe?

[@recurvestickerdragon]

Baneblade! Baneblade! Baneblade!

[@jbrown7403]

Beautiful work! I particularly like the exposed roots and the dirt. 👍

[@noxious456]

that is the most realistic earth and grass I've ever seen in a model. so good!

[@Nick_Tank-Maker]

Can you turn what’s left of the hull into a Destroyed Pnz 4?

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Fantastic diorama. However, I warn you against using only adhesive tape to hold the edges. In one of my models, under the influence of the sun (?), the glue in the tape dried up and the part just fell off.

[@area1084]

Fantastic work! I build all my stuff from scratch but some really epic tips and techniques here. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

[@johnwoodside8714]

I really enjoy your Friday upload, awesome again

[@Joe-bm4wx]

When will you make a model of a Ukrainian tractor towing a Russian tank?

[@ShadowsOfTheSky]

Panzer of the lake, what is your wisdom? *16 ton pontoons are not great for 25 ton tanks* For anyone wondering, it’s about the origin of the Panzer of the lake, they tried using a pontoon not rated for the size of the tank. Also, the Panzer is in a river. Look at the channel Cone de Arc on KZbin for more info.

[@Tank_Modeling_Hobby]

So awesome Martin! Your videos make me happy! Hope one day I can see them in person.

[@crazyharkonnen]

Excellent idea! You're getting better in every domain. Tip my hat!

[@santiagomoguel7959]

“You can’t park there” 💀💀💀💀

[@thecanadianchurchill4080]

O panzer of the lake what is thin wisdom The wise panzer 4: Germany will lose WW2 The German solder: well shit

[@josebravo6219]

Man , you did a total challenge with this video ! Congrats Martin , I really enjoyed and learned .

[@ThunderNiips]

I love these “tiny” builds, seems like you can produce a lot more videos doing these. Please keep doing (I know you will anyways) the regular couple video long series’s.

[@TheCombatartist]

That groundwork is museum quality 👍🏻

[@ahorriblebeast196]

I never thought of mixing paint with resin great tip thank you

[@YUNOBF3]

Excellent video. I didn't expect you to make a more comical scene like this given the usually more sombre tone of your recent pieces but I think you've adapted it well in your style.

[@steveeuden3774]

Fantastic inspiration for all model makers thank you

[@olafb.2929]

Great work. The figure is awesome, I wish I could do them only half as good. And you solved the mystery of bubbles in my (first) water diorama.

[@AshleyBlackwater]

Once again, a nice little self contained project complete in one video, looks great :D

[@johndillon8051]

Yes,yes,yes! What a great idea for a diorama. I've enjoyed the memes and now it's 3D! This was really inspired and the effects you did on the lake/river bank turned out beautifully. As we might say here in the States, you hit an out of the park home run with the bases loaded (this might be only understandable here and in Japan).

[@Getaway2Scratch]

Nice project for the running gear and bottom hull: Boy Discovers Tank From World War II At Bottom Of Lake Ladoga 😃

[@Barbarossamodels]

Another stunning piece, & so interesting to watch from start to finish! Good actually to see that things can always go wrong (resin & bubbles) even with the best modellers….& how to try & rectify them. Quality as always 😌👌

[@ragozzinehq]

22:05 "Super duper Storm Trooper" is my new favorite saying - ty :)

[@dominiqueros5534]

Dear modeler, you always makes me laught when you says "from my garden, trademark"😂

[@chrisodillman3355]

man this is just beautiful .. i cant tell why but this is something i very much enjoy looking at

[@RESlusher]

That looks awesome, Martin! I'm so going to do a submerged vehicle on my next project!

[@Corzappy]

I'm really liking your high-risk low-reward cutting method at 3:34

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video, build and presentation.

[@bujisus5068]

A surprise to be sure,but a welcome one,This diorama may be the best one I have seen yet!

[@matthewvanvliet9280]

It’s relaxing watching your videos you do a beautiful job

[@fredericksmith5235]

This makes Friday evening worthwhile.

[@Raven.flight]

Brilliant as always Uncle Night Shift.

[@2704Thomas]

Sculpting Welding lines is a Genius idea! Might steal it ^^

[@commandoct694]

The little grass area looks so real wow.

[@thatotherguy7596]

Hello Uncle. I really enjoy your work, and think it's all excellent. For some unknown reason I find this one especially pleasing. I think it's the river bank and the simplicity of the scene. Keep up the good work 👍🙂

[@zoltannagy4936]

This is my favourite diorama of all time.

[@87mhe37]

First video i watch from this channel, and the dioramas are really realistic-looking!!!