Cranking Up The Post-Shading To Eleven! AMX-50 (Resinscales 1/35)

[@garyowens7454]

I love how the Stielhandgranate is just casually hanging our with the models.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

it's actually a wooden replica :D

[@garyowens7454]

@@NightShiftScaleModels Don't spoil my fun. :D

[@alansmodelmaking1558]

I wasn't expecting a full painting video for months man you're incredible, keep up the amazing work I've learned so much from your series!

[@thelittlebird69]

I feel like Night shift is the best model scale builder

[@KomradeMatt]

Spraying the hull with a dark brown actually gave it a nice worn dirty feel around the details, especially around the (fuel tank cap?) on the engine deck. Watching this has inspired me to grab one of these resin kits and try it out myself.

[@thinnedpaints6503]

I won't lie, looking at this kit has convinced me to start putting together for a decent resin printer and learn to 3D model, if I can make something even half this quality I'd be happy!

[@lukasdejaegher2745]

Normally i'm not the guy to place a comment, but i must say i've gotten into the hobby about half a year ago and i love it and especially i love seeing the progess i've already made. You've been a massive help and when i'm in doubt or need help i always end up finding a video you've made that helped me a lot. Kudos and keep doing what you are doing

[@Misosgameroom]

You have so much more patience than I could ever have with the detail you put into these projects. I absolutely love your work. Thank you for sharing.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin .

[@remytremblay7956]

The final recap is a great addition to the video, thank you

[@jacobs_models995]

I've been rewatching some of your first vids(ball tank, Chi-ri) and man, the progress you've made over the past couple years is amazing to see.

[@anzaca1]

2:47 I love the mottled green/black effect! Could make for a cool camo pattern.

[@osvaediez1761]

I know that it's not realistic, but i like the blue touch that this tank have in World of Tanks. Anway this paint job looks amazing!

[@andli]

Uncle has blessed our weekends with his wisdom

[@goforitpainting]

I'm a figure painter but I always learn something from modelers. Thank you!

[@foxenstinevon.gaming12]

Also for a diorama it would be cool to see the ejected shells behind the turret, sense the auto loader spits them out the back, would be a cool detail to show it’s fired once or twice

[@jfljones4787]

Very cool effect! My favourite words to hear on KZbin are "My friends, . . . "

[@hewlett-packardlovecraft2297]

Just decided to pull the trigger on a resin printer- hopefully in a week or two I'll be able to make some of my own designs. These things seem like a truly a liberating factor in the hobbying world. Now, if anyone can recommend a free or relatively cheap 3D modelling program, I'm all ears.

[@lobsterbark]

Blender is the good standard for art. Fusion 360 is a gimped version of Solidworks, the gold standard for technical models.

[@thescottsman1996]

it depends on your personal situation, but if you have an email associated with a school/university, you can get a student license for Autodesk products, they only differ from paid with a "made with autodesk student" watermark.

[@chompette_]

Blender is what I'm using to make model railway prints, it's pretty straightforward to learn your way around and pick up maybe a dozen features to push out a simple vehicle.

[@CatEatsDogs]

No blender. Use Fusion 360. They have private personal license. There are some restrictions but anyway it is much better for the modeller than blender.

[@hewlett-packardlovecraft2297]

@@lobsterbark Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback. Have a good one.

[@Modkits131]

The post-shading is on a whole other level. Like level 100 crime boss level. 👌

[@warwickstephenson1613]

Looking well very green. Nice job.

[@YUNOBF3]

That summary at the end was really cool.

[@uneboule]

Hello. I have strictly bo interest in modelling, but your "ma friend" weekly is something addictive. And the quality of your video is very good. I don't know why, but i love this weekly update from estern europe. Thanks.

[@ludachris6086]

Love your sense of humor and thanks for you vids!

[@Panzermeister36]

I'm excited to see how the model will look after all your subsequent weathering layers! Hopefully your airbrush work is more visible at the end of this project than on previous ones :)

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I'm pretty much 98% done after today, and I'm happy to report that SOME of it is still visible :D

[@josta2010]

Less is no longer more. More is more, nothing like excess.The Charles Darwin of armour modelling pushing the evolution of the hobby 😜. Great vid 👍👏

[@crtzmo]

what a monster -- that barrel!! great work -- tx for the video.

[@65melody17]

You have inspired me to start modelling! I got the Tamiya 1/35 m41 Walker bulldog and some basic tools. I have nothing for paints yet but I’m going to wait until I build the model

[@65melody17]

Although I’m probably going to start with a basic amazon airbrush. Do you have any paints that you suggest for American tanks? The kit includes Japanese paint jobs too

[@thebutterman7274]

Greatest way to start a weekend.

[@woutdeclercq4742]

It seems an easy technique to try for a beginner. I think I am gonna try it on my next model. Thanks for the clear explanation!

[@MF-og1ct]

I love the stylized look on models. I will try this.

[@lucidnonsense942]

I think the French cold war tanks had more bluish-grey tint to the green, iirc the colour news clips. It looked like blue gray base, over which the camo was applied.

[@jaymck8154]

I've been watching your videos for years and, I'm always surprised to learn something new with each new video! Well done as always my friend! Keep up the good work!

[@Gunsandscience]

This is why I love Fridays

[@KJ-kn8pg]

1:57, I thought for a moment you were doing Math lol. Perfect timing, just as I sat down at the workbench, cheers uncle ;-)

[@GoneFishing-8373]

Yugo t-34 when? Or maybe another T-72? Or a restoration of your old T-72? 😳 Love your work!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yugo T-34... hopefully this year :)

[@lochmoigh1]

Nice potato masher. Awesome video, I picked up something today. Thank you.

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

When I'm painting my Wargaming tanks, I paint and highlight to 11, then weather them back down to 10. Works every time.

[@ArgaMiniature]

Good video.... so satisfying to watched it you paint that armor

[@simonacuthbert1]

Welcome back, Martin and happy new year. Your Friday evening videos are the perfect start to a weekend.

[@johnnybrown7644]

I would really be interested to see if this technique would work with lighter colours like dunkelb yellow. I think it works on mid tone colours like green and grey. But yellow might be different.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

The translucent random base coat where the dark primer is showing through should help with those colors such as dunkelgelb, sand yellow, etc. :)

[@ironspike171]

Hi Martin, have you ever tested the „sea-salt-method“? You „mask“ the first baselayer of paint with a random layer of salt, stuck with waer to the model. This gives very nice, subtle and random worn paint effects if the second, third… layer of paint is appley onto it. Aircraft modeller use this quite often.

[@Metroidf4n]

One thing I learned from Plasmo is that he applies decals and then sands them down a little so they become more intergrated into the model/paintjob, maybe it's worth checking some of his stuff out? Also, nice mug :D

[@danielrojas-rp7ix]

Nobody better that you my friend, your are a really bless for scale model world hobby, rhanks for share this un le nigthshift... God bless you...

[@Historybuffm8]

I really enjoyed the jadtiger build when you were working on it. This one is my second favorite build. Great job Night Shift!

[@TJ-rp5nd]

Always a joy to watch!

[@allanrichards3752]

I think you are one of the best model painters on you tube and your models look stunning. I am a firm believer that a model can only take so much content and I have now taught myself when to stop. I believe a lot of people over do chipping, especially on aircraft. I have seen some people try and copy the really weathered and chipped look of say a Pacific theatre P38 Lightening. Some of these were really weathered but if you copy one of these aircraft on a model I think it looks way over done. Its not inaccurate but there is a scaling effect coming into play.

[@MiniArtmy]

Interesting technique :), nice model! Thanks for sharing & for your video quality!

[@aviationman212]

I used this method in the past but was worried that it would change the hue of the base color too much. I also found it a bit more difficult to control the final color. I have since switched to a new method that, in my opinion, solves some of the problems. I do all the normal priming, and then overlay a fully opaque base coat color over that. I'll do lots of mottles of really stark colors then slowly bring the color back to where it should be (e.g. if I'm doing OD 41 for an early war US fighter plane, I'll do an opaque OD 41 coat, then white->yellow->yellow-green->light-green->khaki, all thinned at 9:1 IPA:paint). I'll do a 19:1 IPA:paint of a dark shadow coat (for the OD 41 color, something a bit darker than the base coat but not too bad) on the panel lines and other areas that I want to start having the appearance of being grungy. Finally, I'll spray over everything with a 9:1 thinned base color again to bring the color back to where it should be. I adapted my current method from Scale-a-ton's older methods and it works great!

[@Leo_Lazarus]

"Go" for the b(l)ackground! 👍 Yeah, these P-Touch printers are very useful; i have two of them. - Indeed, this video gave me some additional ideas for my still unstarted 1/16 RC Tiger I project... but i'm still undecided about the camo pattern! 🙄😭🤣

[@steeliron8246]

You are absolutely amazing, the king of model making, keep up the good work, thanks for your great videos!!

[@berlin_actual]

Heck yes, Friday, 1 AM night shift time! Great as usual my friend!

[@harlech2]

"MAH-FRENS!" = The start of a great weekend!

[@SPSteve]

Great video, Martin! I am going to try this technique on my next build!

[@TyphD]

Hey, always love the videos. Pretty much my favorite thing to do on fridays and always looking forward to it. That said I notice that the pipod for the 50.cal or 12.7 browning as the french like to call it is very much green. Don't know if you going to paint it late (most likely) but they are always black in french army. I was with the legion for five years and the pipods and the guns were just blacked out steel that had been worn out over time to a mess of black and metal. Looking forward to the next week. Cheers.

[@jacobakana5649]

Holy motley! That is a lot of visual texture! I like the idea of the heavier color variation, I think it can turn out well! (The new background is very nice)

[@MotorStorm]

Best time of the week!

[@XxBloggs]

Very good. I like the summary at the end too.

[@markfergerson2145]

Maybe it's just me but something about the turret reminds me of a frog's mouth, and the green/brown mottling on the hull especially reminds me a lot of the coloration of typical frogs I see here in the USA. No, that's not an intentional reference to the WWI/WWII derogatory French/frog joke, it's just the visual I get from that particular design. It's quite appropriate in the overall look. The mottling strikingly supports the intended illusion of mass and shape rather than a boring hollow plastic shell. In any art (yes, this is art, dammit) knowing when to stop is critical whether it be individual steps or the overall work. So far I think you've done well on that score. What you've got now strongly suggests random coarse-scale sun fading of the factory paint with just enough shading to make details "pop" as they say, so subsequent weathering etc. should pretty much automatically build on that without you having to second-guess yourself (I hope). A white background gives a datum level for color balance in finished-product images but yeah, a dark background seems better (to my eyes at least) for the work-in-progress videos.

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Martin, at firxt I thought it looked a bit messy and uneven, but when you appliec the clear coat it lookec absolutely fantastic, well done mate, best regards from Australia.

[@Quox1.44]

"Blackground"... Genius!

[@buzzx21]

perfect, video releases just as my lunch begins

[@gavingiles5079]

What you did is called black basing, and you did a darned good job at it:)

[@fredtedstedman]

she is a handsome beast -love the French oscillating turret designs !😍😍

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Experimentation breeds innovation ❤🍻 Kudos and love - London UK

[@jonclark299]

Awesome work, thanks for sharing this new build

[@NJHC60926]

Laughed pretty hard at "Boring French Green" lol

[@TamaraNugent229]

You really are fantastic at your work.

[@andrewharris7346]

i have a 1/35 bergepanther im building so i may have a go at dark yellow with a brown base , thanks mate looks incredible

[@hotbacon1107]

Black background is great for me since these videos come out at 1 AM where I am. Easier on the eyes ;)

[@ambravirlebreton]

Awesome ! I laugh at the "boring french colour"

[@blackphantom99]

Beautiful job Martin, really enjoyed this video, I’m still working on my mottling effect being rather new to the hobby but you teach us a lot and I wanted to Thankyou for all your hard work making these videos for us! Take care buddy ☺️👍

[@ThePellefantman]

Holy crap. I hope i get this good some day(And it still isn't done!). I'm planning to make 1:35 dioramas in the near future so fingers crossed i don't poke my own eyes out afterwards

[@timnelson2560]

Everytime I finish a model I think… hey man you did a good job go you. Then I watch uncle night shift and can’t help but think bro… you got a long ways to go

[@marcelwildeboer]

Yes is Friday Night Shit night……. You are the reason I started modeling so thanks for sharing your skills……….

[@levi_exiled8579]

"Boring French green" lol.

[@joshuashikles9095]

I really like the finish look of the post shading. That's a really awesome technique you have developed can't wait to see what you do to it next week.cheers!! Oh yeah hope your leg is doing good 👍. I know some times when people break bones they have problems with it after it heals. I broke my wrist 30 years ago and I have problems with it somedays. Hopefully your doing great 👍 and have no problems with your leg.

[@vulcan-scalemodeling]

I will definitely be using these painting techniques in the future

[@lordzombey1337]

Another week, another great Video full of Tipps!

[@andrewschanck3363]

I've got to try this. Great model, my man!

[@arrrgee]

"Boring French Green" if a paint range came out with these names, I'd buy them!

[@tando6266]

Watching you grow has been the best part of this channel. Would love for you to try some other scales/genres

[@Xatxitor]

Just an idea out of the blue. What about trying white primer, post shading than use contrast paint out of the airbrush?

[@brandonb1681]

9:55 In those shots and that lighting, it looks real. It looks like a hunk of steel...it has weight.

[@cirlu_bd]

damn I wasn't sold on the randomly applpied green coat, but at the end ??? it looks so good ???? wtf I'm in love now !!!!

[@ДядяВаня-ш7ы]

Замечательная работа. Мастеру 👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@cbcen8849]

Great work! Do you have a video that explains the benefits of having the tip of the airbrush removed for some steps, I'm guessing for better visibility when working so close to the model?

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid Great work! 👍👍👍

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

Would love to see you do the Object 279e kit from resin scale

[@dylanscott7596]

Could you make another tank from these guys?

[@silverdragontm9548]

Hey hey, friday again! I like the blackground, however the Panther mat for the Jagdpanther was, lets say, suited? Almost perfect? However, the model looks awesome right now. And knowing where we are going, the video jurney will be awesome! Even though the "disaster struck phase", trying to not give any spoilers here. I started showing your models to a colleague, whos a modeler, too, and we sometimes watch the videos together in our break, especially the figure and diorama ones. (He is a figure painter) Of course with masks up ;). Stay save!

[@bgezal]

You make amazing weathering but I think you overdo the pin wash contrasts. Maybe they fit a harsh summer noon light, if it came from every direction. But in a more common overcast day you need a bland contrast. The end result is a bit "A Scanner Darkly" style.

[@jerryvolpini7987]

I like that you push the envelope, always trying new techniques, never content to sit on your laurels! Like it, don't like, doesn't matter, you'll never progress if you don't take risks 👍 Excellent video, keep up the good work! Oh, and I don't like the black background, too dark (can't all be good, lol).

[@vonsopas]

Lol bruh...so far it's looking good. Cheers mate!

[@leehadfield6881]

Fantastic work buddy!!!!!!!

[@sclogse1]

When airbrushing tanks or figures, what do you do to avoid an airbrushed look?

[@bigroryhollar5023]

Thank you my friend....

[@handznet]

zajímavá technika, nejsem si jistej, jestli se mi to líbí nebo ne. Asi pořád dávám přednost modulaci a shadingu s olejovkama ale na tyhle zelené kusy to je fajn volba.

[@siebensunden]

Uncle Night Shift first pixelled tank. :)

[@nigelsmith7366]

For many years I have been adding gloss clear to all my paint

[@SmallSoldier]

That's a nice finish with the postshading, I may have to try it out. Hey what material did you use for your black background. I tried using black card stock on my latest video and I couldn't get rid of all the hot spots that were washing out the video quality. Cheers!

[@Zorglub1966]

Don't forget yellow headlights and all painted tool!