Color Modulation With Oil Paints? Sort Of... | Rutscher | Das Werk 1/35

It's time to make this two-tone camouflage more interesting. We'll apply some "wet" techniques like filters, oil dots, washes, ambient occlusion and also some fake color gradients which resemble the color modulation technique.
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[@krysler1490]

Never. Ever. Disappear. Seriously this is the best modelling channel I've found, and you make it so straightforward, and a bit of humour always helps. You have helped me so much with techniques, and I'm sure other people will agree.

[@plasma9206]

"The wild camouflage does the job great" *STEALTH 100*

[@cliffordhallam3270]

Absolutely brilliant! I’m an ex-tank crewman and i find it interesting model makers rarely show the effects of the crew’s occupation on the vehicle. There have always been rules that vehicles must be mounted from the front. Over time this makes a discoloured path over the front and onto the turret where it splits as commander and crewmen enter via their hatchways. Engine decks have a lot of discolouration due to fuel and oil spillage as well.

[@fidinboca]

Martin's lessons, the best part of Friday, after seeing my daughter and some beers, logically. well ... maybe even better than beers.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

nothing is better than a few cold ones on a Friday evening!

[@fidinboca]

@@NightShiftScaleModels In a first view, my friend, it's true, but, when do you have 57 and (If you have drink a pair of beers) do you need to pee 5 times in the middle of the night...Certainly Do yo prefer wheather a tank during the day!!! Great hug my friend! Very hot here in Brazil, acrilic paint get hard inside the cup of the airbrush.

[@andrewschanck3363]

MARTIN!!! I LOVE IT!!! Seriously, you are a gift to the KZbin modeling community. keep up the good work =)

[@paulosborne6517]

YES! This is a prime reference video - by covering several complimentary techniques in one session, it becomes far more apparent to the viewer what the effects are and how they build to a cumulative result. It pushes home the value of your process a lot more easily than some of the longer paint jobs where comparing the look from one week to the next is not so easy. All your videos are excellent - it just kind of makes it 'pop' and seem doable when you get a nice little chunk of progress like this one though. Makes me want to head into town and get some oils!

[@johnshaft5613]

I subscribe to a lot of KZbin channels, but I enjoy your videos the most. I'm surprised you don't have way more subscribers, but if I am honest, I think it is because nerds like you and I are not so common....LOL. Keep up the great work!

[@CDeanhartman]

"I cannot pronounce [the name of German tank] without breaking my jaw." HA! Just spit my coffee.

[@oraszuletik]

Says someone, who calls the icecream "zmrzlina"

[@Urmel331]

Rutscher is pronounced like "root-sher" with a short "oo" sound

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

@@oraszuletik Zmrzlina is eesy-peesy. You should try "rukavička najvyrukavičkovanejšia" 😄

[@kshatriya1414]

Night Shift Damm boi, what does it mean?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

@@kshatriya1414 It's just one of those word plays without any meaning, so it's meant to be hard to pronounce. You only say it if you want to challenge your friends so you can laugh at them while they struggle to say it fast. Or you say it several times to "warm up" your tongue before a speech. As such, I don't think it can be translated, but since literal translations are so fun, it's something like "the gloviest glove"

[@Thug_Nuts1]

You are a god damn blessing to KZbin’s modelers these videos are so in-depth and funny keep up the good work

[@kaferrat]

Another Friday video with Uncle Night Shift. 😎 Your techniques/videos are always well explained. Nice work going from straight paint to the current state. Look forward to more techniques. Have a nice one.

[@user-gn4ts4vl7u]

Since I started to watch your videos I see a real improvement in my skills of building and painting models, thanks.

[@MariusIusan]

Excellent work, as usual, Martin! Very instructive, the oil paint modulation technique.

[@NZobservatory]

"What's up, you handsome human beings?!" But what about the rest of us?

[@sergiovasconcellosocriativo]

Your sense of humor in the face of language difficulties is ... amazing! I tried to learn German for five years and today I know ... NOTHING or almost that !! Hahahahahaha... hugs

[@cygnusx10]

Hi Uncle! Looking good so far. Picked up a few hints and tips for German camo. Good stuff, great vid and thanks for sharing!. Also, hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. Cheers.

[@MrKersey]

Great video as always, Martin, thanks a lot! Can't wait for the next part.

[@hugoshobbies1688]

Just wanted to leave a huge "thank you!". For all your perfectly made videos and all the amazing techniques you show and teach us. I was calling myself an advanced modeller when I started my own channel more than 2 years ago and I stuck with what I had already learned without getting significantly better. But thanks to your channel I learned so much already and keep learning new stuff so that my own skills are pushed to a whole new level. Again: A really big thank you!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Thanks so much! To be honest, I also found myself to be a little stagnant. I just got into my comfort zone where I was very happy with each of my finished models and didn't see any reason to try different stuff. Also if you focus only on complex, detailed and expensive builds which take you months to assemble, you definitely don't want to experiment on those. But since I started this channel I've been building more simple models and also experimenting with new techniques, or techniques I didn't use in a long time and it's so much more fun, even if these models aren't my best!

[@thralldumehammer]

I love how you demonstrate technique and not just build the model!

[@waynedaly1718]

Awesome as always. I thought in the beginning the highlights were overdone,but once dry they blended beautifully. Lovely job. As always....G’day from Australia mate.

[@louisfernandel8895]

Great model uncle Nightshift ! In a hurry to see the weathering

[@bobz1736]

That camo is awesome. You've inspired a non airbrush hobbyist 😃

[@sakkarem]

Your videos make each of my Friday much better :)

[@BushPigADV]

Perfect video for my lunch break!! Keep up the good work!

[@padraigmcconnell7015]

Great video. Definitely a master class. Bring on the chipping! 🍀

[@SmallSoldier]

The filters and oil dot weathering sure helps to blend those camo tones together. Great stuff Martin.

[@Nemesisrooster]

I've always wondered what the point of filters was, this video cleared it up for me. Thanks uncle nightshift

[@F0urSidedHexag0n]

Uncle NightShift! Love your work as always.

[@johnnycooper7019]

Dear Martin, another fantastic tutorial! Kind Regards Johnny

[@peterpokojny9082]

The Best videos!!! Thank you for these tutorials!

[@SanPistone]

I'm watching the entire series right now, thank you for sharing it! About oil washes: I also like to use blue dots of oil colour, they give a nice saturation (for me). Cheers, Meme Lord

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

STOP INSPIRING ME TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY BUILDING GIGANTIC DIORAMAS! Great work love it! It looks like a salamander 🦎

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Oliver Viehland ok the ill make something a diorama that IS to big...

[@tonyharwood8408]

Another great tutorial - thank you. Tony

[@jamiesworkshop3198]

I love your videos! But it cracks me up that scale modelers have adopted the 3d term "ambient occlusion" as some sort of technique. It's just shading and enhancing shadows. It all boils down to shading and color. I enjoy working with a cheap set of watercolor paints for this type of work.

[@brantmorrison3704]

I looked at your videos for the Rutscher build. The box cover art showing the tank in a large solid dot camouflage similar to an "octopus-style" paint job looked interesting. I guess you'd call it an ambush paint job. Of course, it is a proposed tank and entirely your "canvas" with which to experiment. As always, you do a really nice job on your builds.

[@Aleeziate]

this is awesome!!! it helped with my l3 33 cc models because they are so similar

[@AirBEARist]

Commented on an old video currently working on tank myself. First one! I’m so excited to se how the final result will turn out

[@petrkocour9770]

Nice job again. Inspiring for me ...

[@JedenSiedemDwa]

Looks great. Not "overdone", so looks good. All the best for You! ;)

[@DCC-DUDE]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@SuperSherman44]

Great job bro!! Looks great! ;)

[@THX-1138.]

That ambient occlusion technique wants to make my brain hurt but it works and it looks amazing.

[@gaetamodeler]

Nice Master Class!!!!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Martin .

[@danielklinglesmithv2732]

Classy as always

[@FreedomAboveAll]

Beautiful!

[@judahboyd2107]

I don't know what real life effect the first layer of oil paint was replicating, but it definitely improved the model.

[@Android-rz8mb]

Awesome job

[@euphoria7046]

Rutscher, see its easy. It rutscht. Great handpainted camo!

[@kallemon]

Great job as always! It would be super fun to see you paint and customize a Warhammer 40k tank! Like a Leman Russ!

[@harrycoupar701]

brilliant work mate

[@davalazabuza4471]

great job dude

[@earltheartist3697]

dang it I’m 2 hours late seeing this! oh well time to watch you trick our eyes again, with tips and tricks

[@hunter1961100]

Historically the German paint won’t fade. I just watched a show from a museum where they were talking about the paint, and that was one of the requirement was it was at its lowest shade.

[@janmaderholz8613]

Totally awesome!

[@serei2010]

Great videos!

[@PJHamann1]

"AMBIENT OCCLUSION"!!! Thank you!!! Lets break through the crusty modeller syndrome! Rock on

[@malaudisa]

Thanks for another great video my friend... for the shadows, I airbrush diluted Tamiya clear smoke to get a gradient effect that's transparent but still provides depth... other clear paints (like yellow) can also be airbrushed as filters . Everything is then blended and toned down with AK Ultra Matt varnish.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yup, Tamiya Smoke is excellent for this! You can also mix all clear Tamiya paints into a dark brown, dark green or whatever. Adam Wilder used to do this on some of his models.

[@luisfranciscosoto]

Really nice!

[@ditzydoo4378]

Panzerkleinzerstorer, a result of a Hetzer and Kettenkraftrad mating in the wild... Ahhhhh it's so cute and deadly... The parents must be so proud... ^_^

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Great tutorial

[@sillygoose4460]

Seeing the thumbnail this is going to be a very beautiful tank

[@BrailleScale]

Looking great Martin- I'll be honest if it wasn't for the GIANT shovel I would have no idea just how tiny this thing is if I saw it on display- have you considered doing a little figure to go along for a sense of scale? I know that may be outside of your normal routine that I've seen. But could be cool!

[@a.ward02]

this tank looks soooooo coool, the amount of techniques is almost overwhelming, in a good way tho xD

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

yup definitely overwhelming. when I was starting this project I thought like this is the ONE model that won't take me forever to finish. I've never been wronger in my life. SPOILERS: it's not done yet 🤣

[@joejuampere666]

I'm building a Ho 229 and I love the camo on the tank it's going on the 229 thanks

[@quinnsanders2771]

Adding pine needle branches, or branches from a tree, correct from where the tank would be operating in its theatre of war would be amazing because a tank destroyer would be hiding as much as possible to get kills a few branches or even more then a few around the top and front of the tank would look amazing my guy would love to see that on this model and I think it would make it even better

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yes exactly!! This is what I've been thinking about since I painted it! I even wanted to add numerous small tie-downs on the sides of the tank while I was building it, but I got lazy. If I added those, I could wrap a thin wire across the entire superstructure which would allow me to put some branches under them (that's how they did it in real life).

[@tsilfidis1996]

awesoooome! (btw can you make a amx 10 rc build? i would love to see a rain-forest camo with mud etc. !!! :D )

[@user-kk8kt9vd3k]

Zaebis!

[@willthorson4543]

I kinda do the same. Lol...one thing modelers tend to not do is reapply pin washes in areas. It adds a lot of depth for such a small thing. Everyone tends to do one thing of each and call it a day. I know it's a personal thing, but it drives me nuts! Haha

[@juholehtinen5800]

After listening those bloopers, I'm now worried that you might be slowly falling to insanity with this project. :D

[@Purpmaster]

Looking amazing as usual 👍 I do have a question though, wouldn’t the replacement German gun barrels come painted in a rust red primer? I may be mistaken but I thought that that was the color that nearly all German tanks of that era were primed in.

[@markwakelin9434]

Great modelling, and I love your presentation style. Very entertaining. One question. The oil paint for the oil dot filter looks quite thin? Is it straight from he tube, or is it thinned? Have you made a separate tutorial about that technique - he asks hopefully 😏

[@haydendill6288]

Im gona try hand painting my next model

[@chomik86]

Great work as always. Are there any books you would recommend(painting, building, weathering)?

[@uro_0111]

It looks really nice. Could I also use water like thinner as well?

[@mikeynakib88]

Hello Night Shift. Really enjoyed your videos, educational spiced up with a little bit of humor! Question: What is the ideal surface to start color modulation using oils ? Matte surface or glossy surface ? I see what you did there where you added dry oil pigments that will naturally "matte". But what is the initial clear coating though ? Thank you very much for your feedback

[@drachenklaue07]

Damn, I am gonna use some of those techniques on my warhammer tanks

[@XxBloggs]

Would love to see you do this on an Allied tank painted olive drab.

[@benmacdonaldcfc]

When you do your weathering and chipping is it best to apply to a satin or matte finish? You are incredibly skilled and you have motivated me to make my first armour model so I’ve order a tamiya m41 bulldog to try, I usually just make aircraft so this will be different.

[@macz6445]

Nice

[@sheknows9704]

Please make some videos on soldering complicated/complex parts!

[@manuelcumbia8266]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@realityinscale19]

thank you for wonderful videos...please make video about how to make a stowage and flag for tanks

[@reecewood155]

Here before the notification

[@umranaliklc2236]

Rescuer of brush painters

[@user-pc2tl5kr6s]

Uncle Shift please say which oil paint use for shadows and highlights on panzer grey, 4bo, drab olive and etc.!

[@joshuashikles9095]

What's up mate the tank hunter is looking awesome I really like the techniques you used I am going to have to try them out. Hey could you please tell me who makes that tool you used to punch out the bolt details I have seen you use it in a couple videos and I would love to get one. You by far have the BEST modeling channel on KZbin have a good one mate

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Thanks! The punch tool is from RP Toolz. They make a standard round bolt tool and a hex tool. I have both... they're not cheap, about 70€ each, but they'll last a lifetime and they definitely help you take your models to the next level.

[@joshuashikles9095]

@@NightShiftScaleModels thanks for writing me back and for the info

[@darthvendar6841]

I've seen this thing called the E-5 tank but that may be an informal identification

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yup E-5 Rutscher is another designation for this fella

[@slavomirmiroslavovic3466]

som zvedavy na vysledok :)

[@jomak9]

Have you sprayed a top coat before applying the enamel filter over the acrylic paint?

[@AndyBS86]

Do you apply clear coats between the different layers? Filter layer, clear coat, dot layer, clear coat, etc?

[@mackcloutier9052]

I had a quick question, I started doing oil modulation for the first time as an experiment, but I got a bit to excited and did the oils before I did a pin wash. Is it still possible to do a wash without removing all my oil paint? should I consider an acrylic wash?

[@ottovonbismarck3164]

I can’t pronounce it without breaking my jaw ? COME to Klaus German Class . GERMAN LERN IT NOW!!!!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

ja ja natürlich

[@czaczaja]

Hi uncle Nightshift. I have a problem with filters. I have an AK tan filter for desert vehicles and when I put it on it leaves a powdery, chalky residue on my tank leaving ugly smudges. Any idea whats wrong?

[@vernebeck8108]

When you stump the oils do you do it with a wet or dry brush?

[@generic_asian_]

When tamiya paint schemes say they have 2 paints mixed together is that a 1:1 ratio as it doesn't say.

[@ryzenenjoyer2824]

i am building a revell 1/72 t55 am2b. I watched your tank track guide and i got some pigments, and mixed some rust pigments on thinner. i think it looks ok, but i dont want to put mud or snow into them, but i have a diorama i made, its kinda a muddy road on early spring with some snow. i might add some mud but i dont know.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Tracks are always covered by the terrain they traverse. Definitely needs some mud! 😊

[@abullohambus3445]

รถถังแท้100%

[@tonysun2472]

I feel like you should have a before and after after you finish a wash

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I tried to do that "from beginning to finish" montage at the end.

[@tonysun2472]

@@NightShiftScaleModels I think it would be better after you finish a wash or smt, plus it makes the video longer.

[@user-wh8qx5jv8r]

👍🏻

[@AxDhan]

Hi, Im trying your technics on an imperial fist tank, (bright yellow), and Im fucking scared of how it is going to be xD, I love your videos :D

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

just make sure you won't accidentally turn the yellow into orange, brown or some other filthy variation 😅 (yellow, white and tan are your friends)