Diorama Painting 101| Light and Shadow: Part 2
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- The episode demonstrates how I establish preliminary light and shadow effects on the Model Railroad or Diorama. This method applies to every other model in the practical sense. Omni 5000 Airbrush: usaairbrushsup...
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I can't thank you enough for sharing your talents and taking the time to put these videos together! Your commentary gets me really motivated to keep pushing forward with doing the things I like to do with model railroading. Soon, I'll be ready to start painting the scratch building project I'm working on. Excited to start using my new airbrush that I just bought a couple of weeks ago. This video definitely taught me things I would have never thought about trying before.
Well Mike I am certainly pleased to hear this. Please don't take my bias about certain air-brushes seriously. Once you get attached to one type of air-brush they become like the car you have always loved. Cheers.
I'm following this series Boomer....and yes, I'd love a classroom too, then we could ask questions. many thanks sir...I'm still learning everyday :)
Feel free to ask one here if you like. I will try to answer it the best I can . . . Cheers - Boomer.
You make me going to bed late! Cannot stop watching your tips, tutorials and advices ! Your channel is a mine of knowledge ! Thank you very much to share it !
Glad to hear you are enjoying the content. Sorry to keep you up late . . . lol.😁
Thanks for the lesson, not just model railroads but I will also attempt this on my Radio Control model WW2 warplanes. On the positive side of Covid-19, we can keep busy by working on our hobby. The key word during all of this seems to be gratitude.
You are welcome and well said . . . Cheers - Boomer.
You know... I am actually taking notes. And trying things out.
You seem to have a lovely laid-back approach to modelling and teaching, which is cool. Good to see subs going up, too. Hopefully it all inspires you to share your knowledge and experience for a long time to come. You certainly inspire me and remind me that being creative is so much better than anything else. Thank you.
I am so glad to hear you are benefitting from shared knowledge and experience. After all, this is how I learned my practice as well. Cheers.
Excellent turorials and very easy to follow. Thinning the Tamiya paints right on the bottle is a great idea.
Thank Daniel. I appreciate your work, and your comments. You are a very talented modeler yourself. Cheers and Happy modelling.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you
Thank You Robert. You are welcome - Boomer.
I’m way late to the party watching this series, but commenting anyway so that you know your effort is still out here making fellow modelers better. Thank you Boomer!
I appreciate that!
You are a very knowledgeable person and I thank you for sharing so much of that knowledge so myself and others can learn these techniques. Most of what you are sharing is things I had no clue about. Excellent work. Great video! Thank you. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Thank You Will. I am happy to hear you are inspired. I also appreciate the compliments and the support - Boomer.
Oh goodness, Diorama painting 101!! Where have you been all my modeling life!(all of 6 years) I realize I'm only into January of 2021 but this series of episodes is absolutely great, best ones yet, and just what I've been searching for. Boomer = Best. I have a long road ahead, but one foot in front of the other will get me there. Thank you so much, I just love this channel.
Thank you. Glad to hear you are thrilled! Cheers.
Wow this was awesome. Thanks for doing this. I didn't know I can use my pancake compressor to paint with. I have an air brush ... Im ready! This series is awesome.
Absolutely CB! Just get an "M" style fitting (should thread right on) if you have an Iwata or Pasche air hose. Bob`s your uncle. Cheers.
Completely agree on your comments about the airbrush. I just ordered my 2nd airbrush, so I can quickly switch between 2 different shades. Heck, I may even get a 3rd one lol.
I also agree on Tamiya Paints, they have just about every color/shade and they are so easy to use, and cleaning out the airbrush is a quick process.
The reason Tamiya doesn’t fill the bottle all the way is because its meant for the user to add thinner to the line (look inside the bottle you will see a line) for a “perfect” mix.
Thank You for another inspiring and informative series.
You nailed what I have been preaching all along. As long as you stick to Tamiya (Acrylic) paint, the airbrush seals will never wear out. Note: You can also thin the Tamiya paint way beyond the line. I thin one bottle down into three bottles. I clean all my "glass" bottles (soak in a jar of cheap Isopropyl Alcohol) and re-use them as well! Cheers.
Great stuff!
Thank You. Cheers.
The Omni airbrush looks very similar to my Pasche. I agree about cleaning them , in fact you will probably do more damage to them by tearing them down every time ( as i discovered early on ) the only thing I would add is get your plastic nozzle bottle (like the one you use for the isopropyl) filled with water and take the needle out to back flush the needle tube especially with Vallejo probably like you say not so critical with Tamiya paint. Love what you said don't be afraid to experiment that is part of the FUN which why we do it in the first place. Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks for sharing! Cheers.
Just found your channel and really like it! I just bought an airbrush set but haven’t used it yet, mainly due to fear, LOL
I used to get many tee shirts custom airbrushed by a guy in Hillside Mall in IL many years ago, ironically he call his place Boomer Tees then I found your channel and thought, no way you could be the same great artist?
Anyway, I’ve subscribed and hopefully you’ll give me the confidence I need to make life easier with my modeling and some tiny paint work on my old Buick. Thanks for doing what you do, Ron
Thank you for the sub Ronald. A good way to over come the fear is to find a large piece of carboard or paper and shoot very thin paint and just have fun with it. The confidence will come with practice and time. Here is a video: czcams.com/video/pbZtQcowdqM/video.html
Thank you for sharing. I love your commentary. I always learn stuff. Thanks again. I would love to come visit to learn more. Maybe someday. I figure this will all be done with arounf 2025. LOL
You are welcome Vincent. I am still young . . . so it could happen one day . . . Lord willing. Cheers.
Airbrush and Tamiya paints came today....yeah man! Can't wait to try it out. Double line is hand laid and finished on my HO diorama...gonna give it a try!
Woo . . . Hooo . . . right on! Have fun and don't sweat the mistakes. Everything is fixable. Cheers.😁
Fantastic clinic this is becoming. I am learning so much with what a already know. Thanks for sharing your artistic talents. I can clearly see that you have had a great career in tv and movies.
Thank You. I feel more relaxed about things. I can actually enjoy the hobby and the community now. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing. I really like the weathering on the BC Rail box car :)
The BC Rail boxcar is one of my favorites. Cheers.
Still rocking my Badger 150 circa 1986. Never needed more.
I used to love my Badger. I still have three or four of them kicking around. I cut my teeth on the Badger and the Pasche airbrush. Cheers.
I've been covered many of times with scenic artis dirty water over the years.
Never let a bucket of dirty water go to waste they say . . . Cheers - Boomer.
I'd spend money to come to one of your seminars . . . This is Brian from "Eaton Steel Works" here in Wichita Kansas USA and it would be my pleasure meeting and hanging out a day with you and everybody else that would participate in a once in a lifetime seminar that you could possibly put together . . . maybe some hands on training as well would be way cool. I realize this might be close to impossible but like you stated it'd sure be a fun experience nodout . . .
It's not impossible. I do the odd seminar at the local here where I live in Langley, B.C. Canada. The hobby shop "Intercity Trains & Hobbies" puts in a request now-and-again. When they do it's listed on their webpage. One never knows. ;-) Cheers.
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I'll have to find this hobby shop a’d join their mailing list or just keep checking in with them on possible dates they plan on such an event . . . I could fly up there and spend a few days which shouldn't brake the bank and besides, I haven't been on a vacation in years so something like this would be greatly enjoyable to say the least . . . I can't believe how great your shelf layout looks and really must be a joy to switch cars on now that it's so much bigger than Glover Road which I thought was the cats meow lol lol . . . it's always nice chatting with you via. this message box here . . . 👍 ⚡
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I just registered to their news letter and I'll contact them kinda to touch base to familiar themselves and me so I can check in once and a while . . .
Thanks I have not painted in about 5 years will try it again now
Glad to hear it Roy! - Boomer.
Thanks!
You are awesome! Thank you!😁
This is really great information. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank You Larry. You are certainly welcome - Boomer.
Just found your videos and I am amazed at your knowledge! This is great stuff!
Glad to hear you glean something from it! Cheers.
I just started making little 6x6 terrains to practice before I commit to a real project. Having a lot of fun with it. Going to get an airbrush next week but for now I’m doing it all with brushes. Wondering if u use dry brushing technique on your terrain? I see u doing thin washes on all sorts of cover but I don’t think I’ve seen u do dry brushing. When do you use dry brush technique on soil or gravel, earth etc if at all?
Thanks for these amazing vlogs
Your channel is one of my few inspirations for really wanting to try this stuff.
I don't normally use the airbrushing method for HO 1/87 Scale. Although, I do for larger scales and when I highlight terrain, etc.
Greetings From Colorful Colorado WJ,
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Thursday 2023. Happy Turkey Day to you, Wendy, Dust and all your family and friends. I watched this vlog again today and it finally clicked in my thick head about why you (The Master) airbrush the way you do. You start out painting your buildings with a dark umber type color because your model is "Living in the Night-time". Then you slowly paint sunlight onto the building/model with lighter colors. The airbrush is angled to the model as if the airbrush is the sun and the lighter colored paint is the light from the sun. (Hard for me to put to understandable words)
Question WJ, You are building your Shelf Layout one Diorama/Vignette at a time. Do the shadows of each vignette complement each other? Is the sun always to the right?
Your Faithful Student
John
Well done . . . you summed up my exact sentiments in terms of how I think as I paint. Maybe the sun is to the right. Never really thought of that. I usually see the sun as angling down from the left or the right depending on the position of the model. Very good! Cheers ~ Boomer.
Just heard you mention you won't use a spray booth. Sounded like a strong preference on your part. Is that because you prefer fresh air and sun light or have you had a negative experience painting in a spray booth?
Both . . . lol.
I get a lot of funny looks when I tell scale modeler types that I use Badger airbrushes. I don't get it. I paid half as much and they work well enough for my needs. Like anything else, I think past a certain price point you're just paying for the name. That's not always true of course. 😉👍
If you thin the paint enough any airbrush will work. Time and time again I see the fatal flaw - thick paint. Then they think a more expensive airbrush will fix their problem.
Great video! You already answered a couple of questions I had about airbrush brand and compressor (thank you, I am still catching up on your videos!), Do you have to buy a separate regulator to go from the Makita tank to the Omni brush?
All the small contractor style compressors should come with regulators. They should sell the coupler for the airbrush hose as well.
@@boomerdiorama Thank you. Dawned on me this am that I probably just need a coupler adapter for the air hose as smaller diameter. Makes sense.
You talk about striving for perfection. I was a member of a club where we strived for a museum quality ending on everything we did.. Had a new member that had the "it's just fine" attitude and he didn't stay ling especially after we had to tear out a project he did that just was a mess. "Why so particular" he said. Because that is the way we do things was the answer. He decided to leave and his work still is just mediocre.
North America was built on the back of hard work and excellence. People found their appropriate place in the world without being forced into it.
It's a good idea to strive for excellence in a society because everyone benefits from it. When it comes to models and dioramas (as an artist) I am always striving for excellence. On the other hand, perfection can be a double edged sword but excellence should be paramount for sure. Cheers and thanks for sharing. ~ Boomer.
@@boomerdiorama Not my rules, club rules from many years back.