Build & Paint: Miniature Wooden Road Signs

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3 жыл бұрын

My friends, tonight we're going to scratchbuild and paint some very simple, but effective diorama accessories - wooden road signs. We're not going to need much - just a couple of plastic oil drums, some styrene sheets, a wire, pewter foil and a bunch of rocks!
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Music: Quincas Moreira - Scratch the Itch - KZfaq Audio Library

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@JohnBallJohn 3 жыл бұрын

I really wonder who are the 9 viwers who pressed dislike on this fantastic job. And what they can do in modelling. (Probably Nothing) My Greatest respect to the Master Nighy Shift and zillions of thnx for sharing his techniques.

@Modkits131 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, my favorite “professional”👌 scale modeler has arrived👍

@boryancrum2196 3 жыл бұрын

I think Martin is a literal professional scale modeler... He makes like 30k a year on patreon

@dantop1280 3 жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING! Variety is the spice of life............

@peezebeuponyou3774 Жыл бұрын

Something I'm just looking at for a diorama as it happens; these are beautifully done "my friend".😊

@mrwigglez3661 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea for wargaming scatter terrain as well. great video as Always Martin!

@jamiedale6516 3 жыл бұрын

That one person that disliked just doesn’t like road signs

@dotdashdotdash 3 жыл бұрын

5 lamers now

@ChrisSmith-bw1nt 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe hit their head one, been there but love the video!

@Bartyron 3 жыл бұрын

6 of them are just envious of his skill.

@shadow_entity9191 Жыл бұрын

Could be a form of Amaxophobia.

@paulhumphriesz4557 3 жыл бұрын

Great video makes a change from the boring Tiger, Panther tanks etc. just proves you can do anything related and push the boundary for a change!

@ridhani1 3 жыл бұрын

Uncle, we love your work... Cheers from Indonesia :D

@jonL88 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, something not tank related! 😂🍷

@kaferrat 3 жыл бұрын

A nice change of pace. Some really nice tips as usual.

@nigelsmith7366 3 жыл бұрын

A tip for watered down PVA add a couple of drops of dishwashing liquid It will reduce the surface tension

@wafflyfox7550 3 жыл бұрын

They look insane! Well done mate

@GlomeOme 3 жыл бұрын

I liked this one. More please.

@jordyncollier919 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooo a video of storage and signs!!! That's a good tutorial for everyone to learn. Thanks!

@robertworth5328 3 жыл бұрын

those signs are superb... and lots of tips to take elsewhere in my model building....

@MrGoldenV 3 жыл бұрын

The lettering is really good

@bigeye6606 3 жыл бұрын

Little drop off dish soap in the watered down PVA will get rid of the surface tension and it will flow more easily. That's what I'm using for my terrain builds.

@williambryant5946 3 жыл бұрын

Those turned out awesome. 👍

@emmanuelcassan3616 3 жыл бұрын

Great job sir it's pleasur to see your job. 😉

@tonyharwood8408 3 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial. Thank you. Tony

@SEAKPhotog 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, very well done! Thanks.

@j453 3 жыл бұрын

Make a dropper bottle of alcohol and put a drops down first. Then put the diluted glue, it will flow like a dream. Alternately you could put the diluted glue in a dropper and add a drop of dish soap or flow aid. Personally I like the alcohol method.

@garyparker2969 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking Awesome Work Brother, God Bless All.

@peterjozsef448 3 жыл бұрын

You’re badass in handpainting😮

@rex758 3 жыл бұрын

amigo great hand writing, love this video is great, Thank you

@rafaeleclectic 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man! You have a GREAT calligraphy! To me that's hard to achieve even with a pen or pencil, not to say with a brush. An excellent build just as the others you make.

@AshleyBlackwater 3 жыл бұрын

More videos like this would be awesome :D

@PeteGay 3 жыл бұрын

That was a great class! Thanks!

@rrl4245 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, you're so good with a brush ! (painting the letters on those signs) Wish my hand was that steady. Good point, too, on how various components of dioramas can become elaborate models in their own right. Thanks

@EssexBoyz 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, very inspirational 😃👍🏼

@chadusmaximus7057 3 жыл бұрын

you dont owe us thank you's, we owe you thank yous. so thank you

@MrPapamaci88 3 жыл бұрын

Night Shift keeps doing these accessories, he'll upgrade soon from scenic bases to full-blown dioramas! Good job on these pieces, they are pretty good! This goes to all modellers! Could anyone recommend some cool subject to me? I am thinking about making a diorama when the exam period starts and I have more free time from uni. (I hate Jungle scenes, too much vegetation, too hard to do with any realism. I love the desert though!)

@ivanov9245 3 жыл бұрын

The king has posted

@user-jp8ut9ic6e 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect as usual! Thanks!

@stephen1942 3 жыл бұрын

Awesoma as always. Great video. Apologies if someone has mentioned it, but add a drop of washing up liquid to the diluted PVA glue which breaks the surface tension. An old railway modeller trick.

@styrenehelp 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, they look so real

@louisfernandel8895 3 жыл бұрын

Really great and unusual ! I loved it

@mephisto7549 3 жыл бұрын

I very like the preweathered signs from RT-Diorama, in general a very nice brand for Dioramas and Accessories

@doktorfaustus9748 3 жыл бұрын

true :) I got a few buildings from them about a year ago very nice detail and great prices

@rt-diorama5657 3 жыл бұрын

Haha 😅 Thank you, sadly we (at the moment) just make stuff for 1:35 scale; and Martin again did an awesome job on this one!👍👍👍

@ScottKenny1978 3 жыл бұрын

@@rt-diorama5657 I think you would get good sales in Europe expanding to 1/72 scale. Not just modelers, but also wargamers.

@wierdling928 3 жыл бұрын

@@rt-diorama5657 Yeah im into wargaming and i would totally buy them in 1/72 scale

@anthonysimpson5801 3 жыл бұрын

Layer upon layer upon layer. A joy to watch. Oh and hand painting those letters is simply staggering

@csacsahun 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you any tips and tricks. You are the best

@memincihan 3 жыл бұрын

You are really good Dude! I like your all videos. Explainig and showing all details are fascinating. Congragulations!!

@Octabust 3 жыл бұрын

More diorama stuff please!!!

@G60syncro 3 жыл бұрын

A drop of dishwash soap in the diluted glue will kill the surface tension and make it flow better into the scenic materials whether they're stones or ground foam!!

@loupiscanis9449 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you , Uncle Martin .

@jasoncutrone 3 жыл бұрын

I love the idea off models scenic builds.

@spm36 3 жыл бұрын

Picasso would be jealous 👍

@fraxz88 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely excellent!

@ptsd2499 3 жыл бұрын

Yes definately make this a feature!

@ciarancummins5510 3 жыл бұрын

That was superb.

@guntherwirgman9203 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful video! Greetings from Uruguay

@Kevshobbys73 3 жыл бұрын

Great job uncle

@AFV85 3 жыл бұрын

Cool as heck mate love it! You should make some diorama stuff to purchase like miniart do! Yours is 100% cooler man! Or just have some availability for your fans! I'd love stuff as good as this to get inspiration!

@am-bushgaming4811 3 жыл бұрын

Always a good day when night shift posts

@nickcharles5891 3 жыл бұрын

As always, GREAT!

@johanblume2621 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and tutorial!

@SheepsterGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I want to find those military miniatures super bad!

@superprecise 3 жыл бұрын

They look awesome

@Mattim78 3 жыл бұрын

Just painted today a wooden roadsign for my Red Army Matilda vignette.

@gregbrowning5437 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks.

@kalosbas 3 жыл бұрын

Add a little bit of thinner to the rocks or any diorama surface with a brush or spray to break the surface tension of the diluted pva glue!

@olmocap5548 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine building the one and only... The Tonk! Edit after watching video: Great video as always

@johnwhitehead4809 3 жыл бұрын

nice work and tutorial martin.

@neilroijava497 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome as always!

@robertthompson1993 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. These are fantastic. My wargamer head is overloading with a need to make some in 28mm scale.

@Phenixtri 3 жыл бұрын

Fun part would be trying to make hive city signs for 40k. Mostly because we really don't know what those would look like aside from Imperial posters and warning signs thus giving alot of creative freedom imho.

@kryapikryapi5446 3 жыл бұрын

The best sign ever))

@davidknights3878 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice episode

@ndewingful 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I loved this compared to the normal content. While the tank videos and tutorials are always fun, I *love* seeing something scenery based!

@TimothySielbeck 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job!

@charleshenderson9578 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I love to do scratch very fun to do.. i have done that something like that in the past

@MrMagooRC 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, loving the video! A trick I learned from my father (who was a railway modeller) is to add a little dish soap or IPA when watering down PVA for fixing rocks, sand, flock etc. It doesn't affect how the glue sticks, but it breaks down the surface tension so it flows much better.

@mephisto7549 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice work again! :D

@user-zj6uh8kp3g 3 жыл бұрын

Sehr ungewohnlich!!!Prima👌

@jargobordine7254 3 жыл бұрын

Welp, what else do I do for my Friday? This is pretty much my highlight. Great signage. It’s pretty incredible what you can do. Good stuff as always!!

@pauls414 3 жыл бұрын

To decrease the surface tension of your Pva-water-mix you can use some soap or so

@mkusanagi 3 жыл бұрын

I swear your modeling is the best on you tube. Cheers from Chicago

@RimsModels 3 жыл бұрын

Great video looks great 👍👍

@megagadgetmad2 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite part of friday has come.

@chriswobcke7271 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!! Thank you

@markparsons4434 Жыл бұрын

This was absolutely incredible to watch, look forward to seeing more like this.

@the-primered-thumb 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant mate 😁👌

@ModelNerd 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Full of useful tips as always! Love the attention to detail, even on a road sign.

@Nemesisrooster 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool little tutorial!

@lochmoigh1 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work

@chrispowell2947 3 жыл бұрын

as always, the care and attention to detail you put into every part of your models blows my mind. they literally look like miniaturised versions of real life objects. keep up the amazing work dude. also very happy to see videos modelling other details like this road sign, would be an amazing addition to a modern or sci-fi gaming board.

@johnnycooper7019 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Martin, Excellent tutorial! I do like the idea of 'additional details' Kind Regards Johnny

@iamtheHitcher 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you turn these techniques to a sci-fi armour model like a space marine tank from Warhammer 40k. Would be really interesting to see these realistic textures and meticulous attention to detail applied to that style of model kit

@rjordans 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, sign painting is great for adding detail and often overlooked!

@JensAndree 3 жыл бұрын

That good lettering in 1/48 scale is just on a different level...?! Although some might just think this was a "quick and simple build" they couldn't be more wrong because this was some next level shit! You've gotta have some really stable hands for starters, and surely the tongue at the right angle ;) I'm using a different dust method/product, which is an enamel to start with, but the more I see you working with the Wilders textured earth dust the more I want to try it because mine isn't that great, and yours seems so controllable - and it's an acrylic so it doesn't react to OPR or panel liners etc. I'd use a few more colourful synonyms over at smcg to describe how awesome this video was, but here I've gotta play ball so simply - awesome!!! 🤘😁🤘

@ernstbusch179 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, new video, good as always!

@ChrisK-LTC 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty damn cool!

@highdarktemplar 3 жыл бұрын

interesting results on the wood parts and those signs are great

@AM_miniatures_painter 3 жыл бұрын

Well done!

@coreyseals4269 3 жыл бұрын

I have to say I'm glad that you've added this on the channel. I love the diorama side of modeling and I find this very helpful! This came out looking really good too! Thanks for another great video!

@TheKrinte88 3 жыл бұрын

I like to see your channel evolving over the time. I like the additional episodes about dioramas and so on. Keep it going.

@madcat1007 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable!! Have you ever thought about publishing a book?

@lorenzolosardo4751 3 жыл бұрын

I think it would be nice to add some writing on the back of those. Like if someone had gone to leave something written or a symbol as protest.

@jerryvolpini7987 3 жыл бұрын

And now, for something different, but the same, lol! I thought this was a nice change, lots of good tips and one of those pieces that adds tons of character to a project! 👍

@Kaixa123 3 жыл бұрын

Your painted terrain/scenery looks way better than my main model XD

@NuttyLlamasftw 3 жыл бұрын

I’m doing a Tamiya pz iv atm, first tank I’ve ever done inspired by your building skills

@Tank_Modeling_Hobby 3 жыл бұрын

Martin thanks for this video is so great to ad this details to our dioramas and the way you explain is amazing please keep doing this kind of videos also, thanks my friend.