Some cool stuff this week! Archive video of a King Tiger at the test grounds Computational hydrographic printing - very cool video LEGO Adventure in the City - different kind of modeling, but super cool Mask canopies using a smart phone How-to photoetch tutorial Oil and grease painting tips Fantastic diorama: "Shadowbox"
This is a fun watch! Mythbuster's Adam Savage and Battlestar Galactica's Aaron Douglas build models and paint figures. Nerd Awesome. And speaking of Nerd Awesome... be sure to check out the rest of Adam's blog for some really great stuff.
This week's fun finds: Amazingly cool diorama. No spoilers, just click through. A cool web site outlining the Warsaw uprising: http://www.warsawrising.eu Amazing collection of great dioramas via a forum post WWII Battlefield tour chronicle Mini-Art building & painting tutorial (check out links in sidebar)
Wow. This is an amazing video of footage from around Berlin right after the end of WWII. Well worth a watch.. and the convertible bus?? I want to start that project!
A bit late, but I'm here! WWII Aircraft Carrier Mapped With 3-D Sonar Austin Scale Modeler's Society - April newsletter Want to see inside a U-boat?? WWII Sherman Tank Graveyard 70 Meters Deep
Friday's fun time! Star Wars diorama build Great vignette build: Anti-Tank Dodge
Oh boy, life's been crazy and this blog hasn't gotten the attention it needs! But I'm back, baby. Hopefully! "The Hard Way" - Fantastic beach landing diorama Cool photos of the final atomic bomb assembly Repurposed Steyr Kommandeurwagen More photos from the Moson Model Show 2014 Really interesting read with a veteran German tanker 27 Extremely Rare And Stunning Color Photos From World War II Amazing build: Flak Truck Mercedes L4500A 3.7cm Armoured Cab Satoshi Araki's Work... it's really quite impressive Seriously impressive Sd. Kfz. 250/7 interior build Texas history image portal - some good WWII stuff! Rick Lawler's fantastic Komatsu G-40. Rusty goodness! "Am I late for the tram?" diorama
I've been super busy with life and work, so I'm finally getting back into the swing. Painting wooden boxes Figure painting step by step Very cool product I've just recently used to clean a gunked up brush. This brush cleaner is worth picking up. Transfer image onto wood with inkjet printer Very cool diorama: "How the gods kill" ScratchMod.com - if you haven't seen this site, spend some time digging through the rusted model awesome! Hilarious use of a ceiling fan Not "modeling" content, per se, but very cool video of the creation of a model moped out of a bolt
And for some Friday Find coolness: Take some time and browse the Kubelmodel's Facebook page. Some really incredible work! Painting a Wall in 1/35 scale. Step by Step Very cool model, but stunningly awesome base design! WWII Myths – T-34 Best Tank Of The War Amazing rusted omnibus hulk How to article for Vallejo Liquid metallic paints (and dig around this site... lots of great content!) Quick, but handy figure painting tutorial (click the "next" button to go through the steps) Beautiful Opel Omnibus model Creating realistic wood grain (I've been trying this method and it works!) Painting figures video (This is a basic view of the process, but a good reminder when we need to dust off our brains between figure projects) Very cool book I just ordered: WWII Diorama Art And just because, here's some additional non-modeling links to keep you people happy: Life Magazine's collection of vintage cocktails "Birdman" trailer [...]
I missed last week's links, but I have a good excuse... I was in Virginia at the IPMS Nationals! So let's start off with some of that coolness from the event: Vendor room setup time lapse Amazingly well done 1/32 scale B-17 diorama (The propellor + sound timing is stunning) A behind the scenes version of the electronics of that B-17 Cybermodeler Online show report Scale Model Soup report + his photo gallery A huge photo gallery of the creations at the show Judging time lapse (wow, that's a lot of activity!)