This is by far the most comprehensive video on chipping I have seen so far! Brother you have provided invaluable tips on the thinning ratio and techniques I wish I knew when I started chipping. Bravo!
I appreciate that! Thank you so much brother! That makes me feel so very encouraged to know it was helpful. As always, thank you so much for watching and commenting. Blessings to all their!
Thanks so much! I do look for opportunities from time to time, but I found that finding time for both me and the guest to mesh up schedules became very difficult. So I have not given up on them entirely, but I did step back from them for a while to rethink them. But who knows what 2022 will bring? ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!
The best video about chipping techniques. I have one question about the hairspay technique: how much time is there between painting (for example Tamiya acryllic) and chipping?
Thanks so much for your kind words - I am grateful! It really depends on several variables - the thickness of the hairspray application, humidity in the air, type of paint used over it, thickness of the paint application. The more you use the technique, the better you'll see how those variables inter-relate. In general, once the paint is touch dry you can start the chipping process. Doing it sooner generally leads to larger chips, while giving it a bit of time makes it a little harder to chip but offers a little more control. When I do it my "window of opportunity" is generally from the point of the paint being touch dry out to about 30 minutes. If you're doing it for the first time, start working sooner rather than later so you'll have an easier time of it. Keep in mind that sometimes the hairspray can still be "activatable" even a day later at times though, at least in spots, so be careful of your follow up effects. Using hairspray or chipping fluid is a great way to get real chips, but it's a bit like dancing with a bear. You don't stop until the bear is ready. :) As always - experience will round off the edges and help you out. Use of a test mule for experimentation is a great help. Thanks for watching and commenting!
FYI: I just bought a pack of foam paint brushes with that open cell foam in the office and school supply section of my local Family Dollar store. Its either 4 or 5 brushes for $1.00
I may have missed it at some point of the video (or haven't seen a previous video of it), but what is that model kit you are chipping in this tutorial?
Actually, you didn't miss it! I just never mentioned it. :) It's the 1/35th scale Reisen-Panzer IV from Cavico Models. it's a cool little mecha kit! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just got an airbrush in October so I’m learning a lot about different techniques but the main reason I got it was for hairspray chipping. I had a question, do you think you could mask, and hairspray a specific area vs covering the whole model? Like could you just hit specific panels? Or do you think the ending result wouldn’t be smooth or consistent because of the layer of hairspray? Also: have you tried mission model paints? They have the ability to be brushed away after they dry, resulting in similar effects to hairspray. It’s pretty neat and I learned about it from mike Rinaldi and I’m having decent successful with it.
Yes, you can absolutely do that! Masking off an area, adding chipping fluid/hairspray, and then painting and chipping have worked very well for me. (I did just that on a Viper I built a while back. ruclips.net/video/584VzWneZRA/видео.html) I have tried MMP. For a variety of reasons, I no longer use those. I have seen Mike's videos using them, and others, and they work quite well for them. If you're using them and like them continue doing so of course. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
the watercolor pencils, any brand, aren't too shabby. they offer real good control as u can't go too far too fast and they have that undo button of fading it out or erasing with water and a brush similar to oil paints. edge lining ,scratches, small graffiti, a lot of those steady hand brush tasks that make you hold your breath for way too long.
@@JonBius guilty of that myself. love this series of skill foundations you've been posting, it's great to be able to drop a link for hobby newcomers in our GBA discord and know they are getting great advice. i know it's saved me hours of typing out long dissertations many a time. thanks and keep 'em coming.
Great video, Jon! But you left out the salt technique. Similar to hairspray, except you put down water and then sprinkle salt over it. Kosher salt is good, as is leftover salt from frozen soft pretzels. Those are in bigger chunks or flakes. Let the salt dry, apply your color coat, then go back with a brush and brush away the chunks of salt. It's really good to depict the weathering on Japanese aircraft from WW II. I use a scuffing technique, too. I'll prime with a good hard enamel, like Army Painter Matte Black. For my color coats, I'll use acrylics-water-based are best. When the color coat is dry, I use a piece of silicon scouring pad, like a ScotchBrite pad, to scuff away the color coat and reveal the primer. I like black on sci-fi subjects, like MaK, but you can use other colors for the primer coat. But mostly I use a brush and apply fine chips. Your demo with the sponge makes me want to revisit that, too. Good tip about observing the world around us and looking for examples of paint chipping and wear, and what's exposed underneath. Thanks for posting this! I'll share it with LVSM and MaK North America, too. YbiC Brad
Actually, I did think about that one. It was purposefully left out. I had to consider what methods were approachable for a new modeler, and I thought the variables involved in that one were a bit too much. (I almost left out hairspray chipping, but felt it is mentioned often enough that it bears adding.) Scuffing too is in my mind a more advanced topic. (And go figure, I will have future videos for an "Advanced Modeling Skills" series. :) ) Thanks so much for watching, commenting, and sharing!
This is by far the most comprehensive video on chipping I have seen so far! Brother you have provided invaluable tips on the thinning ratio and techniques I wish I knew when I started chipping. Bravo!
I appreciate that! Thank you so much brother! That makes me feel so very encouraged to know it was helpful.
As always, thank you so much for watching and commenting. Blessings to all their!
Dude this video is fantasic, I'm just getting into the hobby and I got to say your channel is a gold mine
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you find it helpful! And thanks for watching and commenting!
Great tutorial! Silky smooth voice too, very relaxing 😎
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Great vid Jon, like the final pencil tip at the end too👍
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for hanging around till the end! 😊
And thank you for watching and commenting - happy day to you!
Love you videos. They are always informative and very easy to understand.
Glad you like them! I'm always so happy to know they're helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting!
A very helpful video. Thanks Jon.
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Thank you Jon, another great video. As a new modeler, your videos have so much information included that I know I will be watching it multiple times.
Awesome, thank you! I always love knowing people find the videos helpful.
Thanks for watching and commenting - happy day to you!
Thanks for explaining various chipping methods + demonstrations.
Didn't expect 4+1 methods in this comprehensive video. Real good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching it all! ;)
And thank you for commenting - I am grateful!
Great video, Jon! Thank you!
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Excellent tutorial Jon
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Jon thank you for this video! I will dive into chipping with some guts now!
Go for it! It's a lot of fun!
And thank you for your kind words, and for watching and commenting! 😊
@@JonBius Anytime sir!
Another excellent overview. You have a very calm and reassuring presence in your presentation.
Thank you kindly! I am so grateful. 😊
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Great video, thanks for stepping us through the techniques
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Great video as always
Appreciate that!
Great video, thanks Jon
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Thanks Jon, great helpful & informative content as always!
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Very good tutorial. Thank you very much. I will definitely be using some of your tips on my upcoming builds! 👍
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If I ever get past the primer stage I will definitely be using all the techniques you so eloquently describe :-)
Haha! Sounds like a plan!
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Awesome all-in-one
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Hi Jon, thanks for sharing. 👍👍
Vaughn
No problem 👍Thanks for watching and commenting!
Have you thought of reviving the interview videos. Those were fun to watch.
Thanks so much! I do look for opportunities from time to time, but I found that finding time for both me and the guest to mesh up schedules became very difficult. So I have not given up on them entirely, but I did step back from them for a while to rethink them.
But who knows what 2022 will bring? ;)
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Tks very much. Clear tips that Will help me to improve my chipping technique Tks a Lot..
I'm glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
The best video about chipping techniques.
I have one question about the hairspay technique: how much time is there between painting (for example Tamiya acryllic) and chipping?
Thanks so much for your kind words - I am grateful!
It really depends on several variables - the thickness of the hairspray application, humidity in the air, type of paint used over it, thickness of the paint application. The more you use the technique, the better you'll see how those variables inter-relate.
In general, once the paint is touch dry you can start the chipping process. Doing it sooner generally leads to larger chips, while giving it a bit of time makes it a little harder to chip but offers a little more control. When I do it my "window of opportunity" is generally from the point of the paint being touch dry out to about 30 minutes.
If you're doing it for the first time, start working sooner rather than later so you'll have an easier time of it.
Keep in mind that sometimes the hairspray can still be "activatable" even a day later at times though, at least in spots, so be careful of your follow up effects.
Using hairspray or chipping fluid is a great way to get real chips, but it's a bit like dancing with a bear. You don't stop until the bear is ready. :)
As always - experience will round off the edges and help you out. Use of a test mule for experimentation is a great help.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
FYI: I just bought a pack of foam paint brushes with that open cell foam in the office and school supply section of my local Family Dollar store. Its either 4 or 5 brushes for $1.00
That should work great!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I may have missed it at some point of the video (or haven't seen a previous video of it), but what is that model kit you are chipping in this tutorial?
Actually, you didn't miss it! I just never mentioned it. :)
It's the 1/35th scale Reisen-Panzer IV from Cavico Models. it's a cool little mecha kit!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I just got an airbrush in October so I’m learning a lot about different techniques but the main reason I got it was for hairspray chipping. I had a question, do you think you could mask, and hairspray a specific area vs covering the whole model? Like could you just hit specific panels? Or do you think the ending result wouldn’t be smooth or consistent because of the layer of hairspray? Also: have you tried mission model paints? They have the ability to be brushed away after they dry, resulting in similar effects to hairspray. It’s pretty neat and I learned about it from mike Rinaldi and I’m having decent successful with it.
Yes, you can absolutely do that! Masking off an area, adding chipping fluid/hairspray, and then painting and chipping have worked very well for me. (I did just that on a Viper I built a while back. ruclips.net/video/584VzWneZRA/видео.html)
I have tried MMP. For a variety of reasons, I no longer use those. I have seen Mike's videos using them, and others, and they work quite well for them. If you're using them and like them continue doing so of course.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius I love your videos and your straight forward approach to modeling sir. Keep on building!
the watercolor pencils, any brand, aren't too shabby. they offer real good control as u can't go too far too fast and they have that undo button of fading it out or erasing with water and a brush similar to oil paints. edge lining ,scratches, small graffiti, a lot of those steady hand brush tasks that make you hold your breath for way too long.
They are handy for sure! My biggest problem is remembering that I have them! 🤣
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius guilty of that myself. love this series of skill foundations you've been posting, it's great to be able to drop a link for hobby newcomers in our GBA discord and know they are getting great advice. i know it's saved me hours of typing out long dissertations many a time. thanks and keep 'em coming.
I'm grateful for the kind words and the shares!
Great video, Jon! But you left out the salt technique. Similar to hairspray, except you put down water and then sprinkle salt over it. Kosher salt is good, as is leftover salt from frozen soft pretzels. Those are in bigger chunks or flakes. Let the salt dry, apply your color coat, then go back with a brush and brush away the chunks of salt. It's really good to depict the weathering on Japanese aircraft from WW II.
I use a scuffing technique, too. I'll prime with a good hard enamel, like Army Painter Matte Black. For my color coats, I'll use acrylics-water-based are best. When the color coat is dry, I use a piece of silicon scouring pad, like a ScotchBrite pad, to scuff away the color coat and reveal the primer. I like black on sci-fi subjects, like MaK, but you can use other colors for the primer coat.
But mostly I use a brush and apply fine chips. Your demo with the sponge makes me want to revisit that, too.
Good tip about observing the world around us and looking for examples of paint chipping and wear, and what's exposed underneath.
Thanks for posting this! I'll share it with LVSM and MaK North America, too.
YbiC
Brad
Actually, I did think about that one. It was purposefully left out. I had to consider what methods were approachable for a new modeler, and I thought the variables involved in that one were a bit too much. (I almost left out hairspray chipping, but felt it is mentioned often enough that it bears adding.)
Scuffing too is in my mind a more advanced topic. (And go figure, I will have future videos for an "Advanced Modeling Skills" series. :) )
Thanks so much for watching, commenting, and sharing!
Hi Jon, thanks for sharing. 👍👍
Vaughn
Ditto! LOL