I'm a trained portrait photographer and when I was new my teacher kept telling me that there is but one sun. That means that there needs to be shadows. I really don't like the current portrait industry with their flat lighting. I feel that this was begun because they didn't want to study the "old masters" and have light and shadow It's so much easier to just have no shadow at all. This way all work looks the same and that is just dull... This also applies to the art of dry brushing. I see so many people talking about placing the highlights on their rock work and then they dry brush in all directions. I want to scream "stop". The sun has only one direction. yes there may be reflections into the shadows, but there is only one sun and it comes from only one direction. So make the dry brushing come from one direction. I sometimes place hang a ball from the ceiling to represent the sun and base all of the highlights from that direction. I like the turn table. I am going to have to make one for myself... When you turned the light off and then back on, it showed the real shadows and when the light was on it showed the bland aspect of the paint. Same as today's portraits.
@@boomerdiorama I've made his work a study for the past 40 years. I love the portrature of the 40's and 50's with the real stark 3 - 4 - 5 to 1 ratios.
@@davidcurtis5398 If you can master black & white photography, color is easy. This is why I use black & white reference photos for my model building all the time.😁
@@boomerdiorama Believe it or not, I prefer working in B & W to color. It's more of a challenge and my go to camera is a 4 X 5 view camera with the 210 and 90 mm lenses. I like that camera for portraits also as long as the client is willing to pose for a time and to have superior results. Unlike 35 mm, I can enlarge the negatives to 30 X 40 with almost no grain showing...
@@davidcurtis5398 View cameras are awesome. The detail and depth of field is off the charts, even compared to new digital cameras they are superior image.
Hi Boomer, I keep being amazed at how shadows bring out detail. The towers have taken on a totally different appearance. And, the yellow rails and latter are a nice touch. Your technique with the air brush is truly amazing! Please keep sharing your knowledge of painting whenever possible. And, that little tow truck is just a wonderful addition to River Road! What a fantastic job you did on that little thing! Love the color! CHEERS
Many thanks for the persistence and reasoning of using Tamiya paint with the airbrush and Valejo with the brush. The frustration Valejo and airbrush is now a thing of the past, thanks to this channel. Furthermore, very nice techniques, master of stryrene and good tips on basically all levels from scenery to track/switches. A Dutch railroad modeller.
I'm glad it was helpful to you. I have tried every method under the sun in my fifty years of modeling and this is what developed and I am totally settled with it. It took many years of practice to establish this method, which is non-toxic, user friendly, and highly successful. It only gets better the more you practice it as well. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Boomer, there are few other youtube channels with such concise, useful conversations on technique. Time and effort so well spent for you and us...much appreciated. Gary j
Excellent channel been binge watching the last week. It has encouraged me to get back into modelling after close to a 40 year break. BTW I noticed one typo. You list 71.063 Dark Sea Gray in the video, but the Vallejo website has it as 71.053 Dark Sea Gray. Cheers
I am always thrilled to hear about those who see why the method is as effective as it is. I most certainly did not invent it. I only adopted it from the old masters and now feel compelled to share it so the next generation can achieve greater heights! Cheers and thanks for sharing ~ Boomer.
These Rail Barge Operations Are Somewhat Fascinating, I Noticed You Barge Has A Turnout On The Barge Deck? I Noticed The Audio In The Intro Sound Of The Barge Operation? I Revealed A Mystery To The Water Rail Operation, I Was Wondering About The Tide. The Alaska Railroad All Of Its Interchange Traffic Is Rail Barge, To The Inland Railroad, Iam Surprised THey Have Not Build A Railroad Across Canada To Link Up With The Alaska RR.
Way cheaper to Barge Rail Traffic to northern communities. British Columbia is the most expensive terrain to engineer Railroad Right-of-Way. Furthermore, you can't keep the snow off the mountain railroad and the maintenance would end the enterprise before tit got started. Case in point - The CPR Coquihalla Sub Division was fail due to what I just mentioned. Cheers.
Shadow reflects the colour it shadows and is therefore rarely black. And on camera black shadow (to me) seems to be emptiness. Also the enhanced light-shadow contrast sometimes even looks a bit cartoonish, yet we need it to enhance the model. My latest 'bright idea' on this topic is a muck wash for shading. Basically IPA and whatever is in the airbrush gets poured into a jar, some more IPA added. And all these browns and pinks and blues and greens mixed together are then reused for shadowing. Also, when this muck wash is used with an ordinary brush it informs you of detail you want to keep, say individual metal plates of a door. *Especially useful for longer-term projects and people with no real memory like myself. Before I ran into your logic and work I painted with dilluted paint. Now I paint with washes. Loads of IPA and a bit of pigment. Works for me. Oh, and when unsure of the result achieved... Just take a picture in working light/layout light and the sunlight. Have a look at the result on screen and mercilessly enlarged. If that convinces you, you've done well. Boomer, you've no idea how much you tought me. I consider it an honour to be your nerd.🤫
I'm learning to watch your videos very closely. So many gems. Toilet paper winsock for my airport, importance of lighting, since I also want to see my own trainboard on camera. Dark undercoats to begin,for layers and shadow. Im saying to myself why you're doing something even before you say why. So thankful, I'm becoming a better student. Even before my first t88 airbrush arrives, its intransit now. If I was at university, I'd want to watch your videos with 6 other students, each of us explaining what we see and the why of it. Wow. Gary j
Thank you for sharing your tips. I finished my slip towers last spring, but I was not happy about the paint result, done in a rush for an upcoming exhibition. Your video just gave me the kick I needed to start over! 🤗 Vallejo Concrete is such a versatile tone. Like you I use it for so many weathering bases. It is actually the first bottle of Vallejo paint I ever finished, but I think painting my version of the Alex Fraser Bridge with it helped! ;)
awesome, says it all. I love to scratchbuild in N scale for the longest time you were limited on kits you could buy. Watching your videos I have and I am sure a lot of others have too learned a ton of how to make a good project and make it real. In your air brush are you using a 3 needle or a 2. At a swap meet I scored a gummed up renegade velocity it uses a 2 for a song. Deep cleaning and a new part it works great. Here is my question My main AB is an Iwatta CN with a 3 in it. Which would be better to use in like application which this video shows?
Honestly, I can't remember the size of the needle. It doesn't matter anyway if you have an adequate air compressor. I just crank up the PSI and use less paint. High pressure will push more paint through a smaller orifice every time if it's thin enough.
Awesome results Boomer. One thing which happens to a bit is the thinned Tamyia ends up being whishy washy when I spray it on the styrene so I invariably add more pigment which I know I shouldn’t do. Could it be the PSI on the compressor which adversely effects the coverage of the paint?
I’ve built models my whole life and never painted this way. But since almost everything I model has the used and worn look, weathering after the fact just seems silly now when you can do it this way. I’ll never paint any other way now.
I was just wondering with the blocking out, oil painters will block out with a dark blue instead of black. Did you find that dark blue doesn't work so well on models?
Blue works fine as well. As I mentioned, it depends on whether you want a warm look or a cool look. Blue is cool, brown is warm when it comes to shadows. ;-)
Boomer,I generally love the sessions and ,even at 75,I am still learning.However,I thoroughly disagree about your paint pressure..You or at least I can never spray above 30psi,and that is for primer or whole sides of an ON3 loco.I usually use 15 to 20 PSI.Or are you using not PSI I might have missed that.And that said to each his own.I know you love that plastic for model building ,me too.What if you are making a very abed wood side building?Clapboard,you really can not lift up the boards,it just looks like stretched plastic?Do you have a secret you can show us all in aan upcoming video? All the best,Doc BC
I'm a trained portrait photographer and when I was new my teacher kept telling me that there is but one sun. That means that there needs to be shadows. I really don't like the current portrait industry with their flat lighting. I feel that this was begun because they didn't want to study the "old masters" and have light and shadow It's so much easier to just have no shadow at all. This way all work looks the same and that is just dull... This also applies to the art of dry brushing. I see so many people talking about placing the highlights on their rock work and then they dry brush in all directions. I want to scream "stop". The sun has only one direction. yes there may be reflections into the shadows, but there is only one sun and it comes from only one direction. So make the dry brushing come from one direction. I sometimes place hang a ball from the ceiling to represent the sun and base all of the highlights from that direction. I like the turn table. I am going to have to make one for myself... When you turned the light off and then back on, it showed the real shadows and when the light was on it showed the bland aspect of the paint. Same as today's portraits.
I like to study black & white photography. Like Ansel Adams. ;-)
@@boomerdiorama I've made his work a study for the past 40 years. I love the portrature of the 40's and 50's with the real stark 3 - 4 - 5 to 1 ratios.
@@davidcurtis5398 If you can master black & white photography, color is easy. This is why I use black & white reference photos for my model building all the time.😁
@@boomerdiorama Believe it or not, I prefer working in B & W to color. It's more of a challenge and my go to camera is a 4 X 5 view camera with the 210 and 90 mm lenses. I like that camera for portraits also as long as the client is willing to pose for a time and to have superior results. Unlike 35 mm, I can enlarge the negatives to 30 X 40 with almost no grain showing...
@@davidcurtis5398 View cameras are awesome. The detail and depth of field is off the charts, even compared to new digital cameras they are superior image.
I am soaking it up, mate
;-) Cheers!
When the tide is high! Cheers
Cheers.
Hi Boomer,
I keep being amazed at how shadows bring out detail. The towers have taken on a totally different appearance.
And, the yellow rails and latter are a nice touch.
Your technique with the air brush is truly amazing! Please keep sharing your knowledge of painting whenever possible.
And, that little tow truck is just a wonderful addition to River Road!
What a fantastic job you did on that little thing! Love the color!
CHEERS
Thank you for sharing!
So good. Very satisfying to watch.
Thank you! Cheers!
I’m going to try the black out method to do a white weathered roof….. wish me luck 😬
Boomer
What I really appreciate is that you are instructing the art of air brushing 90% of the time instead of the mechanics 90% of the time.
There are only a few mechanical aspects to airbrushing. The art part begins with practice and comes to everyone who is willing. ;-)
Many thanks for the persistence and reasoning of using Tamiya paint with the airbrush and Valejo with the brush. The frustration Valejo and airbrush is now a thing of the past, thanks to this channel. Furthermore, very nice techniques, master of stryrene and good tips on basically all levels from scenery to track/switches.
A Dutch railroad modeller.
I'm glad it was helpful to you. I have tried every method under the sun in my fifty years of modeling and this is what developed and I am totally settled with it. It took many years of practice to establish this method, which is non-toxic, user friendly, and highly successful. It only gets better the more you practice it as well. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Looks great. Yep, the windsock, thanks for the tip 😊
You bet!
Great information on how to get shadowing on your model
Thanks for watching
Dear Boomer, love this vid and how you show how the paint job adds to the details of the model.
Thanks 👍
As usual, a superb tutorial and excellent looking towers!
Thanks again!
Boomer, there are few other youtube channels with such concise, useful conversations on technique. Time and effort so well spent for you and us...much appreciated. Gary j
You are welcome!
An artist and craftsman at work. And of course a brilliant tutor.
Thank you. I appreciate the kind compliment. It makes all the hard work worth it - not to mention the reward of the completed model.😉
Excellent channel been binge watching the last week. It has encouraged me to get back into modelling after close to a 40 year break. BTW I noticed one typo. You list 71.063 Dark Sea Gray in the video, but the Vallejo website has it as 71.053 Dark Sea Gray. Cheers
Thanks for sharing! Also glad to hear you are back in the hobby. Cheers.😁
Your technique is amazing and insightful. Especially the pigment ratio; "ah-ha" moments all throughout
I am always thrilled to hear about those who see why the method is as effective as it is. I most certainly did not invent it. I only adopted it from the old masters and now feel compelled to share it so the next generation can achieve greater heights! Cheers and thanks for sharing ~ Boomer.
These Rail Barge Operations Are Somewhat Fascinating, I Noticed You Barge Has A Turnout On
The Barge Deck? I Noticed The Audio In The Intro Sound Of The Barge Operation? I Revealed A Mystery To The Water Rail Operation, I Was Wondering About The Tide. The Alaska Railroad All Of Its Interchange Traffic Is Rail Barge, To The Inland Railroad, Iam Surprised THey Have Not Build A Railroad Across Canada To Link Up With The Alaska RR.
Way cheaper to Barge Rail Traffic to northern communities. British Columbia is the most expensive terrain to engineer Railroad Right-of-Way. Furthermore, you can't keep the snow off the mountain railroad and the maintenance would end the enterprise before tit got started. Case in point - The CPR Coquihalla Sub Division was fail due to what I just mentioned.
Cheers.
Let’s just say beyond excellent. Fantastic work. The diorama is off the charts picture perfect.
Thank You! . . . and it operates as well - to boot. 😉
wow ! wonderful work and dio ! jy
😁
That was really cool. Great looks with just control
😁
Just AWESOME!
;'-)
Thanks for the airbrush tips.
You bet!
Shadow reflects the colour it shadows and is therefore rarely black. And on camera black shadow (to me) seems to be emptiness. Also the enhanced light-shadow contrast sometimes even looks a bit cartoonish, yet we need it to enhance the model.
My latest 'bright idea' on this topic is a muck wash for shading. Basically IPA and whatever is in the airbrush gets poured into a jar, some more IPA added. And all these browns and pinks and blues and greens mixed together are then reused for shadowing. Also, when this muck wash is used with an ordinary brush it informs you of detail you want to keep, say individual metal plates of a door. *Especially useful for longer-term projects and people with no real memory like myself.
Before I ran into your logic and work I painted with dilluted paint. Now I paint with washes. Loads of IPA and a bit of pigment. Works for me.
Oh, and when unsure of the result achieved... Just take a picture in working light/layout light and the sunlight. Have a look at the result on screen and mercilessly enlarged. If that convinces you, you've done well.
Boomer, you've no idea how much you tought me. I consider it an honour to be your nerd.🤫
You are correct. Almost any dark color will work for shadow for sure.
I'm learning to watch your videos very closely. So many gems. Toilet paper winsock for my airport, importance of lighting, since I also want to see my own trainboard on camera. Dark undercoats to begin,for layers and shadow. Im saying to myself why you're doing something even before you say why. So thankful, I'm becoming a better student. Even before my first t88 airbrush arrives, its intransit now. If I was at university, I'd want to watch your videos with 6 other students, each of us explaining what we see and the why of it. Wow. Gary j
Thank You. It's such a great hobby in so many ways. Anything to achieve good results makes it even better.😁
Thank you for sharing your tips. I finished my slip towers last spring, but I was not happy about the paint result, done in a rush for an upcoming exhibition. Your video just gave me the kick I needed to start over! 🤗
Vallejo Concrete is such a versatile tone. Like you I use it for so many weathering bases. It is actually the first bottle of Vallejo paint I ever finished, but I think painting my version of the Alex Fraser Bridge with it helped! ;)
Your layout sounds great! Yes indeed - Vallejo "concrete" is a cool color.😁
👍👍👍👍
Cheers.!
👍
;-)
awesome, says it all. I love to scratchbuild in N scale for the longest time you were limited on kits you could buy. Watching your videos I have and I am sure a lot of others have too learned a ton of how to make a good project and make it real. In your air brush are you using a 3 needle or a 2. At a swap meet I scored a gummed up renegade velocity it uses a 2 for a song. Deep cleaning and a new part it works great. Here is my question My main AB is an Iwatta CN with a 3 in it. Which would be better to use in like application which this video shows?
Honestly, I can't remember the size of the needle. It doesn't matter anyway if you have an adequate air compressor. I just crank up the PSI and use less paint. High pressure will push more paint through a smaller orifice every time if it's thin enough.
Awesome results Boomer. One thing which happens to a bit is the thinned Tamyia ends up being whishy washy when I spray it on the styrene so I invariably add more pigment which I know I shouldn’t do. Could it be the PSI on the compressor which adversely effects the coverage of the paint?
Add more pigment. Turn down the pressure. It takes a little practice to get the ratio right. It will come though.
@@boomerdiorama cheers Boomer
I’ve built models my whole life and never painted this way. But since almost everything I model has the used and worn look, weathering after the fact just seems silly now when you can do it this way. I’ll never paint any other way now.
It also makes it fun and educational because the method keeps teaching me new tricks and effects with layers, etc.
I was just wondering with the blocking out, oil painters will block out with a dark blue instead of black.
Did you find that dark blue doesn't work so well on models?
Blue works fine as well. As I mentioned, it depends on whether you want a warm look or a cool look. Blue is cool, brown is warm when it comes to shadows. ;-)
It's an absolute master clinic everytime Boomer throws up another airbrush video.
I am always pleased to hear people are encouraged to use the airbrush. It blows modeling wide open. ;-)
Boomer,I generally love the sessions and ,even at 75,I am still learning.However,I thoroughly disagree about your paint pressure..You or at least I can never spray above 30psi,and that is for primer or whole sides of an ON3 loco.I usually use 15 to 20 PSI.Or are you using not PSI I might have missed that.And that said to each his own.I know you love that plastic for model building ,me too.What if you are making a very abed wood side building?Clapboard,you really can not lift up the boards,it just looks like stretched plastic?Do you have a secret you can show us all in aan upcoming video? All the best,Doc BC
The paint pressure I use works fine. Cheers.