Kino – Interior Floors and Debris We’re continuing to use the Diorama Blitz Kino model kit sent to me by Doug Foscale. It’s a lovely kit but doesn’t contain a back or interior floors so I couldn’t resist adding them. For this kind of modelling, where it’s scratchbuilt and roughed…
Kino – Demolished Building Interior Walls We’re continuing to use the Diorama Blitz Kino model kit sent to me by Doug Foscale. It’s been great fun to build and this week I’m adding some interior cracked plaster walls and painting them. The “Real” World The Final Result Materials Car Primer…
How to Weather Paintwork with Pastels We’re continuing to use the Diorama Blitz Kino model kit sent to me by Doug Foscale. This week we’re looking at how to fade paint or streak with pastels. Most people use pigments but pastels come in a wider range of colours and for…
How to Paint Cobbles We’re continuing to use the Diorama Blitz Kino model kit sent to me by Doug Foscale. This week we’re painting the cobble stone street. It’s based on the streets I saw this summer in Lisbon and I wanted a bluish toned cobble with cement between it.…
How to Paint Brick Buildings Brick is one of the most common building materials so it’s great to have a simple method to paint and add the mortar to it. In this video we use a couple of products that give a nice mortar that’s quick and easy to…
How to Paint Stone or Stucco Buildings Stone or stucco buildings are really common around the world and they have some wonderful colours and effects that we can capture in model form. This video shows how to easily paint stone or stucco. We’re continuing to use the Diorama Blitz Kino…
How to Model Aged Wood on Styrene Following on from the last couple of weeks, we’re looking at how to model aged wood if you are starting with a styrene sheet rather than a piece of wood. It’s a very different method because if you are starting with smooth styrene,…
How to Model Peeling Paint on Wood If there is one thing modellers love, it’s old decrepit buildings, well worn and with peeling paint. There are a number of ways to reproduce that look in miniature but my favourite, if you are using wood as the modelling material, is the…
How to Model Weathered Wood Wood is a really common building material through out the world and it normally weathers to a lovely pale silvery grey. There is a slight sheen to it plus it stains easily where rust or bolts are affected by rain and damp. Over time it…
How to Add the Finishing Touches to a Model Building After an epic 13 weeks of detailing the scale house, we are nearly there. Now we just need to bed it in and add a few final finishing touches: Debris Grass Slime Pigments All of these help tie the buildings…
