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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 12:01:17 PM

Title: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 12:01:17 PM
Hello everyone
                   I have made my very first YouTube tutorial and would like your honest opinions.



how to embed youtube video in simple machines forum.

https://youtu.be/wmHkyaY_ofU

The link below takes you to my blog

Making Trees and Woods (http://www.10mm-wargaming.com/2015/01/making-trees-and-woods.html)

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: fsn on 06 May 2015, 01:36:51 PM


You just need the bit after he final / between the [youtube] [/youtube)
i.e. [utube]wmHkyaY_ofU[/utube]

Interesting stuff though.
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 01:57:42 PM
Quote from: fsn on 06 May 2015, 01:36:51 PMYou just need the bit after he final / between the [youtube] [/youtube)
i.e. [utube]wmHkyaY_ofU[/utube]

Interesting stuff though.

Thanks for that fsn

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: jambo1 on 06 May 2015, 05:08:47 PM
Super stuff, well done. =D>
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: toxicpixie on 06 May 2015, 05:26:54 PM
That's really good!
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: fred. on 06 May 2015, 05:27:15 PM
Good stuff - I watched it all which is unusual for most wargames videos! The editing of the various sections works well - and you get your wife to do wargames terrain making for you!!

Don't know what happened at the beginning - there are some strange swirly scrolling artefacts.

I'm not the close ups work too well - the camera seems to struggle to focus that close in.

I'm also shocked that you paint terrain with model paints!! Especially as you use household stuff for most other tasks. Paint some of the Vallejo on an off cut, and then get it coloured matched and get yourself a nice big pot of dark brown. I just get random sampler pots and don't worry that things don't always match - or large tubes of burnt umber acrylic from home bargains.
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Norm on 06 May 2015, 05:51:43 PM
I enjoyed the tutorial, everything was clearly explained and the final results are really good.

There are some bad lighting effects causing flickering at the start of the video and think these last long enough that some viewers may think the entire video is like that and they may terminate viewing early. Everything else seems spot on.

As an aside - you use white texture paint, whenever I use white basing materials, I tint with a green or brown cheap acrylic paint - it just helps later on.
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: toxicpixie on 06 May 2015, 06:23:40 PM
I use a mix of left over PVA and sand and some brown left over craft paint for textured base coat; I bet that pre-textured ceiling paint is way easier though.

The odd strobe effect was Wierd but I'd or gotten it by the time I finished watching :D
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 07:58:52 PM
Quote from: jambo1 on 06 May 2015, 05:08:47 PM
Super stuff, well done. =D>

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 06 May 2015, 05:26:54 PM
That's really good!

Thank you very much

Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 05:27:15 PM
Good stuff - I watched it all which is unusual for most wargames videos! The editing of the various sections works well - and you get your wife to do wargames terrain making for you!!

Thanks for your comments.

Yes I'm a very lucky man my wife helps loads :)

Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 05:27:15 PM
Don't know what happened at the beginning - there are some strange swirly scrolling artefacts. 

Same here I've no idea what happened.

Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 05:27:15 PM
I'm not the close ups work too well - the camera seems to struggle to focus that close in. 

Agreed.

Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 05:27:15 PM
I'm also shocked that you paint terrain with model paints!! Especially as you use household stuff for most other tasks. Paint some of the Vallejo on an off cut, and then get it coloured matched and get yourself a nice big pot of dark brown. I just get random sampler pots and don't worry that things don't always match - or large tubes of burnt umber acrylic from home bargains.

Its funny you mentioned getting some paint mixed up because the wife been on at me to get some mixed.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 06 May 2015, 06:23:40 PM
I use a mix of left over PVA and sand and some brown left over craft paint for textured base coat; I bet that pre-textured ceiling paint is way easier though.

The odd strobe effect was Wierd but I'd or gotten it by the time I finished watching :D

Thanks for everyones comments very much appreciated.

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 08:54:03 PM
Quote from: Norm on 06 May 2015, 05:51:43 PM
I enjoyed the tutorial, everything was clearly explained and the final results are really good.

There are some bad lighting effects causing flickering at the start of the video and think these last long enough that some viewers may think the entire video is like that and they may terminate viewing early. Everything else seems spot on.

As an aside - you use white texture paint, whenever I use white basing materials, I tint with a green or brown cheap acrylic paint - it just helps later on.

Good idea about mixing cheap acrylic paint with the texture paint

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: petercooman on 06 May 2015, 09:10:25 PM
Nice tutorial!
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: fsn on 06 May 2015, 09:11:46 PM
With one apostrophe the whole sense of this thread changes: "Wood's made from cheap trees from China."
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: fred. on 06 May 2015, 09:40:15 PM
Quote from: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 08:54:03 PM
Good idea about mixing cheap acrylic paint with the texture paint

This does help with masking any chipping that occurs during use - so rather than having bright white spots showing through, they are a little masked.

Do you have a link to the source of the trees, I couldn't see one on your blog?
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 10:37:03 PM
Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 09:40:15 PM
Do you have a link to the source of the trees, I couldn't see one on your blog?

the links about half way down the page. But perhaps I should make it clearer.

ebay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2043524.m570.l1313&_nkw=n+gauge+trees&_sacat=0&_from=R40)

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 10:39:20 PM
Quote from: petercooman on 06 May 2015, 09:10:25 PM
Nice tutorial!

Thanks

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on 06 May 2015, 10:39:55 PM
Hello fred__12df

Quote from: fred    12df on 06 May 2015, 09:40:15 PM
This does help with masking any chipping that occurs during use - so rather than having bright white spots showing through, they are a little masked.

Do you have a link to the source of the trees, I couldn't see one on your blog?


Trees are easy to find on eBay:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/n-gauge-trees (http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/n-gauge-trees)

More trees than you can.... shake a stick at  :D.

Of course, you could look at the trees offered by Pendraken as well:-

http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Resin-Scenics-and-Trees-c25/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Resin-Scenics-and-Trees-c25/)

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 10:40:26 PM
Quote from: fsn on 06 May 2015, 09:11:46 PM
With one apostrophe the whole sense of this thread changes: "Wood's made from cheap trees from China."

:)

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Woods Made From Cheap Trees From China
Post by: Womble67 on 06 May 2015, 10:43:45 PM
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 06 May 2015, 10:39:55 PM
Hello fred__12df

Trees are easy to find on eBay:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/n-gauge-trees (http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/n-gauge-trees)

More trees than you can.... shake a stick at  :D.

Of course, you could look at the trees offered by Pendraken as well:-

http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Resin-Scenics-and-Trees-c25/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Resin-Scenics-and-Trees-c25/)

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan


Oooops I completely forgot that pendraken sold trees. My bad  :o

Take care

Andy