Greenshirt Modeler

Models & Musings

  • Batch Build = New Techniques 3

    Pre-shading I’m not one to typically weather, or pre-shade, or post-shade my models. I’m not looking for a miniature replica so much as a small model…hmm. So why try pre-shading? Well frankly it’s because I’ve never done it before and while I’ve seen it done beautifully on other models I wanted to try for myself.…

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  • Batch Build = New Techniques 2

    Primers So why not try other primers? Yes, my favorite is Tamiya gray rattle can primer, but it’s expensive and a 5 hour trip to get it. So I dropped into the local hardware store to see what they have. While in the UK I used Halford’s grey plastic primer and I have to say…

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  • Google’s photo hosting – Picasa will be no more

    Ok, this may be just a bit of a rant…Google recently announced it is killing Picasa, their photo hosting and sharing service launched back in 2002. I’m not yet sure what this means for my blogs, which are hosted on Google’s Blogger and use PicasaWeb to store all the photos. Interestingly, when I tried using…

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