Deep Thoughts: How Depth of Finish Can Bail You Out (but not out of jail)

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I suppose this “deep thoughts” video would better be described as “deep thoughts leftovers”. I’ve been going through old Patreon videos to see if there are any still unpublished that are worth using again. And by “worth” I don’t mean I think they’re particularly brilliant or earth shaking, but rather “something to throw up on YouTube to generally stick with some reasonable release schedule while I waste time getting very little actual modeling done.

So you’ve been warned.

For this one, I realized that to just post it with no context might be confusing. Then my neuron fired (it happens once day so I have to use it well) and I realized I could download the clip from YouTube, add a new bit at the beginning to explain it a bit, and BAM!

New video. Mostly. 65% post-consumer content. Only a few electrons were harmed.

It’s sort of like so many other creators who take years old videos and convert segments of them to YouTube Shorts. Only I do not know how to do that, and (more importantly) I am NEVER succinct enough in any of my videos to make a “short” out of anything.

If YouTube does launch a new video product type called “boring intermediates”, I’ll be all over it.

So anyway, here are some thoughts added to some reheated thoughts. Think of it like you ate out at a mediocre restaurant, brought home the leftovers, and then when you don’t have time or inclination to cook a real meal, you grab the leftovers from the freezer, add some additional ingredients to bulk it up, and call it dinner. It’s still mediocre, but it’s “new-ish”.

Or in marketing terms, a “fresh new twist!”

If you’re interested in the full build series for this Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard (Astra Militarum) Chimera resin conversion, you can take a look. That last sentence was totally for Google… humans can just click here.

And here’s some photos. And the video.

Reheated.

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2 responses to “Deep Thoughts: How Depth of Finish Can Bail You Out (but not out of jail)”

  1. John Hood-Fysh

    Hi Jon,
    that was useful to me as I begin to think about fall modelling. I was encouraged when you described adding 12 – 15 layers, in finer detail. I am unskilled enough to be one of those people who stop after 3 or 4 layers. I think I will go back and look at the completed models I have to see if I feel they could be improved by adding some depth of finish.

    Thank you for this Deep Thought . I appreciated listening to it.

    1. Thanks so much John – I’m glad this was helpful! For me, the key has been opacity. Lowering the opacity of layers helps me have better control, and to really build up the look. I think this is especially critical with acrylics.

      Happy day to y’all dear friend!

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