HOW TO CONSTRUCT & PAINT BUILDINGS AND DIORAMAS TUTORIAL
This video will show you how to build and paint buildings from start to finish using MiniArt’s kit.
Build up guide
- Necessary tools & accessories for modelling
- 35513 French Cafe
- You need very sharp awl
- Scratch edges several times by sharp awl
- Scratch the ends by sharp awl several times
- Break by the line (Break trough)
- Break by the line (Break trough)
- Cut the opening for window
- For gluing smooth out edges with sandpaper
- Ready
- Technological ledges of details
- Cut away the ledges
- Smear edges with glue twice
- Glue rear parts of the walls
- Press the parts to each other
- Mark the line for cutting
- Scratch along the marked line several times by awl
- Break along the scratched line
- Take the piece of sand paper.
You can glue the sand paper on the piece of wood.
- Sand the gluing line at the 45 angle
- Mark the cutting line
- Cut the marked area
- Smear the back side of front wall with glue twice
- Smear front side edges of wall with glue
- Glue details together
- Now press parts together
- Mark the cutting line
- Scratch along the marked line several times by awl
- Make the cut with scissors at the 45 angle
- Break along the scratched line
- Sand the gluing line at the 45 angle
- Smear the surface with glue twice
- Glue the parts
- After gluing press hardly and leave to dry for 24 hours
- Cut the rest of glue by sharp hobby knife
- Take away the joint of gluing by scratching
- You need the triangular filler
- Make the lines between bricks by triangular filler
- You need the piece of sand paper
- Clean the corners of the building by the sand paper
- Smear the planks of the floor several times
- Glue the parts
- Glue the detail of sign on the front wall of the building
- Press it
- Take the details of roof
- Smear each details of roof glue twice
- Take away the joint of gluing by scratching
- Glue each other
- After dry sand the edges of the roof
- Glue separate tiles. Glue wind boards to end of a roof.
- Glue window frames of doors & windows
Painting guide
- Paint the whole house in grey colour with an airbrush
- Paint innerwalls of the 1st floor in yellow colour with an airbrush
- Paint innerwalls of the 2nd floor in green colour with an airbrush.
- Prepare coarse salt and water
- Add a small quantity of water to salt
- Stir the salt
- Put salt on walls fragmentary
- Leave salt for 24 hours to get dry
- Paint outerwalls in yellow colour with an airbrush
- When the paint dry out remove it where the salt is.
The effect of showered plaster is recieved
- Paint roof in red-brown colour with an airbrush
- Paint outerwalls in blue colour with an airbrush
- Paint bricks in dark brown colour with an airbrush
- Paint wooden parts of roof in brown colour
- Prepared middle red-brown colour. Paint bricks with a dry brush
- Prepare dark red-brown colour.
Paint bricks with a dry brush
- Prepare light brown colour.
Paint bricks with a dry brush
- Paint some bricks in different colours
- Paint bricks in orange colour with a dry brush
- Paint a few tiles in different colours
- Paint edge of brick break in white colour
- Paint in white colour windows, shutters and buildings details on facade
- Prepare dark brown oil paint
- Cover the roof with an oil paint
- Immediately wipe roof with a paper napkin
- Wipe remained places with a wadded stick
- Cover wooden parts of roof inside with a dark brown oil paint.
Immediately wipe roof with a paper napkin and wadded stick
- Cover wooden parts of overlappings (blockings) with a dark brown oil paint.
Immediatly wipe them with a paper napkin and a wadded stick
- Cover the roof in middle red-brown and light brown colours with a dry brush
- Paint wooden parts in brown colour with a dry brush
- Prepare light brown paint
- Paint wooden parts in light brown colour with a dry brush.
Paint wooden parts in white-brown colour with a dry brush
- Prepare more light colour
- Paint wooden parts in that colour with a dry brush
- Paint wooden parts in almost white colour with a dry brush
- Prepare dark brown oil paint
- Cover innerwalls of the 1st floor with an oil paint
- Immediately wipe walls with a paper napkin
- Wipe remained places with a wadded stick
- Prepare white, black and brown paints
- Prepare muddy-grey colour
- Cover yellow outerwalls with a muddy-grey oil paint
- Immediately wipe walls with a wadded stick
- Cover innerwalls of the 2nd floor with that oil plaint
- Immediatly wipe walls with a paper napkin and a wadded stick
- Prepare blue, black and white oil paints
- Make grey-blue colour
- Cover 1st floor of the house with that colour
- Cover doors with a dark grey-blue paint
- Immediatly wipe the house with a wadded stick
- Cover shutters with a grey oil paint and wipe them with a wadded stick
- Prepare light-brown paint
- Paint the roof in light brown colour with a dry brush
- Prepare pink paint
- Cover the roof in pink colour with a dry brush
- Prepare flesh paint
- Paint leftside wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
- Paint front wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
- Paint rightside wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
- Prepare the lemon colour
- Paint inside walls of the house in lemon colour with a dry brush
- Prepare the light green colour
- Paint inner walls of the house in light-green colour with a dry brush
- Prepare blue colour
- Prepare the light blue colours
- Prepare the sky blue colour
- Prepare the white colour
- Paint windows
- Paint windows frames
- Paint the shutters
- Prepare black and brown oil paints
- Press out extra amount of paint till the brush is half-dry
- Paint corners and edges of surface
- Make stains with a dry brush using black-brown paint
- Cut out a cafe signboard
- Stick it with a super glue
- Wipe extra amount of paint with a wadded stick
- Cover a cafe signboard with a matte varnish
