Название: Model Making: Technical Skills Using Everyday ObjectsАвтор: Jack Pratt
Издательство: The Crowood Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 160
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 16.1 MB
Learn to create miniature models using a wide range of objects and materials found in your own home. Model making can be an expensive endeavour, requiring investment in many tools, paints and materials. However, there are many model making techniques that can help to solve these problems and align the model maker with an ever-more sustainably focused world. Aimed at the student, hobbyist and professional alike, this book aims to demonstrate how everyday materials can be used to create the most amazing miniature effects while being more mindful of the environment and saving money. In addition, several chapters focus on general model making knowledge including tools and equipment, paints, washes and finishes, airbrushing, adhesives, health and safety and professional model making practice. The final chapters cover three projects relating to railway modelling, dioramas and wargaming. Each project explains the concept and why certain materials have been chosen, before exploring the build through a step-by-step process so that the true effect of these techniques can be shown.
As I sat in my tiny flat, I realised that the hobby I had pursued for almost my entire life gave me an opportunity to solve at least one small part of this problem. Students could recognise that they in fact had a wealth of materials that they could access – right in their very homes. They could discover new techniques, new methods of making, without even having to leave the house, and (everybody’s favourite) without spending a single penny. Through using these materials, the environment would also benefit, as the students would simultaneously be recycling. This is why I am writing this book – to open people’s minds to the treasure trove of materials that regularly go unappreciated, and to demonstrate some of the many wonderful techniques and processes that anyone of any skill can use to make some truly exceptional creations.
The overall aim of this book is to educate the reader on how to use found objects and materials for model making. Underpinning this is the need to eradicate the idea that a certain material is required for any one job. Instead, a model maker should ask what qualities does the material need to be effective in a particular situation, and to achieve the desired texture and finish? A model maker should be analytical and objective, and not rely on a job list of materials.
Consequently, this book should form a stepping stone into experimentation, and to begin a better observation of the model maker’s environment. Objects and materials should transform themselves into a wealth of potential surfaces and creations. While there are many practical teaching points in this book, the main hope is that the first question – what should I use for this? – can be replaced with a question that will not only solve the immediate problem, but open so many doors into the world of model making: what can I do with this?
This book is divided into three sections. Part I, composed of three chapters, will cover all of the introductory information needed to commence a standard miniature project, including construction methods, materials, paints, adhesives and much more.
Part II will explore step-by-step processes that demonstrate how a wide range of textures and surfaces can be created with household materials. This section has been split into four chapters that cover common effects found in model making – scenery, weathering, architecture and interiors.
Part III consists of three projects that bring together everything covered in the previous two sections and offers an opportunity to apply that knowledge to a specific build, again in a step-by-step format.
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