Michael Rinaldi

TANKART Volume 1, A Comprehensive Guide to Painting & Weathering WWII German Armor

There are a great many very good "how-to" books in today's world of Scale Modeling, but none has covered the "why's" as well as the "how-to's"… a more rounded, artistic approach… until now. In TANKART, Mike Rinaldi focus on taking real-life observations of weathering effects, dissect and visualize how they occurred, and problem solve the best technique to replicate them in our world, the world of Scale show more Modeling. In this first volume, focusing on the popular subject of WWII German Armor, Mike will dive deep into his thoughts about why he does what he does, and the subtleties that give it life. To bring these thought processes to life requires a spectrum of techniques which are covered in great detail; from the Hairspray Technique to Oil Paint Rendering; techniques which can be combined in an endless amount of combinations to tell the story of your model, to make each model as unique as it's real-life counterpart. This book begins a series which will define Mike's modeling and hopefully reach the many hobbyists searching for new ideas and inspiration to forever improve and achieve upon with their own work.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

The book is 9x10" format, 228 pages. There are 9 models featured inside, included 3 how-to chapters on techniques that go into great detail to further assist you in learning and achieving success with them. show less