Shrapnel And Bullet Holes - The Easiest Way To Add Battle Damage To Your Model

There are more ways to make this effect, but I picked just those I find to be working for me. Hope you'll enjoy.

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[NightShiftScaleModels]

Hey guys, while I was narrating this video I forgot to mention that this technique works for both bullet holes and shrapnel damage. That Tiger 1 reference photo is clearly a shrapnel hole :) So it depends on what you wanna create, but the method is always the same.
Also, these are just the most basic, straightforward and well known techniques that I've been working with over the years. The first method could be used on airplanes too, but for some reason you don't see many fighter plane models with battle damage.

[JARV]

Tiger: "I'm so square, that even my bullet holes are squares".

[teamart]

The best set of videos about scale modeling I’ve ever seen on YouTube 👍

[sonnyboybeavers]

I was just binging this guys content after just finding him this morning and then a new video gets released. I don’t do any of this stuff but it’s a freakin great watch.

[philRminiatures]

Damages have never been so beautiful...and realistic!

[kevintersavige]

Excellent tutorials !
I’ve been an avid modeler for over 50 years and you’re teaching me skills I never tried or heard of

[namjartaevh]

still really would love to see you do a series where you tackle a warhammer vehicle! I am constantly trying to take things I learn from military modeling and translate them to my wargaming minis but I would love to see what an actual professional military scale modeler could do!

[maxclickenhof]

I started to come and watch your videos for the content but now I watch them for the the modeling. Don't ever stop being you, you cheer me up no end. Thank you.

[alienfrogmodeller]

Uncle...every week you teach me something new. The dimension you add to the model build is incredible. Thank you Professor Night Shift!

[R.D.R.NIGHTINGALE]

New to the hobby but I love it. Your videos are great. Informative, inspirational, and high quality. Thank you sir and keep doing what youre doing.

[Dreg]

dislikes - persons who just destroyed parts of their kit with a dremel ?

[norcalonline]

New viewer here. I just wanted to say that I appreciate your awesome tutorials and the wealth of knowledge and experience that you share with us and noobs like me.

[loenseth]

This is the second video I watch from you, and I just had to subscribe! Such great content, keep it going buddy!

[RatRodders]

Thanks for all the tips you share. They are very helpful.

[theagileaardvark]

I've moved to clicking the thumbs up button before even clicking play. Makes no sense to wait, since the video will be as fantastic as always :D Thanks for doing all this!

[joshuashikles]

Another awesome video mate this video came out at a perfect time. I am building a Russian tank and was wanting to add battle damage and your tips were really helpful as always. Hope you have a great weekend.

[charleshenderson]

Love your stuff. Having fun while watching alot of humor in your film. .. I'm in my budget or try to be.. I have paint about 4 years old... so I reused it all unless it runs out! But like I said I'm on a budget.

[DavidSmith-sscg]

I can remember making the holes with a hot needle, but it was 45 years ago - I think it's reassuring to see that I'm not the only one to make this beginner mistake. I'm glad that Plasmo nudges the standard higher, but it's REALLY cool that you call some techniques overkill. Like another video of yours where you say that you don't use dry pigments for weathering washes. The point is to get all of the information out there so we can use whatever methods we want. Of course, trying to emulate damage in photo evidence from actual tanks seems to be the best approach; but not all of us have the ability to do this. Fortune passes everywhere.

[captaincharlemagne]

Thank you for this video sir I just started attempting combat damage for my patron and didn’t know how to go about doing that you video helped out tremendously sir so thank you

[kaferrat]

Another great video. It's all in the little details. Have a nice one. 😎