People are offering his book used on Amazon for $330-$449 I feel it is a great reference,but would anybody pay that much ? Has it reached collector status ? I should put mine up and see what is offered for it
Man thats a high price, i picked mine up used from barnes and noble for 75 bucks and that was 4 or5 months ago. shop around.
Who th’ hell is Mig Jimenez??? He related to Jose’??
"My name…José Jiménez".… I’m de Chief Astronaut*…"*
“Is that your crash helmet?”
“Oh, I hope not…”
You might chech here.
Ahh… Well, now that I know, I’ll admit the guy’s good, but he ain’t THAT good…
Geez, $330-$449 for a book?
Now I know why I do all my research in person or on-line: it’s free.
I do buy books if they are at the local Good WIll, Salvation Army, or other thrift store.
It’s amazing what you find in there.
Mig Jiminez and the “Spanish School of Armor Modeling” almost singlehandedly brought about a revolution in Armor modeling and finishing technique and advanced the hobby more in the last five years than anyone I can think of in the previous two decades since Shep and Francois.
Yeah—he is" that good". A genuine pioneer in the hobby. What’s more, he walked away from a successful, growing business because it impinged too much on his modeling time. A real modeler-at-heart. Respect for Miguel Jiminez is what propels such prices for his work.
I meant that he ain’t so good as to get me to buy a 300.00 book, Doog…
NOBODY is…
Shep and Mr.V included… Won’t pay 80.00 bucks for Shep’s book, or whatever it was for The Verlinden Way, either…
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I understand, Hans. But if the availability of Mig’s books are limited–that immediately would jack the prices, especially for someone just discovering the techniques that he pioneered.
Hey, there are people who pay big bucks for a Picasso too–never got that one,. either! lol [:$]
I agree, except that I also feel the “Nordic Edge” style advanced the hobby as much as MiG did—but since there was no single name or person attached to that movement, it is a movement w/o a “personaility”…
I’ve got the book and would be willing to part with it for a paltry $150…PM me…
Weird, I bought my copy for sale in one of Squadron’s monthly fliers. Usually went for 100$, I got it for 50$.
The book is worth 50$ but with caveats; he uses acrylics exclusively, so if you are an 'enamel" sort of guy, many of the tips wont work. Second, many of his 'step by step" instructions have the pics only (with Tamiya paint jars), no captions… no explanation as to type of brush, psi of AB, etc, etc. Third, about the third of the book is a gallery of pics… great, but if I want to see a gallery of builds, I buy GSM.
On the other hand, the book has a load of info as to how to THINK about armor builds, the logic behind the weathering, the types of 'stuff" you can use in your builds. Finally, the book has a great section explaining (and demonstrating) washes, filters, color-modulation, color-mapping, etc. If you are a newbie or hobbie-returnee like myself, that section alone was worth the money. Sure, you can cobble the info from other sources, but I like having it in one place.
His passion for building AND teaching is self-evident; very rare combo and worth reading about it on his web site.
There is one for $1,100 now. [:S]
Und was ist das “Nordic Edge”?
The Nordic style is a movement brought about primarily by Scandavavian (and some German) modelers that expounded upon the weathering techniques that Verlinden and MiG brought to the mainstream…the usual characteristic of their dios and builds is usually a contrasty and rich variation in hues with a great deal of emphasis on the research aspects of the subject matter in addition to the build itself…
WOW if someone offered by me $1100.00 for my FAQ,as much as I enjoy it, I would have to let it go.
To add to the explanation, I can tell you how Adam Wilder explained it to me.
There are two “styles” of “schools” dominating cutting-edge finishing techniques these days; the “Spanish School” and the “Nordic school”.
The “Spanish” way of finishing uses more color. That’s where the “Oil Dot” weathering technique comes in, and THAT technique in itself is specifically done with the primary colors–blue, yellow, red, white–and applied randomly in order to lend subtle chromatic shifts and hues within the base colors themselves,. The theory is that the bright, pastel hues of Spain’s cities and geography highlighted by the sun cast hat color around onto whatever is within earshot.
By contrast, the “Nordic” school uses specifically more neutral hues to tint the finishes. Black or stark white is used, or added to paint coats, ro shade and highlight much more than in the “Spanish” counterpart. The result is a much sharper focus of color delineation. The theory here being the harsh winter sun of the Nordic countries robbing the model of “warm” colors.
I’m not sure how much research plays into it. Although Spanish people generally have a more laid-back approach to life then most “nordic” Germans that I know, so that may have some validity in terms of their diligence in reproducing accuracy?
That is just to much of an insane price for a single book. I have a collection of First Edition John Steinbeck novels. I didnt pay close to that for a single one, probably not for all of them.
I just bought one used for 25 bucks a couple of days ago (mentioned it to Boyd, he turned me on to this thread). Maybe I should read it then put it up for sale…
Odd that I can’t find ANY on Ebay. Huh. [:^)]
I wouldn’t take some of the book prices on Amazon too seriously, I routinely see OOP books for hundreds of dollars, at the same time you see them listed for $30 or $40 bucks. I think some people list them at crazy prices just to see if there are any bytes.
As influential as Mig has been, there is NO WAY I’d pay $300+ for that book. I’ve had the chance to thumb through it a couple of times and it is a nice book, no doubt. But I wouldn’t have even spent the $150.00 that it was going for when I looked at it. And $1100.00!!! Someone is on crack…
Additionally, being sold on Amazon, I bet it is a secondary sale, so no matter how much it goes for, Mig probably won’t see a dime (well, minus the royalty he got when it sold originally).
Wasn’t there a bit of a hue and cry when Shep Paine recently published book as being sold for $80+?
Yeah, I was one of 'em… I love Shep’s work, and he’s the guy that inspired me to become a “serious” modeler and dioramam builder way back in the 70s, but no way will I part with 80 bucks for a book…