Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

dry, small spots of yellow ochre and
white oil paint was then blended with
white spirit into areas that I thought
needed more contrast. The painted-
on markings were now either sprayed
on after masking as on the barrel or
hand painted in black. After two thin
coats of Humbrol Gloss, I placed on the
only decals I wanted to use and just
changed the serial number slightly.
These were glossed over once dry
and it was time to add a wash. For
desert vehicles I tend to use more
browns and greys so after mixing

and thinning the oils with White Spirit

I then set about laying in the colours in

and around all detail. After about ten

minutes of drying I removed any areas

where the wash wasn’t wanted with a

clean brush and spirit. With a small lat

brush, I then dragged some of the wash

around the bolt detail on the explosive

armour so show running dirt stains.

Scratches and chipping were done by

using Vallejo White, Sand and

Greens, as well as some oil

shades, applying these marks

with a inely pointed brush

and some kitchen sponge. I

wanted the vehicle to look

really worn as per some of the images I

have, so I spent a fair bit of time on this

process. More oils of various dark and

sand shades were used to dot on the

armour and then dragged down with a

lat brush dampened in oils. Light sand

oils were now dry brushed to highlight

the raised detail and when dry, olive

green also brushed onto some areas of

wear. The edges of the brush used was

run along some of the straight edges

just to catch a bit of this darker colour.

The tracks were painted in Vallejo

Oily Steel, washed in a sepia oil mix

then the outer and inner rubber pads

painted in Vallejo Panzer Grey and the

edges washed in Life Colour Rust paint,

thinned with tap water. The rubber on

the was now picked out in Humbrol

Black 33 with some lesh oil colour

mixed in. All the periscopes were

then painted in a very

dark green and

given a darker

green wash. AK

Interactive Matt

varnish was now

sprayed over to

dull everything

down then the

lights that had

been painted

and the

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desert shield

USMC Mighty Marine