A wash of Mig tan for 3 colour camo filter was applied to the camo. This just blends and softens the colours a little bit to help make them look more natural. The same wash was used on the skin tones. I chose this wash here as it would emphasise the shadow areas a bit, but without the effect of making the the skin look dirty or too tanned. I wanted this figure to look like he is based in barracks in the UK, as I found out that this Tank is in a kind of tank pool which the British Army now has, where units can "sign out" a challenger when they need one, and sign it back when they are done with it. That is why this particular tank has no unit or squadron markings on it.
Next I painted in the head band on the beret in semi gloss black, and added an RTR cap badge in miliput.
I then painted in the rest of the beret in flat black, and the cap badge in flat aluminium. The cap badge was given a wash of Mig dark wash to bring out some of the detail. I gave the flesh colours a second wash with the mig tan for 3 tone camo filter, as I felt the first wash had turned out a little light. The whole figure then had a light dusting of the Tamiya weathering master mud colour just to bring out the edges on the uniform and shemagh a little bit.
I then constructed a base from dense polystyrene this was made to give the figure the correct position once in the commanders position, and to be tight enough in the cupola that the figure does not move too much. once attached this was given 2 coates of olive green, and a filter coat of mig brown for dark green filter the same as the bodywork of the tank has had.
The whole figure then had a couple of coats of Tamiya flat clear from a rattle can to fix and protect the paintwork.
and in the commanders position of the tank.
I am really pleased with how this figure has turned out, particularly the uniform, which I worried would not look like MTP. This being a British tank I wanted the MTP camo of the uniform to look right, and spent a lot of time looking at MTP to familiarise myself whilst painting, and had a genuine issue jacket as reference whilst I was painting. I think I have achieved a passable facsimile of MTP on this uniform.
PaulStatistics: Posted by scalawag — Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:01 pm
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