Soviet winter troops, Maxims, and Cavalry

@Field-marshall said in Soviet Mountain Troops 1/72 - Ultima Ratio:

For starters just take a fine brush and apply a little wash in the bottom of any recessed areas to create the shadow effect. This is called “pin washing” and it is very effective at getting those details to pop out. You can make your own wash by taking a dark color paint and diluting it about 50/50.

Use dark dark brown on warm colors and black for cool colors for the wash?

Dry brushing is also almost like magic. First few times I did it, it wasn’t perfect but added a lot. After a few more tries,it just gets better.

I haven’t painted anything in years.

You wouldn’t see Wittmann commanding from the rear.
But then he didn’t command a thin skinned recon company!
Lovely job. I cannot paint a wall.

The wire mesh was added late in the war. It detonates panzerfaust and similar weapons inches from the main armor. This also serves well to stick camo in.

All of these are AAM “V2” scale (ruler at the bottom).
All were ordered in “fine” detail. Wear from weather and crew, but no battle damage.
85mm guns are metal tubing.
KV-85 has my homemade reisn-cast supplies, and thread used for steel cables (they run the length of the tank).

Its springtime for this Pz IV, and the whitewash is severly faded. This Pz IV has my now “trademark” hollow resin-cast turret (just try to hollow out the RUBBER - ick - turrets on the V2 minis).

3 man crew is tucked insdie the turret, with breechblock insdie as well. Spent shell casings lay on the rear deck, tossed out the side hatches during battle. Also has misc supplies mounted, spare tracks, etc.

Done to fine detail. It has added cables. Note the area where the red star is was “masked off” before whitewashed. This IS-2 has been around the block, its springtime now, and the whitewash is severly faded.

After about 9 different coats of paint, ink, and wash, the base coat is complete. Paint process is about 20% complete at this point:

The camo looks pretty close to the Italian camo that the SS used late in the war.