"Soviet Armour-Winter Camo" Topic

I thought I would ask for some constructive criticism of my winter camo attempts. This is the first of about dozen vehicles needed for my winter war project. Painted, decal applied, gloss and then hairspray, airbrush white, chipped off, some snow applied then some pigments on the tracks, and finally some dullcote. I am not that happy with the result, they generally look OK, I may apply some Vallejo rust. Eight more to go so I thought I would ask advice: Chip more ? Chip less? I left more on the KhT-130, but was aggressive otherwise. The paint around markings was purposely heavily removed.

Thanks,
John

They look really good, very impressive! I haven't done any winter vehicles yet, definitely some good tips here.

I don't know if it's what you were trying for, but they very much have a last-minute, "Oh crap it's snowing" rush job effect. I like it!

It's hard for me to be critical of what you've done. I thought I'd send a pointer to something I found helpful. It's a modeller's build so there's a lot about putting the thing together and adding detail that doesn't apply, but the finish might be of interest for you.

link

I remember reading about a 1/35 KV1 a modeller painted, IIRC he painted it green and stained it white. The white ended up in all the nooks and crannies and the green on the exposed surfaces. It also made the white paint look older as it was translucent in many places with the green underneath.
Yours look pretty good to me and I'd be happy to play with them, but they look kinda like frosty-cold rather than intentionally painted white.

The white looks great. Now I'd add more dust/mud/dirt, at least on the suspensions. My technique for that is to turn the hulls upside down and spray them with an earth brown paint, lightly or not, as seems best.

You can add a little fresh snow by sprinkling them with baking powder.

I agree with Don, the white looks great!

Maybe some more churned mud on the tracks and suspension?

Thanks for positive feedback.

I was trying to achieve a battered in theatre with new snow look. It seems like I partially succeeded.

I would have liked the new snow to look a little cleaner (whiter), so I will add a bit more. As well as add a bit more dirt to the tracks.

Thanks for the link, that is pretty well how I did it with the exact same white paint by airbrush, but using hairspray rather the toothpaste. I will give the toothpaste a try I think.

Thanks again.

John

These look fantastic