"GHQ T-62s and BMP-1s" Topic

I've recently completed some GHQ 1/285th T-62's and BMP-1s. This are intended to depict late '70's equipment. For your consideration.

T-62 platoon:

Single T-62:

BMP-1 platoon:

Looking good!

Love the color. Please share what paint you used and technique.

Thanks for the compliments.

Nissei – I use oils and brushes in my miniature painting. The color for the vehicles is a green that I mix from yellow ochre and ultramarine blue weighted towards the yellow. I then mix in some burnt umber to dull the green. White is used to lighten the color for the "scale effect". I have a surplus Russian helmet and I use its green as my target color, using the theory that helmets without cloth covers tend to be in the same color as that army's equipment (if monotone).

There are about three layers of color on the vehicles. I put down a base of a dark version of the green. When dry I brush on a thin middle tone of the green leaving the darker tone uncovered in recesses for shadow effect. Then the third layer which is lighter still. This is dry brushed to give the higher portions of the vehicles some prominence. When dry I apply a thin black wash. When that is dry and after details are done I dry brush a light dust color over the model with a heavier application on the running gear and on the rear.

This is a slower method than many would care for, but it works for me.