SU-85 w 6 riders & 8" SPGS - from scratch

Stuart is to normal detail, and Zis truck is done to fine detail. Truck has a manned AA Gun, ammo belt boxes, ammo cans, camo netting (enough to cover entire vehicle) rolled up with poles, dented fenders and door, fuel can, shovel with straps, and spent ammo in the rear deck.

AAM collectables version 2.0 Sherman and an original recoiless rifle with 2 added crew and flocking. 5 shades of green layered on Sherman.

Shortly after I decided to do this one, I came across a schematic on the web which showed newly discovered colors for her…nice timing.  (source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/12/07/news/story04.html)

These 6 Luchs were Flamingos, with front ends resculpted, extra front hull armor, and rear smoke launchers removed. Puma turrets (as-is) have washers added underneath for better look and to allow turret to rotate without scraping engine covers. 4 in camo, sequencially numbered, for a customer, as is the crewed sd 234/4. The 2 plain sand Luchs are for my army, and will have interchangeable Luchs I turrrets.

More “Rush rienforcements” for my own game. These are Hotwheels micro-machine Sturmtigers and Panther Fs. Brumbars are “Classis Armor” by New millenium toys (all are 1:144 scale).
  These would be more of a “generic” paint job on these. 1 drybrushing step ommited, only 2 color treads and single color tool handles and such.
Original paint schemes preserved, just darkened in, inked, and highlighted.

From true north minis (they have some cool smaller country WWII stuff at www.truenorthminis.com).
Metal die-casts, they do require a good bit of mold-line removal and other filing, but have good detail. They seem to be a great scale match to v1.0 units.

Not something I have done before, as I have never wanted to cover up all those details. These ones were sprayed with a texture, which I dry-brushed with brown. It stuck to the texture and made it look dirty. But it wasnt enough. Today I mixed some wood putty, brown paint, and fine sand. I then dabbed it on. It is caked n the treads and at the rear, where the treads would be flinging it around.
  I even added mud where it would have been flung up by other vehicles or nearby explosions. The mud was inked with brown afterwards and sprayed with clear.