Alright I just wanted to show some unique photos from the track I have been on for close to 2 years, as I believe this could be a massive help to anyone attempting to build a well used battered Abrams.
So my track just got the new name “Arbiter” (formally “Aches and Pains”) and our gun tube alone offers itself to some really unique weathering and painting techniques.
But before we get to the photos there is a backstory to how it came to look like this…
Start of 2025 we sprayed the name “Aches and Pains” and 4 blue SABOTs (Because its the 4 track) onto our NATO green gun tube and thats how it stayed until we Q1’ed at gunnery this rotation. Simple right?
Wrong.
We decided since we had a new gunner and TC to rename the tank to “Arbiter” because we are all massive Halo fans, but we were hit with the problem of “We have no green paint to spray over the original name…” So out of options what do I do? I spray paint a tan box over the green and add the new name. Problem is it obviously looks like trash. A few months later I get my hands on another can of tan spray paint and I think “Why don’t I just spray the whole thing tan and completely repaint the name?
Thats exactly what I do…
As I’m spraying the thermal shroud as soon as I have a really patchy coat on the can can runs empty.
Crap…
So in the end we all just say it kinda looks cool and I respray the new name and blue SABOTs.
Here is the result…
The entire PLT also has our logo… a ninja turtle painted on all our gun tubes. (I created the mask for it about a week after I got to the unit because my PSG heard I built models and seemed marginally artistic.)
Carbon buildup on the coax as well as tape residue left over.
Note the super unique wear on the bore evacuator.
Some other unique bits of “weathering” on the track is the insides of every roadwheels being worn down to the steel from dirt collecting and wearing it smooth.
Wear on the fender from us sliding down.
Overspray…
So yeah I guess what Im going for here is even modern armor can build up some very unique weathering.
I really hope this helps someone if they decide to build an Abrams…
