I follow my post about garish armor a Korean M46 with this Sherman M4A2 that is part of my effort to stop building plain US OD subjects.
This is a Dragon kit with some detailing. The ref pic of “knave” comes from Raymond Giuliani’s book - Sherman in the Pacific. I tried to give the idea of the environment, what has come to be known the green inferno.
Hope you enjoy it
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You should have had this build in the “Shermania 2024” campaign!!
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Oops, seems I just can’t be on the watchful side. Thanks for telling me, I didn’t see it (I know you may think this cannot be, but well it’s just me 
🫨). I have other Shermie that can entitle for the Group…
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Very nice!
Would love to read more about how you did the finish.
Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Michael,
I haven’t a precise and repetitive method though my basic approach can be told like this:
- mud and soil effects are applied before painting if they are thick, like tracks, bogies and nearby areas. This is cos I like to dry brush on them later
- this particular dried yellowish mud effect was done by streaking a Vallejo sand yellow with a brush moistened with a flow improver; I use this one:
- the remaining dirt is oils like raw umber mixed with Liquin from Windsor&Newton and a fair amount of turpentine (which is toxic, so I wear a proper mask from 3M). I prefer turp to white spirit because I can get that cracking look that you see on the turret roof; just my personal opinion, but odorless mineral spirit is useless.
- finishing is left to soft pastels and various pigments from vallejo, Adam Wilder’s and the like
- transition between upper and lower parts of the model are normal airbrushing with earth colours from Tamiya or Gunze
Enjoy
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. Some interesting methods there to put in my “tool box”!
Cheers!
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Nice build. I like the camo and the dio.
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