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[Gallery] Cromwell Mk.IV Painting & Weathering

Just one week ´till Christmas... year is nearly over... but at least I did something and finished the Revell Cromwell I reviewed a few days ago.
But don´t get caught up talking, let´s get to the interesting part - the modelling!

I started with a primed model consisting of  turret- and hull-subcomponents. As shown in my Review, they were primed with grey Valleyo primer. As the base-coat was to consist of Ammo of Migs british 1944-45 Olive Drab, which itself is really dark, I didn´t do any preshading as the effect wouldn´t really be visible.
The olive-drab coat was thinned around 50/50 with acrylic thinner and applied trough the airbrush. I lightened up the color a little bit and sprayed some highlights around exposed areas afterwad.
The result of this step was nice and I went on to paint the major details as such as tracks and tool-handles. I used Vallejo ModelAir browns and white for the wooden parts and the tracks/roadwheels recieved a coat of Vallejo ModelColor dark grey.

Revell´s DecalSoft was used to ease application of the decals on the tank. I chose markings for a vehicle named "TaurecII" used in France 1944. Apart from the white star at the back of the turret everything went well. As said I´m not that satisfied with the turret back but I also didn´t want to destroy the decal.
Afterwards I mixed white to the base-color to achieve a very light tone. I then used that to highlight some areas (fuel caps, the prominent bolts on the turret etc.). This also served as the base for scratches I added later on.

Luckily I didn´t go extreme with it and managed to keep the effect realistic.
Next part was streaking grime being apllied to some areas of the vehicle. I used AK and Ammo of MiG produkts and White Spirit for this.
Another good thing about weathering is, that the color and shine of decals is toned down a little bit and makes them look a little bit more interesting.
Then I used Ammo of Mig Silver to paint some scrathes and worn areas on the tracks. For the latter I then used Ammo of MiG Tracks Wash to blend in the previously scratched areas.
The hedge-cutter also recieved heavy chipping here to make it look like it was used to... well... cut hedgerows (as the name suggests).
Another layer of weathering was applied in form of Vallejo European Earth pigments and some rust and fuel-stains by AK Interactive. Again I went over the hedgerow-cutter heavily in this step.
Then I apllied a final layer of matte vanish to seal everything.

There we have it - a nice, dirty Cromwell Mk.IV! I´m pleased with the result I got here and it was a pleassure to build.
Here are some pictures of the finished model:
 I really hope you´ve had an interesting read and/or found some inspiration. If you are intersted in some more pictures, feel free to visit my Scalemates-Profile.

Next project is going to be something flying, so stay tuned. But until then -

have a nice week!

Tom





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