I guess this is going to be last update before this kit is finished. I worked on the base for past few weeks as you already saw. It was kind of back and forth because I decided to use diluted oil brushers to further play with coloring of the earth. Unfortunatelly these dried glossy and grainy which created a really bad looking mud and dirt.
I decided that I will push further with the tank itself and added some splashes, dry pigments and fuel stains. With all that done, I mixed AK terrain paste with Vallejo acrylics and applied it into those shallow imprints where tank should sit. I pressed the tank into the paste and made some touch ups with this paste applied with small old brush mainly around tracks.
When everything was set there was no other option than pull out my airbrush and overspray the ground. To get some depth, I diluted some AK muddy ground enamel product and used it as a wash and in bith thicker layer in places, where I wanted some contrasts and shadows.
With tank and base almost ready, I made one last improvement on the figures consisting of cables leading from headsets and microphone down into the vehicle. I glued black plastic plates into the turret and attached figures to them in their final possition which required double amputation of commander lower limbs

. Further work sonsisted of gluing empty shells and empty paper containers to the base and No.19 set aerials and commander hatch to the turret.






I should pick up 3D printed horn during this coming weekend which will be painted together with towing device and attached to the tank. Small label for the base is going to be attached and this will render finish of this build.
BTW: You can spot a new box of yet another Sherman in the background of the first photo
