Churchill Crocodile.
Last post for this one as it's finished! been a busy few days working on it and the base but it's ready for the competition. In the last update i had started the ground work and was starting the weathering on the tank. I used a lot of pigments and some very thin coats of acrylic paint to replicate the dust on the vehicle. The pigments used were a mix of earth tones and greys to give a different approach to the eventual outcome. I worked over the tank in several sittings and made light coats and then repeated myself until the desired effect was obtained. I sprayed very thin coats of light coloured paint over the pigment and then applied more pigments of a lighter colour to give a sense of dust layers. Metallic pigment was used for the track contact points, this works very well. easy to use and very effective.
Base work.
Small stones from the garden were placed at the bottom of the slope and a mixture of white glue and water was dripped over and allowed to dry. I followed this up with some washes to give some depth.
A mixture of 5 static grasses were added to give different colours to the grass areas and a few dried out pieces of moss were added to break up the scene. Once the tank was in place, i worked more pigment onto the ground work and sealed it with fixer. Last parts were to add the aerials, these are very thin wire painted black.

Base work.

Stones from the garden added and fixed in place with pva glue.

The finished article.

Note the layers of dust on the side of the tank and the tracks as well.

You can see the modulation style in this shot.

The finished trailer.