I decided to add some baggage onto the side of the model and for this I used the superb set from BlackDog, they are brilliant pieces of resin, with wonderful under cuts between the webbing and the actual items stored within. The bags and other items were all hand painted after the whole piece had been coated in Olive Drab, and then suitably weathered with dark washes followed by Mig Pigments. These were put aside to be added at the end of the build
The Warrior was undercoated with Grey Primer from Vallejo and once dry had its first coat of yellow applied, building up the paint layer by layer, this was then left to dry for 24hrs. There are loads of photos on the internet of these vehicles in Iraq showing them with most of the desert coat missing, looking like they have been sand blasted, so in an attempt to recreate this I applied green paint over the sand layer using different sized pieces of scouring sponge, once happy the whole model received a coat of US desert wash, most of which was removed with a wide brush, kitchen towel and cotton buds. The vehicle received further weathering using pigments and washes until I had the effect I wanted. The crew came from Blast Models in France and were painted using Vallejo acrylics.
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
1/35 Warrior by Steve Brodie, on Flickr
