Greetings everyone, my latest built which I would like to share with you all; a 1/35th scale WWII US Tank Destroyer, M-10 painted in winter white wash to depict the conflicted in Ardennes. Thank you

Wow! You've got a great eye for balance between the M10s worn off whitewash, the figures (they look cold!) and the natural looking stowage on the M10! Great stuff!!!!

If I may offer three small suggestions:
1) perhaps have more worn off white paint near the drivers' hatches. There surely would have been much more scuffing of the edges near the hatches as the crew used those hatches. Those areas would have gotten more scrubbing and scratching than most any other surface on the M10
2) rear tail lights. All the lenses were black except the upper left oval lens.
3) maybe add some redness to the skin of the tankers to indicate being outdoors in cold weather?

Hope these help. It was a joy to look at your photos!!!

hi Coca,
an excellent model, excellently built, painted and weathered, I really like the detail you've put into the extra's on the back it all blends well and looks just right, well done. Who's is the M-10, is it AFV 's or Academy's? Where did you get the crew? I like the way you've painted the crew, they look like their hunting for their next target. Are you putting it on a dio? Keep up the good work.
Kenny.

Hi guys, thank you for the feedback and comments
Roy thank you for the advice, I will take note for the next build.
and Kenny, this is the AFV clud M-10, a very good kit

That is impressive. The M10 is packed with a nice variety of equipment. I really like the figures too. The one with the scarf has a really fine subtle checkerboard pattern is particularly impressive

This is awesome. In addition to the other things mentioned I really like the stripes and patches as well as the storage frames and the sandbags and pieces on the glacis plate.

If anything, I'd tie down the tarp/rolls and add some personal weapons, at least a pistol, but more like an M1 Carbine or some SMG.

Jeff

Hi,

Thanks for posting this. Really great looking build, I like this A LOT -

Cheers

Al

Bloody good looking destroyer and crew! Good show!!!

Gary

Cocoa ...excellent build ...your cammo looks great ...I do agree with Roy on wearing the white around the front hatches and one other thing ...the periscopes would not have gotten a white cammo as they would have been removed before the whitewash...but this is a little nit pick on a super kit ...Congrats...

Rick

one of the best models built i've seen lately... very nice chipping and figure painting. i love it

lovely build!!

really well executed with some very nice touches!!

My jaw hit the floor over the paintjob you've done on those crewmen....good show ! that is some work you've pulled off there, you should be really proud of that one !

Excellent attention to detail, coca. Nice job with the white wash, the tools and wear marks. The stowage and the bins look great, the tarps are well done. The sandbags are a nice touch and the figures are great and the scarf on the corporal - awesome.
I'd suggest a bit more wear around the lip of the open hatches as this is were much of the traffic took place, other wise a winner. Are you going to place this on some groundwork? If so, keep us informed.
A pleasure to check out the photos.
Ironmike

Your M10 looks great. Wonderful paint job you've done on the crew. The tarps, sandbags and stowage are very well done too.

Coca

Truly a fine piece of work. Thanks for sharing it with us

Mike Lane

Nicely Done. Are the figures part of the AFV Club kit?

Coca, top notch build as always! Never get bored seeing your builds. Got any tips on how you got those facial expressions done so well?

Hi guys, thank you very much for your feedback and comments
This will be a standed alone tank, no dio in mind.
Wing Tzun - The tank crews are from Alpine miniatures and their advertisment appear on this page.

Jeremy - I'm using oil paints for the skin. Basically, I fixed 3 colors; white, raw sienna and burnt sienna. I interchange them to get the shadow and highligt I want. With some practical you should able to achieve the result. As for the rest I used Vallejo paints.
Thank you

Painting with oils is still somewhat new to me. Did you try to blend the colours in while painting it on the figure or you pre-mixed it on a tray before applying on the figure?

Hi Jeremy,
I pre-mixed the colors first, so it serve as a base color for the skin, then I applied burnt sienna with the mixed for the shadow, white with the mixed for the hightlight, slowly blend them till the result you want.
Thank

Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice build..the figures are so beautiful.

Wow! Awesome build! A magnificent M10 and crew! As commented before, very well painted and weathered. A fantastic load, very well picked! The crew is very nicely painted too... Putting it simple: A masterpiece! Congratulations!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Gday coca
You are one busy boy!! I know the time it would take turn out something like this, but you seem to do it production-line style :-)
As an addition to the great detail on the rear plate, how about having the shovel recently used, and covered somewhat in clay/dirt with maybe a clump of grass? Would be a good contrast to the whitewashed surface... Good details throughout
I have the standing figure, and am yet to paint him, but you have done a fantastic job on both!
Cheers
Brad

Lovely job! Nice paint finish, figures look good, and the tank looks heavy! Which is always a good thing.

Is it going into a diorama? Or gonna be a standalone piece?

the crew on this are just WOW, in one picture i thought they were going to move. fantastic job.