I haven’t tried that method yet. I think I will. Thanks for that short tutorial! 
Steve - thanks kindly for that
Karl - thanks, always look forward to your comments and suggestions. [B]
The foliage, indeed I would have done exactly as you have described, but I was depicting an earlier point in time. There is a reason why the shrubbery is a lively green, and the crewman is holding an axe - hint, he wasn’t chopping firewood.
The interiors, for sure, a full blown depiction is better than a partial. I honestly thought the scratch building I did was decent enough to convey something was underneath the open hatches. Duly noted, go big or go black.
regards,
Jack
Jack, that’s some nice work,. I didn’t realize you had put that in there. The photo angles didn’t capture it. Looks pretty cool, actually! 
Wow!!! Incredible build!! Those figures are outstanding!!!
Thanks again, Karl, and thank you jetmaker.
regards,
Jack
jack, just been reading your explanation on figure painting. I think I might have to give that a try, my figures still could do with some improvement. But I do have one question. How do you deal with uniforms where the top is a different colour to the bottom in regards to using an airbrush in the way you do.
Hi Bish,
If it is a large scale, say 1/16th, then I would probably do the pants first, followed by masking. In 1/35 situation, I’d just focus on the jacket colour, Once done with the airbrush phase, brush paint the pants, and then go back to the jacket with final details and any required touch-up if the pant colour accidentally hit the jacket. This is what I likely did with this Italian traffic mover:
If it’s camouflage fatigues (which I’ve yet try with airbrush), I would go with the most prominent of the lightest colour.
regards,
Jack
Thanks jack. Not sure I would want to try airbrushing an Oak leaf camo in 35th,but I think I will give it a try on the next German AFV crews I do.
I gave that Chromatic thing try and I really like it a lot. The battery died in my camera before I could get a better picture than this however. I apologize for the bad pic, but it’s all I’ve got for now.
Just as you are describing above, I sprayed the lightest color on the jacket first, then blocked the pants, masked the jacket off, and then sprayed the highlights over the black.
I deviated from your instructions however by adding the camouflage pattern to his jacket before spraying highlights and shadows. It worked out quite well, but the picture doesn’t do it justice.
Instead of using multiple colors for the highlights and shadows I used 90% clear flat with 10% white for the highlights and then the same mix with black for the shadows. A sort of short cut that worked out in the end.
That may be the answer for you to try with camouflage in the future.
Thank you for sharing this idea. I really like it and it saved me countless hours doing this by hand with my pallet lol.
Hello Mike - yes, what you have displayed here is another option. Just have to be very light and careful with the airbrush, because if you go too far, the highlight or shadow layer must be removed and tried again - so a protective clear coat beforehand would be most prudent.
This idea though is not new. Portrait painters of old would use broad application of coloured glazes to create both shadow and highlights when dealing with cloth that is multicolored or patterned.
regards,
Jack
The tanks is great but those figures are something else. Beautiful work.
Thanks, Joe!
regards,
Jack
WOW my friend!!
That looks just amazing, Im so jealous with the figures…just can make good ones…I wil buy tons of figures and practice practice practice.
Your tank and dio are just museum quality, plus the photographs are so good.
Im starting a Jagd also, but definitiely will not be at your level.
Congrats again my friend!!
Hugo, thank you for those generous words.
I think though you are selling yourself short. Judging by your T62 and the Hummel from the Orphan GB, you are one of the people that set the bar for us modelers in this community.
regards,
Jack
Jack,
Thanks for your words, but definitely still a loooong way to get to a painting skill level like you.