And we're done

Hello friends!

First of all, I'm sorry for being offline yesterday. Had a pretty busy day, slept only about 4 hours, then went to buy another bike and then of course went for a ride, resulting in me dropping dead in my bed very early.

So of course I wanted to compensate that lazy Sunday and spent the entire day at the workbench today... and as a result, I think the T-90 is finished. 😊

I find it pretty hard to work non-stop during these final stages because I feel like there's a much bigger chance of doing something wrong. But I armed myself with enough reference pictures to get a clear idea about the look I was after and I think it turned out pretty well. There's an interesting things about desert weathering, and it's when moisture gets trapped in the desert dust, it often turns into orange-brown, almost rust-like color. It's a very interesting effects and I wanted to try it for a long time. Mixing an earth-colored enamel paint with light rust wash did the trick! 

There were some obligatory grease stains, which were again done with a dark brown wash, and the last thing I initially wanted to do, but ultimately decided against it, was polishing the tracks with a pencil. After looking at enough references it was clear that in most cases, tracks on Syrian tanks are completely rusty. 

And with that, I don't feel like there's anything more to add in terms of weathering and effects. 

I've been also looking at photos trying to come up with a simple yet interesting scenic base for the model, and it boiled down to 2 options - a simple urban scenery with a piece of street and some rubble strewn around, or a more "countryside" setting with a lot of loose ground and gravel. The second option seems more interesting to me, and I also have materials to recreate that. What are your thoughts?