MAKING CAMOUFLAGE NETTING AND FOLIAGE FOR AFVS UNDER COVER

Tanks may all appear identical when they roll off the production line, but by the time they reach the front line, they acquire an individual look of their own. Whether it is stowage piled on the outside by the crew or the accumulated dust and grime from constant movement, they soon lose their parade ground looks.

By Mark Bretherton

Those features are something many gamers like to add to give their AFVs that lived-in look and a unique character. Crew figures, stowage, weathering, and distinctive camouflage are just a few ways of doing that. Two modes I am particularly fond of are camouflage netting and foliage. I think they are a couple of very effective ways of enhancing a model and giving it a look more befitting a tank in a combat zone. I have also found it a very good way to conceal parts of a model that I am not entirely happy with. That could be poor detail on a simple, quickly built wargame model, or a print error on a 3D print. In fact, I have found people are often very surprised when they discover what the…

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