Using a PSC Sherman II kit, which have horrible tracks to fit together, I made one into a small diorama / objective marker. It was mainly to make use of the model itself as it was no longer going to be an addition to my own army, and to try get myself back into modelling.
Firstly the tank was stuck onto a base and filled out with spak filler for the texture of the terrain.Using some pictures of knocked out tanks and burial sites in N. Africa for ideas, I decided to make small mounds with the filler and placed bits of gravel around them to indicate that bodies had been buried. The crosses were made of wooden hobby sticks and the texture was painted using Vallejo Dark Sand. Lastly sand was added with pva glue to give the base some detail.
For the actual tank itself, a small heated screw driver was pierced into the plastic to try and achieve the effect of rounds hitting and/or knocking out the tank itself. The tank was then painted as how I have painted my Desert Army and a lot of dry brushing on and around the turret and inside the commanders hatch were applied to give the impression inside the tank had a fire and a lot of smoke bellowed out and stained the outside.
I imagined that when the tank had been hit a number of times, the Assistant Driver, Gunner and Loader/Operator had all been killed, whereas the Commander and Driver had escaped, but their status is M.I.A. presumed captured. Below is a picture before the tank was painted to show where the hits were and what I was trying to achieve.
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