HOOBEN T55 UGANDAN HILLBILLY WAGON

[Ecam]

Even the weathering on those crates is phenomenal! Great work Bix.

[Raminator]

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Awesome work all around, Herman. Really impressive painting on the crewman figure too, his uniform camo patterns and skin tone look great. What's next?

[HERMAN BIX]

Hahahahaha!!!! Thats pretty clever Mr Raminator, I have some stowage out of sequence I see, but its close enough for this kid
And the colour of the plastic bags is not turquoise enough, but I can correct that if a I see the right stuff & not mix it myself

[HERMAN BIX]

Tank crewman in place. He must be from a North-eastern Ugandan tribe according to a guy at work who is from Ghana & was a Minister that spent a lot of time in Uganda some years ago.
Hes very familiar with the look of the African Union tanks, reckons I got it pretty much right. Thats a boost for me as its a hell of a thing to try a completely different ethnicity from the norm & get the look right and despite having internet pictures, also get the essence of the tank right as well.
He advised that cooking hardware was a huge focus for armoured crews who apparently carried a lot of extra gear on behalf of the troops they were supporting.
Great insight from a man of the cloth who quit the Ministry due to too much misery and threats to life to begin anew in Australia.

Unless I can find a suitable Commander figure Im going to call this done bar a pigment dust over.

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[airmancurran1]

This is awesome work. Even TC Amideu looks great.

[Mithras]

Tank crewman in place. He must be from a North-eastern Ugandan tribe according to a guy at work who is from Ghana & was a Minister that spent a lot of time in Uganda some years ago.
Hes very familiar with the look of the African Union tanks, reckons I got it pretty much right. Thats a boost for me as its a hell of a thing to try a completely different ethnicity from the norm & get the look right and despite having internet pictures, also get the essence of the tank right as well.
He advised that cooking hardware was a huge focus for armoured crews who apparently carried a lot of extra gear on behalf of the troops they were supporting.
Great insight from a man of the cloth who quit the Ministry due to too much misery and threats to life to begin anew in Australia.

That's a remarkable story. The "carrying everything for everyone else" goes well with what I've learned from Ogaden War tankers. You done good. You get a gold star.