Rapid Fire! Operation Barbarossa and beyond in 20mm - First group of winter camouflaged Russian vehicles

Passing on the road that connects Leningrad to the village of Andrey Arshavin, a reconnaissance unit composed of two Gaz Maxim encounters a T-34 battalion and directs them to a group of German Panzers that have been sighted nearby....

The Gaz AA Maxim was an uparmoured Gaz truck produced during the long siege of Leningrad. Around 100 were transformed. 

This group of "Winter" Russian vehicles is my first of the kind. I painted the vehicles first in Vallejo Russian Green (simulating the 4BO colour), then aplied diluted white and, after drying, passed some brush strokes of pure white paint in the middle part of many structures. 

Same treatment with the T-34/43s. The only difference was some rust orange applied on the engine and exhaust parts. 

The red slogans are very suited for the white painted Russian vehicles as they produce a nice contrast. 

The Gaz AA Maxim are resin 3d prints with leftover figures from the ZIS 3 Italeri box. 

The T-34s are old Esci kits built for years that finally saw some paint. The command vehicle has an antenna made of EverGreen tubing and a broom stick. 

This is the MIG book I use as the main source of  painting schemes of the Russian vehicles in WW2 besides offering a good text about the Soviet colors between 1927 and 1945. 

Next: more Seelow Heights, France 1940 or Epic ACW.