thank you all for your kind words,
some answers,
I've made the bricks from cork board, 2 mm thick, and there is some detailing with cork 5 mm thick.
it is a method developed by carlos elias who in IMHO is one of the greatest building maker there is (and dios too :)).
there is no wash on the figures, and it seems tehre is because the photos are of bad quality using flash which ruind the variation of colors - Ill notify when I take better pictures after the dio is finished.
I paint the skin with oils, and the uniforms in humbrol. this time I also tried to used a combination of oils and humbrol on some of the figures (bazooka team for instance).
Im not very happy with the sherman as it turned out very dark, I should have lightened the colors a lot more than I did, but there must always be romm for improvement ;).
the site is an israely site, so thats the reason for the strange language :)