The Vallejo Weathering Effects range, have been formulated with permanent pigments and water-based acrylic resins, have been developed to represent the effects of time and weather on models and dioramas.

Russian Thick Mud is a familiar shade known as Black Earth, especially dark and dense, found in the very fertile soil of Eastern Europe, the Ukraine and southern Russia. Russian Mud contains traces of vegetation which add a special density and realistic texture.

Different from Russian Splash Mud (73802) this gives a thick sticky mud apperance.