Sticking with the theme of Melta and Flame, the Salamanders are reinforced this installment with a Land Speeder Tornado equipped with Heavy Flamer and Multimelta. This was a straight build, with the pilot and gunner of the Land Speeder built separately from the speeder itself. This would allow for ease of painting, but also ease of application of the water slide transfers.
There wasn't any real experimentation with the Land Speeder, the main addition to the scheme is the spot light on the front. This was done with layers of P3 Sulfuric yellow, GW Golden Yellow and P3 Cygnus Yellow. The greens were done with P3 Gnarls Green, Iosan green and Wurm Green.
Typically, I leave the flying stands of my models clear. Probably because they can match whatever terrain they are put on that way. The only thing this model definitely needs (as the pics show) is some touch up over the carrier film of the transfers. It is a step I need to go back and do on the Tactical Squad as well. Next time, I have a special character to show off.
Solid effort mate. Thats a nifty trick to keep in mind for the transfers for the pilots. I remember having all sorts of issues with them clipping the frame when I built my speeder.
ReplyDeleteVery solid. I love the shade of the green you've got. Thanks for listing the paints you used too.
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Thanks for the feedback. Ron, in general I much prefer the P3 paint line to GW, but I intermix, partly because I am lazy and dont really like to mix paints, and partly because of the rarity of P3. Also, there metallics were something awful in the first run, and while I still have a few, the medium and pigment are all separated (from when I purchased them) so I tend to stick with GW for washes and metallics.
DeleteI hate having to mix paints as well and use whatever brand I need to so I don't have to mix.
DeleteRon, FTW