My Land Raider (for the Warhammer 40K group build) is now well on the way to completion!
(for anyone not familiar with 40K, this is a heavy assault tank/troop transport used by the "Space Marines")
The kit has a detailed interior, which is quite visible on the completed model (the front and side hatches open, and the roof turrets/cupolas are removable) so I decided to paint it as well as I could, and also added a few extra details.
I first painted the interior with Tamiya Flat Black, then dry-brushed everything but the floor very heavily with Citadel Chainmail (a dull steel/aluminium colour). This gives a very convincing appearance of grimy, battered bare metal.
The floor was dry-brushed more lightly, with Citadel Boltgun Metal, and the engine block was drybrushed lightly with Boltgun Metal and Tin Bitz (a very dark metallic bronze) to give the appearance of oily and heat-discoloured metal.
Details were painted with various Tamiya and Citadel paints. Computer screens and lights were given a "glow" effect by first painting with Tamiya Chrome Silver then overpainting with a thickish layer of Tamiya transparent paint.
I added a few small details to the interior - weapons stowed on the side rack (near the front troop hatch) and on the troop seats; a storage box and 2 fuel cans at the back of the tank (both 40K scenery accessories); and an ammo box containing grenades and rockets (made from half a Tamiya crate and assorted spare projectiles from 40K Space Marine figures).
As you can probably tell from the dark green paint scheme visible on some parts, I'll be painting my Land Raider in the colours of the Dark Angels chapter. I'll use an overall dark green paint scheme, with a drybrush of lighter green, and Bleached Bone (off-white) on the side doors and the front inset area, plus moderate weathering.
Anyway, here are the pics:
The two parts of the main hull, awaiting assembly, and showing the interior detail.
The hull and other parts of the tank, awaiting final assembly and painting.
For those not familiar with Warhammer 40K and the Land Raider, the tank will have a sponson mount either side with twin laser cannons, plus a secondary turret with twin heavy bolters (heavy machineguns/autocannons) on the front.
Very WW1-style in both the "rhomboid" shape and the sponson weapon configuration!