Pele's Command - My Salamanders Land Raider

[Jimsolo]

Here's my new tank, Pele's Command.

 

Criticism is welcome, but please keep it constructive.  And before the barrage of comments on it, I'm aware that the paint around the ornaments doesn't quite match the rest of the tank.  (The contrast isn't nearly as bad as the pictures make it look...)  The main color is a metallic spray paint, and I haven't been able to find a way to match it with my acrylics.

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/12/462879_sm-Pele%27s%20Command.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/12/462880_sm-Pele%20Gunner.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/12/462881_sm-Peleleft.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/12/462882_sm-Peleright.JPG

[Brother_Angelus]

The paint looks crazy thick. Did you use a spray designed for modelling or something less delicate?

[Jimsolo]

Lol, that's because it IS crazy thick!  This is a secondhand model, and the original paintjob was thick enough to deflect a bullet.  I tried everything to get it off, including a week in a tub of Simple Green, Purple Power, and even brake fluid.  Even my rotary tool couldn't make a dent in it.  The spray paint wasn't designed for minis, but rather furniture.  The idea was that the thicker spray paint would, at the very least, make all the paint look uniform, rather than the pasty-clumpy-lumpy mess that I had inherited.  And it has.  The paint also has a hammered finish, which might make not play well in the pictures.  (It looks pretty sweet in real life, though.)

 

I'm aware that this isn't the greatest job in the world, but it's a far cry from the original.  The original piece couldn't have been shown even in an ork army, and this is at least table-worthy.