One of my summer projects was painting up a new dropship for my Demon Hunter forces! Not that they needed a new dropship, specifically, but the Arvus Lighter is just such a cool kit, and the army hasn't gotten an upgrade in a long time.
Actually, this ship works a lot better on the table top than the Valkyrie I already had. It has a much smaller footprint, which makes it much easier to use.
Painting wasn't hard, but it took forever. In order to get a colour match with my army, I have to use black primer, but this means painting 4 or 5 coats of the red to get a good finish. After that, I just painted on a lot of black lines, black dots, and black details. There is no other highlighting or shading - it just didn't seem necessary. Obviously, picked out a few details with other colours, especially the canopy, but this was really minimalist painting.
Can't wait to get this express elevator to hell on the table!
