Things are beginning to pick up speed

It has been a few days, but they have been busy ones. This project has had me chomping at the bit and I have been devoting as much time as possible into it. So, here we go...

21. I highlighted the seats, using the metallic and brown, then I put them in the cockpit to see what they looked like.

22. I primed the fuselage, outer wings, and rudders Valspar Grey Primer, the sandable kind.

23. Now I base coated the pilot and navigator figures. Colors used are:

Caliban Green for the jumpsuit

Dark Reaper for the vest

Mephiston Red for the helmet

Mournfang Brown for the leather

Screaming Skull for the quilting

Ogryn Camo for the oxygen mask

I mixed up a custom flesh tone for the face

Hit the shiny bits with various metallics.

Then washed it all with Agrax Earthshade.

24. Highlights were next.
Ogryn Camo for the jumpsuits
Administratum Grey for the vest
Deathclaw brown for the leather
Screaming Skull for the mask
White Scar for the quilting
Evil Sunz Scarlet and Wile Rider Red for the helmet
And a lightened version of the flesh tone previously mixed.

The highlights are very stark, usually I blend them a lot more, but I wanted these guys to stand out when the canopies were on, so I went bolder than usual.

25. I started painting the engines next, with the following colors:
Tin Bitz
Necron Compound (one of the Citadel dry paints, love it!)
Leadbelcher
Runelord Brass
Mephiston Red
Gehenna's Gold
Warplock bronze.
Washes of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade were used as well.

The afterburners were then washed with Carroburg Crimson, then dry brushed with Runelord Brass

Which gave an interesting effect.

26. Then I primed and painted the navigator's console and the pilot's left arm. I attached the left arm, swore a lot, kicked a brick wall a few times then attached the left arm again.

27. Next up was the Defensive Heavy Stubber, which got painted with Leadbelcher, washed with Nuln Oil, and highlighted with a dry brushing of Necron Compound. Then I mounted the Avenger Cannon to a block and primed it.

When the primer was dry, I hit it with the metallic paints, gave it a wash of Seraphim Sepia, then highlighted it with the lighter colors

28. I airbrushed the cockpit and landing skid well with a custom mix of green and white.

29. Finally I masked and painted the canopies as well as the landing strut and skit the same light green

Starting to look very cool, you ask me...