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Alright, well I got a valkyrie and decided I was going to put as much work into it as I could. I am going to be adding lighting on it. I have just did a good bit on the inside compartment and was wondering how you all think I could improve it and was wondering how you liked it. I want to to be like an old school military paratrooper drop ship, and am going to be putting a flashing red light inside it. So, what do you guys think and how should I improve it?


EDIT: I think I finally finished, below the old pictures are pictures of my latest update.

Looks good so far, I like the metal look as opposed to the white or rusty look. I would maybe drybrush some leadbelcher or something onto the deck to make it look more metal as opposed to just gray, and maybe put a wash over the whole of it, nuln oil maybe, light on the walls so it's not as bright, and a heavy one on the bottom to bring out the slats and what not in the floor. But I definitely like the overall theme, and it looks good enough for an inside as is imo, just add the stuff if you're going to show it off is what I would say. The red light would be an awesome touch, maybe a green one right next to it?

Hats off to you for even painting the inside haha

Alright, I applied a drybrush of boltgun metal to the raised flooring and then hit everything with a nuln oil coat. What do you guys think? Should I add yellow and black stripes on the exits?

It's a good start. But everything looks really flat. If you are going to paint the inside throw some more detail work in there. Add some more variation in the colours. Here are some examples, small touches, but really add a lot:

I like the last pic you posted, what do you guys think of changing the color of the floor to like white or something and adding the white trim. Also, I was thinking of adding caution colors near the exits as seen in the pic, what do you guys think?

I do like the idea of the caution colors, Iunno about changing the floor though. I'm partial to metal myself, but if you want to go for it, it's your model!

I added white trim on the left side and boltgun metal on the right, which do you all prefer?

Metal for me.

Alright, after working on and off last night and all day today, I think I finally finished, what do you all think?

It looks much better. If it were mine I'd spend a little time cleaning up the lines, and painting some more small details such as wires, cables, and some of the tiny buttons/lights.

Looking awesome, like Barksdale said, clean up the lines a bit, do some details if you like and you'll be set!