Custodes Venerable Land Raider

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**warspawned**

Hi Dakka,

I just finished this little beast today - it is part of an attempt to get over my minor vehicular anxiety (I simply don't enjoy painting flat panels). I could have done more to it but it was already a bit of a time sink plus there were issues I had with Retributor Armour spray.

The resin side panels are from Scibor miniatures, see the spoiler for the review/issues:

Spoiler:

A brief rant about Retributor Armour spray here:

Spoiler:

The interior is painted to a basic standard though you can't really see it - but I know it's done which is what counts!

Thanks for looking

**Kawauso**

Hot damn.

It looked deceptively plain in the first shot but after getting a good view of those side panels it certainly lives up to the "venerable" qualifier.

Nice work on the paint job. I can definitely relate to your pain with base coat sprays going on smoothly.

**Desubot**

Yeah the sides look fantastc... but then the top looks bald.

**warspawned**

Yeah, that's kind of my point with vehicle panels. The resin side panels have bumpy bits so I can colour them in nicely. I could have added custom decals on top but it wouldn't really fit with the resin panels IMHO and my sculpting skills are zero.

My original plan was to use the extras from the Warhammer World Land Raider which would have sorted the top nicely but the trip didn't happen and I couldn't have it sitting there for much longer. I'm grateful for the experience though, I feel I can do much better next time a tank comes rolling my way.

**Kawauso**

Maybe you could add some custom scrollwork/filigree to the front/rear panels, depending on your level of comfort with freehand?

I wouldn't worry about the top looking "bald" per se; it makes sense that most of the ornamentation would be where it's visible to soldiers from ground-level.