Thunderbolts from above.

 This week I've decided to paint some of my Imperial Navy planes in preparation for Legions Imperialis.
I fancied doing my Thunderbolts in a bare metal like Mustangs from WW2 and discovered Army Painter do metallic speed paints.
So the options where to all out with aluminium Alclad, panel lining etc or try this out.

As you can probably guess by the bottle sitting on my desk I decided to try the speed paints. These come out of the bottle very thin, almost "airbrush ready" consistency and I did wonder how they would cover the pale prime as recommended. So over Grey Seer I slapped a load of paint about.

To be honest I was hoping for more of a contrast for the panel lines, there is a bit, maybe I didn't slap enough paint on to get the effect. But it'll do, going to paint the anti-glare panels on the nose and the vertical stabiliser in something approximating an olive green and see how I feel. Maybe I'll try a black undercoat on a figure as I've 9 lightnings to add and they may also suit the BMF.