Actually Richard, In the previous codex, there were Chapter Approved rules for taking non Ravenwing bikes and speeders in a Dark Angels army, and they had to be painted green and not black.
The ONLY thing I noticed about this model, that I did not "like" was the multi-melta bit attached to the heavy bolter... but then my imagination kicked in and I was like, it kinda looks like a light/scope of some kind!! Awsome!!
p.s. just because of the DA colour icons/similar colours, does not mean it couldn't be a succesor (sp) chapter, in which case, the landspeeder does not HAVE to be black.
AWSOME WORK!!!! Keep it up!!
How DARE you have an imagination and creativity and paint something a different colour tio how it is on 'da' box ! really good work here, and ignore comments from fanboys telling you that YOU have painted YOUR models in the wrong colour scheme.