I think there is alot of wasted space in this pic. You should either retake the pic or cut out the excess so you can post a bigger pic. The paint job looks good but its hard to tell how good from the small pic. one thing to do also is use two desk lamps and no flash to take a pic. There are some excellent articles on how to take pictures in the articles section.
that seems good: i like the base and the paintjob is clean enough, but i'd like to see a closer pic to give you better advices: for now, i think you could highlight it a little more to get a more dramatic paintjob.
overall, it's thumb up! keep painting! cheers, Luca