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-====== Maschinen Krieger Friedrich / LFS-03B ======
+====== Maschinen Krieger Friedrich ======
 This is a model based on the Ma.K Friedrich armoured fighting suit, the original design is shown below:
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    * Scaling: Not adjusted - model designed for 1/20 scale
    * Supports: Added by Chitubox, plus manual positioning
+===== Tools Used =====
+   * Elegoo Mars Pro 3D printer
+   * Mr Hobby cutters
+   * Ultimate sanding sticks
+   * Diamond files (various)
+   * Steel wire (reinforcing pins at joints)
+   * Brass rod (radio antenna, laser cannon barrel, exhaust vent rail)
+   * Harder & Steenbeck Evo airbrush
+   * USB cable(!) (power conduit to legs & laser cannon)
+   * Milliput fine putty
+   * Base:
+     * GW 80mm base
+     * Woodland Scenics Coarse Ballast
+     * War World Scenics Cork Boulders
+===== Colours Used =====
+   * Primer: Vallejo Desert Tan, Vallejo Olive Drab
+   * Camo colours:
+     * Base: MIG Ammo (Light Compass Grey)
+     * Pattern: Vallejo Model Air (Blue Grey), MIG Ammo (Gunship Grey), MIG Ammo (Dark Compass Grey)
+   * Shoulder armour: AK Interactive (Radiant Yellow) + couple of drops of MIG Ammo (Medium Rust)
+   * Pin filter: Abteilung 502 oils (Sepia, Starship Filth, Dead Flesh)
+   * Rust effect/chipping: MIG Ammo (Medium Grey), Vallejo Game Colour (Charred Brown, Scrofulous Brown)
+   * Weathering/streaks: Abteilung 502 oils (Sepia wash)
+   * Base: Vallejo Game Colour (Earth), Vallejo Game Colour (Charred Brown)
 ===== 3D Model =====
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 You'll also notice I added some hoses to the laser arm and the legs. Not included on the 3d model, but almost all the Ma.K suit designs have them. They'll get painted and weathered so they don't look like pieces of plastic chopped from a spare USB cable...
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+Shoulder armour and highlights on laser cannon added. Also painted and applied decals to the panzerfaust weapon:
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+**[Update - July 29th 2021]** - Started to try a //pin filter//, or oil wash or whatever you want to call it. Never tried this before, but it was as good a time as any to see how it worked:
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+It wasn't //entirely// unsuccessful! It definitely lends an extra depth to the model and gets rid of the flat looks of the acrylic paint. I can see how adjusting the number of dots and the colours used would give completely different effects. I used a red (as well as black, brown and off-white) in the test above and it probably wasn't the best choice; a green or blue would probably have been better. But I know enough to make a better colour choice next time. I definitely like the effect it brings though.
+**[Update - July 31st 2021]** - Adding chipping/damage and rust effects to the model using a sequence of three different acrylics; a light grey applied using a small sponge, then a dark brown using a medium/fine brush to show patches of dark rust, then a fine brush with a limited amount of orange/brown to bring out some heavily rusted highlights:
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+The first three images above show the light grey highlights (lightly chipped/worn areas) and the first layer of dark brown rusted patches.
+The next set of images show the heavily rusted areas highlighted in an orange brown colour:
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+Then applied an oil wash (mostly Sepia, plus a tiny amount of Crimson - both heavily thinned) over the the entire model to flatten down the chipping / rust effects:
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+Some slightly better images of the same:
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+**[Update - August 4th 2021]** - Started work on a base to mount the figure. Using an 80mm plastic base with model railway ballast for earth/gravel and cork 'rocks':
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+**[Update - August 5th 2021]** - Applied first layer of colour to the base (//Vallejo Game Colour, Earth// + several drops of //Charred Brown//):
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+Highlighted the cork rocks (Vallejo Game Colour, Sombre Grey + few drops of Black), plus a few bits of the gravel base for interest, and put a wash of brown ink over the rest of the base:
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+Attached the figure to the base with hot glue, also added a few little bits of static grass:
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+All that is left to do is seal the model with a satin varnish.