Ma.K "Gustav" Finished

Very cool!  I'll be following this with interest.

I take it there is a clear shield/"canopy" for the "cockpit" area of the suit?

Watching close !! Love Ma.K and more builds the better

the Baron

Very cool!  I'll be following this with interest.

I take it there is a clear shield/"canopy" for the "cockpit" area of the suit?

Hi all,
Thanks for the comments.

Yes there is a smoke colored canopy to be installed.

Got a little more done on this guy this evening.A little touch of filler is needed in a couple of spots,then will prime and paint the interior. The top of the body is just layed in position in the pics and will be glued on once the interior is done.Any suggestions for an interior color would be welcome.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,

Microman.

OK.  I give up.  What is a Ma. K? 

Warmuncher

OK.  I give up.  What is a Ma. K? 

Ma.K is short for"Maschinen Krieger" which is German for Machine Warrior.These models are based on designs by Kow Yokoyama a Japanese industrial designer.His works were used in  pictorial graphic stories in a series of magazines in the early eighties.For more info go to this forum.To see the whole site you have to register but its free.

http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/forum/index.php

Cheers,

Microman.

Warmuncher

OK.  I give up.  What is a Ma. K? 

Ma.K is short for"Maschinen Krieger" which is German for Machine Warrior.These models are based on designs by Kow Yokoyama a Japanese industrial designer.His works were used in  pictorial graphic stories in a series of magazines in the early eighties.For more info go to this forum.To see the whole site you have to register but its free.

http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/forum/index.php

Cheers,

Microman.

I went with a pale green for the interior walls with some mild chipping with dark brown and hull red for the back rest with some shading with burnt umber oil paint.
Did some more assembly and corrected the one joint in the gun arm that I installed backwards. then I stuffed the cockpit with foam rubber to mask it and primered the exterior.The pilots head is from the Melusine and torso from the Gustav.Thanks for looking.
Cheers,

Nice progress, but we can't see the details in your cockpit!

Hi all,
Did some more work on this this evening,and thought of this dio idea.
What do you think?
Cheers,

Microman.

Here is this fellow  with all the the details added and ready for paint.Also started to make the bricks for the dio out of air dry clay.Thanks for looking.
Cheers,

Microman.

wow, looks progress good and clean. Now I'm watching the scratch built bricks. Are these for the wall in the diorama vignette? 

SprueOne

wow, looks progress good and clean. Now I'm watching the scratch built bricks. Are these for the wall in the diorama vignette? 

 

 

Thank you and yes the bricks are for the corner of a bombed out building.See pics below.

Thanks for looking.

Nice wip/tutorial!!! this subject reminds me the tyrant mech from patlabor.

Following it

Homemade bricks!  This keeps getting better and better!

Thanks for the comments,

Here is a little update.Have the basic wall ruins done,Next will be dry-brushing and washes.Sand,small rocks and some dry vegetation will be added as well.Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Microman.

Really looking swell. Was that red LEDs or just a red laser pointed at it's back for photo effect? 

SprueOne

Really looking swell. Was that red LEDs or just a red laser pointed at it's back for photo effect? 

Thanks a lot.Yes that is just a laser pointer but if you see my post in the tecniques section of the forum I have been working on some really small leds for use in models.

Cheers,

Microman.

 

 

Thanks for the comments,and here is an overdo update on this guy.

Thanks for looking.

Base with a small amount of vegetation added

In these next pictures I have sculpted the joint covers and have started the painting process.

This is after the first coat of a dark mahogany color

These two pictures show the next colors to be added in thin coats,

First the dark brownish green.

Then the desert yellow as the final color coat.

Painted the basic color on this suit,next will be filters,decals and weathering.

Thanks for looking.

Great progress, and interesting work with the colors.  Did you brush-paint it, then?  Will you eventually hit it with a matte lacquer of some kind, or leave the small level of gloss?  I can see doing either, to rerpesent different kinds of material used to make the armor.

Your homemade bricks really look fantastic, too, that was such a great idea! 

Best regards,

Brad

the Baron

Great progress, and interesting work with the colors.  Did you brush-paint it, then?  Will you eventually hit it with a matte lacquer of some kind, or leave the small level of gloss?  I can see doing either, to rerpesent different kinds of material used to make the armor.

Your homemade bricks really look fantastic, too, that was such a great idea! 

Best regards,

Brad

Thanks Brad.

Yes it's brush painted with Tamiya acrylics thinned with Lacquer thinner.The finish will be slightly shiny.Yeah those bricks worked out very well as when you break them they have a scale roughness to the grain of the brick.

Here is another update with the I.D. bands and some of the decals done.Thanks for looking.

Microman.

Hi all,

Did the decaling then clear coat,oil washes and chipping done with Humbrol enamel.Next I will make it all dusty with light sand colored pigments.Painted the pilot but have to do some touch ups.

Thanks for looking,

Microman.

great  weathering  

Looking really good

Hi all,

This is all finished,thanks for looking.

Wow!!

Fantastic work there.

Nice job all the way around.

Excellent finish, great results!  I love the weathered finish you've achieved.