maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg Königs Kröte - 2

I'm Quick oil wash and another coat of lacquer paint. Now ready for some ink weathering.

maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg Königs Kröte - 1

This kit might as well be considered "vintage" in Ma.K years; it's from WF 2007. The KK is one of Rainbow Egg's biggest resin models. See here for information about future KK releases from Rainbow Egg.

Mr Surfacer 1000 and Tamiya putty mix for texture

After Army Painter Primer and coat of Mr Metal Dark Iron

Hand painted stencil

Inspiration for paint scheme-

 Moto Guzzi racing bike

After one or two passes with Gaia Tan and Orange ID

After  one or two passes with Gaia Tan and Orange ID

After a few coats of Tamiya Desert Yellow mixed with White

maschinen krieger - New Fireball

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maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg/ Wave New Fireball- 5. Chips, ink and oil paint.

 I'm satisfied with the chipping and overall weathering, so I'm about done with it.

Often I'm asked about weathering and when and where do I begin it. There was a time when I painted the kit up and then weather it with several oil and enamel washes, stains and modulations. Then I started "pre weathering" with oil and enamal washes. Now I begin weathering when I lay down the base or first coat of colour using lacquers and inks. Toward the end I use oil paints (when working with white base colour) and Copic Marker inks, but I don't use them as washes. It's a process and meant to built up the layers.

maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg/ Wave New Fireball- 4. Oil paint

After a go with different shades white, grey and umber. All very subtile.

maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg/ Wave New Fireball- 3. Large Decals andpaint, top coat

4.The decal is form an 80's Skyhawk kit that I guess I built back when Miami Vice was on NBC on Friday nights. They scream Merc.
I put the larger decals on prior to completing painting. I do this so I can paint up to the edge of the decal for a rough look.

A few more passes with Gaia lacquers and then oil paints which will need time to dry.

 

maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg/ Wave New Fireball- 2. paint, base coats.

Paint time.

1. Primed with Army Painters black and Gun metal.

2. Coat of mr colour Dark Iron

3. First coats of Gia Evo red primer and Gia Ma.K  anti- flash.

Looks like a white wash. I'm tempted to do a bit more and stop because this part, this look has always been my favorite. I wish I had the guts to stop here. 

maschinen krieger - Rainbow Egg/ Wave New Fireball- 1. the build

I love this suit variant and thankful Tomoyuki Kato at Rainbow Egg and Kow Yokoyama released the New Fire Ball earlier this year.

To learn how to order your own, see my post from earlier this year- http://jsan9.blogspot.com/2015/01/maschinen-krieger-rainbow-eggs-new.html?m=1

NEW FIREBALL - Rainbow Egg set to develop new SAFS space type conversion kit!

Now that I have all the parts to scratch build the boots...

Big news from Kato san and Rainbow Egg this morning on FB-

Kato san will begin to develop Kow's New Fireball design (from I believe the 80's) which contains blazing rocket boots and interesting upper SAFS body to work with Wave's Seapig, Fireball and Snake Eye. What will make this kit different from other garage kits offered at past WF is Kato san will try to engineer the kit so the boots are removable.  This opens up the possibility for great dio's and story telling.

It's not clear yet if the conversion kit will be available through Rainbow Egg's mail order or be a WF offering only.  Stay tuned or check http://blog.rainbow-egg.net/

The photo's of the New Fire Ball on Rainbow Eggs blog are of Kow's original design and build.