Küster & Friedrich pre-shaded

So I put some more paint on these things. Pre-shading.
A Tamiya german-grey and black mix.

Still un decided about the exact colour scheme but it will have a greenish dark yellow as I've already committed to that on the driver's helmet... ha
I did a little test and some photoshopping... still not sure.
Anyway have a look

thanks
Martijn

Added fire power added

I've finished the extra canon for the Küster and I'm actually quite happy with it. It's hugging the body of he Kuster a bit closer now and I've added a thick hose to it (going from the base to the control box)...

Anyway here are some pics...

Now it's all ready for 'almost final' assembly and than paint (I'm going to leave both Küster and Friedrich partly disassembled for ease of paint).

Added fire power

So as I mentioned before, I've been trying to equip the Kuster with some heavy weaponry...

It took me a lot of time and attempts to scratch this thing together and I'm not too sure.

I like the design. It's nice and bulky looking (heavy weaponry), but maybe not on the Kuster.
Maybe if it would ride a bit lower. Be a bit lower on hull, I but haven't had nerve to take the dremel to the base yet (I will probably wreck the whole thing).

Here's a dry-fit...

Friedrich ready for primer!

The build's done.
The joints were covered with Green Stuff added some final detail to the radome thingy.
Now it will get disassembled to get be readied for primer and than paint...

That's all for now.

Friedrich more modding

I've started thinking of the Friedrich as kind of a forward recon (like Kiowa and Apache Helicopters work together, Friedrich and Küster could do the same)... anyway, I thought the suit needed some kind of radar unit.
So I scratched one.

Here are some pics.
This is where I hit the "it will look ok after paint" moment for the first time. Usually happens a couple of times with every build for me... "will fix it in paint" followed by "will fix it with weathering" then "will fix it in washes and pigments".  ;D

I'm thinking a more bulbous radar unit would be more in line with the Ma.K. style, but then it will get very tall. It's all SG-d tight now anyway (still needs some detailing at the base where the unit goes into the suit)
Have a look; let me know what you think.