The Zhodani Commando: SF3D/Maschinen Krieger/Robot Battle V: Ammo Knights

Blog discription

What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Sunday, February 23, 2025

SF3D/Maschinen Krieger/Robot Battle V: Ammo Knights

Inspiration and information for my project was taken from Lincoln Wright book MK.44.

To quote from his book "The 3rd Company MK44 consists of elite pilots organized into "Playing Card" squadrons."

2nd Armored Regiment 3rd MK Company "Card Soldiers" are shown here. The AMMOKNIGHTS shown here are heavy armored fighting suits equipped with handgrip smart guns that automatically tracks the target. The suits were designed by human kind to fight an A.I. opponent.

I tried to replicate his paint scheme on page 60 for his AXEKNIGHT using his idea that these ground pounders were operating in a toxic environment. Like acid rain and such. Now this wasn't an easy project because of scale. Trying to replicate this work in 15mm was not easy for me, and I wasn't totally satisfied with my end results, It just felt messy. First I am not a Model painter, I am a miniature painter. My technique being more three layer approach, between the lines, with maybe a little dusty dry brushing.

When working in smaller scale you need to make things brighter to make them pop and catch the audiences eye. But I got to the point in the project, do I dare try adding a little bit more in and risk the destruction of how far I've come. Sometimes you got to know when to stop throwing good money after bad. My last mistake I made, and I could kick myself over it, was I used a number 1 decal. In the card deck their is no number 1... ooops. My military brain was thinking traditional numbering.

Anyways that's what I got. I hope you like the 15mm version of what Lincoln came up with for a paint scheme.