{"product_id":"fireline-001-rex","title":"FIRELINE 001 REX","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFIRELINE 001 REX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSubtitle \/ Series Line\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA Scale Modelling Technique Guide by Lincoln Wright · FIRELINE Series — Studio Release 001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOverview\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🛰️ \u003cstrong\u003eProduct Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormats Available:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🔥 \u003cstrong\u003eWorkbench Edition + Digital — Best Value\u003c\/strong\u003e · Print Book + Digital Edition (PDF)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e📗 \u003cstrong\u003ePrint Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e · Print Book Only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e💻 \u003cstrong\u003eDigital Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e · PDF Only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a pre-order. The print run is sized to the order book — pre-ordering is how you get into the first printing. Delivery details below.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e✦ \u003cstrong\u003eThe Build I Owed This Kit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI built the Barbatos Lupus Rex once before. A sponsor asked for clean. I delivered clean. It performed, it was published, and it never sat right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is the version I actually wanted to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFIRELINE 001 documents the full studio treatment of Bandai's Full Mechanics 1\/100 Lupus Rex — a machine from a universe where combat is kinetic. These suits don't exchange beam fire at range. They dent, scrape, cook from the inside, and drag themselves home covered in dust and hydraulic fluid. Every surface decision in this build has a story reason: scavenged armour carries a different texture than factory plate, chipping concentrates where the machine hits things, and the finish is asymmetric because the damage was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe entire build is hand-brushed. No airbrush touches this model — not the base coats, not the weathering, not the finish. Every chip is painted on, not chipped off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is both a gallery book and a bench document.\u003c\/strong\u003e The gallery pages show what changed — the sponsor build and this one, side by side. The bench pages show how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e📘 \u003cstrong\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRELINE 001 REX · 32 Pages · Full Colour · Softcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA4 wire-bound field manual. Lays flat during painting sessions. Premium satin stock — durable and wipeable. Clear protective covers front and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✦ The Complete Build\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe studio re-shade — replacing the toy palette with a grounded military scheme, and the reasoning behind every colour call\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSticker elimination through hand-brushed layering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditive chipping — the full painted-on system: colour order, tool comparison, and the unifying pass that makes five armour schemes read as one worn machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy this machine gets no panel lining — and what replaces it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo surface languages on one model — rough scavenged plate against cold-rolled factory steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe exposed inner frame sequence — base metal, picked-out hydraulics, oil pin-wash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOils without an airbrush — dust, streaking, and asymmetric heat staining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarkings at 1\/100 — why small and tight reads big\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore \/ after gallery — the sponsor build and the studio build, side by side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated build narrative — the story logic behind every surface decision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e⚙️ \u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFIRELINE is the new studio series: one complete build per volume, methodology extracted, nothing padded. REX is volume one. Every technique in it was executed with brushes and hobby-shop paints — no airbrush, no specialist equipment — and every technique transfers to whatever is on your bench next. If you followed the build on YouTube, this is the full methodology in sequence, with the reasoning that never fit inside an episode, in a format that lives on the bench instead of a second screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e🧩 \u003cstrong\u003eVariant Options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🔥 Workbench Edition + Digital — Best Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFIRELINE 001 REX Workbench Edition (Print)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFIRELINE 001 REX Digital Edition (PDF)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe bench artefact plus the permanent digital archive. Digital delivers first.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e📗 Print Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFIRELINE 001 REX Workbench Edition (Print)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe physical book only. 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