Frost paint on a plain AK: no blueprint of its own, the AK's bill of 50 high quality metal, springs, wood and a body. Owners can skin an AK they already hold.
Check your hands before the bench. The repair bench applies skins you own to items you already have, so a plain AK can take the frost without a second rifle body going into a new gun. For most skin owners that is cheaper by a whole rifle.
A fresh one is no separate craft either. The Ice rifle has no blueprint and no research cost: you craft from the assault rifle recipe and pick the frost if the skin is yours. Every row matches, from the high quality metal to durability and recycler yield, so the frost is a choice of looks.
A new one makes sense as a teammate's second gun. That body was going into an AK anyway.
Questions
Ice Assault Rifle ×10: how many resources?
High Quality Metal ×500, Wood ×2,000, Metal Spring ×40, Rifle Body ×10.
Which workbench does Ice Assault Rifle need?
Workbench level 3.
How long does Ice Assault Rifle take to craft?
35 s for one, every step included.
How much scrap does researching Ice Assault Rifle take?