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28MM MODULAR FACTORY SET LONG TAG

PAINTING OF THE FACTORY

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Read this entire instructional first and acquire what you will need to complete this, some things you may want to substitute - for example you may want you factory to be gray stone and not brick.Remember, Take your time. It is also good to write down how you painted your factory so as you acquire more sets they will be similar in look and feel.
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28mm Factory painting guide
Completely primer your model in flat black spray paint, you may
want to spray it 2 - 3 times. the shine on the wet paint will make it
hard to see the missed spots. Be sure to check the under areas of
your model also. Let dry throughly.
28mm Factory painting guide
Once completely dry, mist spray with a flat red paint, misting is not
spraying throughly but simply pressing and releasing several time
till you have a nice red over the black but the black paint still visible
through the red. let dry.

28mm Factory painting guide
We used an acrylic paint  by "Apple Barrel"  bought from Wal-mart  
called "Barn Red" acrylic paint for the first stage of dry brushing. put
a small amount on a piece of card board and brush your paint brush
through it briskly until hardly any comes off on a piece of card board
first .
28mm Factory painting guide
Now dry brush all the brick areas of the factory, Dry brushing is hardly
any wet paint on your brush, you move your brush quickly over the surface
of the model to get the raised areas of the model to bring out the detail. Practice
this on a piece of card board until you are comfortable with this step. 
28mm Factory painting guide
Next repeat the dry brushing only add a small drop of off white, we used
"Vintage White" by Folk-Art again from Wal-mart.
28mm Factory painting guide
Repeat same step dry brushing on cardboard first until hardly any comes
off then dry brush all bricked areas of your factory.
28mm Factory painting guide
When you are complete it should look something like this.
28mm Factory painting guide
Note all bricked areas have been dry brushed, here are some samples
of what it should look like...
28mm Factory painting guide
And here...
28mm Factory painting guide
And here, again all bricked areas including the bricked rubble piles,
the wooden section we added to the factory has been also dry brushed in
this step to bring out the stain that will be added to it later in the painting. 
28mm Factory painting guide
This step uses Pastels which can be bought in any art store.
28mm Factory painting guide
We used black, red and orange. very lightly rub them over the bricked
surface.
28mm Factory painting guide
Next briskly use a brush to "rub" the colors in, you can repeat until
you get the desired look. This gives the bricks a multi color dusty
look.
28mm Factory painting guide
finished look. (not in the picture, go back with either dark brown
or black stain and paint some random single bricks for extra detail)
28mm Factory painting guide
The factory with pastels added.
28mm Factory painting guide
The furnace also...
28mm Factory painting guide
Next we add the off white to simulate the washing effect from the mortar,
this is dabbed on ...
28mm Factory painting guide
Dab the color something like this, just random. light a heavy. (The
support wall at this time should be painted gray if you are going to
use the windows only.
28mm Factory painting guide
The factory has been complete in the step.

28mm Factory painting guide
Next, you will have a sheet with a brick wall and windows, you can
either add the 2 sheet brick pattern to your support wall or (as we did)
cut out the window sections and stick them to the support wall.
28mm Factory painting guide

Paint your floors a gray for cement. I have noticed that when buildings are
destroyed and they crumble, a find layer of dust coats every thing and
the fires that once raged leave burn lines on the walls. Mist the entire
factory inside LIGHTLY with gray spray paint or airbrush to simulate this.
 For fire lines, the best way to do this is with an airbrush but some don't
have one so you can use flat black spray paint by simply spraying
"QUICKLY" in lines where you want to show fire lines, try it first on a
piece of cardboard or paper. NOTE be careful if you spray an
area to long it WILL be spayed too black! Take your time and practice!
28mm Factory painting guide
Here you see the black misting on the walls...
28mm Factory painting guide
And here, see how light it is, you can still very much see the detail.
28mm Factory painting guide
Here it was added to the furnace open areas.
28mm Factory painting guide
Spray or paint black the metal areas of your factory then dry brush
them with a sliver lightly. (remember the dry brushing process as
described above with the brick except with silver in this step)
28mm Factory painting guide
The entire roof has been painted gray,then the roof corrugated added.
and you would dry brush silver the corrugated roof sections. 
28mm Factory painting guide
next to the roof or any of the metal in your factory you can add dark
brown stain to simulate rust from rain or moister.
28mm Factory painting guide
Simply dab the ink on the desired areas...
28mm Factory painting guide
An example....
28mm Factory painting guide
and another.
28mm Factory painting guide
Note: the extended roof sections make for a great place to lift the roof off
of the factory to gain access to the inside of the factory. be sure to seal
it with a sealer well as it will get extra use once you are finished painting it.
28mm Factory painting guide
The factory is complete!
28mm Factory painting guide
I will admit these are pretty clean for the photos but you can go back and mist
the factory, add dirt and so on until you are happy with your model. we used an
off white to mist the wall for more color also.
28mm Factory painting guide
The sniper's nest turned out pretty good! it was simply stained with a
dark brown.
28mm Factory painting guide
You can see it better here... Don't for get to seal you building down with a
clear coat!
28mm Factory painting guide
We added a Pipes & Gantries set and WOW! it is really neat, lots
of places for men to hide and fight around.! I  hope this has aided you
in your factory, see the FACTORY GALLERY PAGE for more photos
of the factory and ideas to model and paint your factory!