The 6 - Can
n Shuf
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and som
me simple printed stuff.

Thiis is a shoort ‘how to’

t
paiint article
e to showiing
howw we paintted our Sahhara
Forrt using 6 cans of spray
s
paiint, some printed
p deccal
papper and a little bit of
dryy brush annd ink wassh.
It's
s a quick process
p th
hat
can
n give youu some real lly
nicce results for many
typpes of ston
ne buildinng.

The 1st thin

ng to note
e is, the MDF
M
es not nee
doe ed sealing
g or primiing.

The 2nd is, unlike ma any other kits the fort modu ules were
par
rt assemblled beforee the spraay paint was
w applie
ed. The
buiildings we
ere assembbled but NOT
N gluedd to their base
ter
rrain tilees, the barrack rooof walkwayys were leeft unglueed
and
d the doorr and winddow detail
l cards weere not fiitted.

Oncce assemblled all of

f the modu
ules were given a quick
q spra
ay over w
with
a red
r oxide. In this case it was
w an Arm
my Painter Fur Broown I had
knocking around in th he work room.
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he oxide base
b coat is
i great for
f all de
esert pain
ntwork. On
nce the ba
ase colour
r was dry
th
he buildin
ngs were split
s from
m their ba
ases. This
s allowed the basess and inte
eriors to be
b
 
pa
ainted with
hout the one gettin
ng in the way of th
he other.
 
Wo
orking thr
rough key
yholes is for locksm
miths and
d
  su ot hobby   model
urgeons no m pain
nters.

Base
es Cove
ered
Th
he base tiles were given a good
g coatin
ng of ston
ne
texture spr
ray paint. You'll notice
n the
e base
lour show
col wing throu
ugh. This
s is all pa
art of the
e
pa
aint job. It may ta
ake 2 coats
s and a liittle time
e
fo
or the paint to dry. However
r its quicck and
ef
ffective. No sand, no
n PVA, no
n 24hrs waiting
w
be
efore pain
nting etc.

Now fo
or the Can - Can
With the bases dry
ying I sta
arted to roughly
r sp
pray
up the in
nteriors. I used a marble white
w graf
ffiti
spray paiint to act
t as white
e wash. Again, it was
w
roughly applied to
o mimic a roughly painted wall.
w

Some of the
t buildiings were reattache
ed to theiir
bases for
r painting
g with beiige, sand graffiti
g s
spray
paints.

re roughl
These wer ly and pattchily paiinted. Eacch
coat, wor
rking from
m dark to light all
lowed the base
colours to
t show th
hrough. T
The aim is
s to evoke
e a
sand weat
ther beate
en sand sttone wall dressed in
i a
'mud-sand
d' slurry or where the dress
sed sand stone
s
has flake
ed and wor
rn with ag
ge.

Step
p Insid
de Love
e!
If
f your wan
nting a mo
ore detail
led, refine
ed interio
or,
pr
rotect it when
w spra
aying the outside by
y blocking
g the
wiindow and door open
nings with
h scrunche
ed tissue and
pa
aper. Cut paper to cover the
e openings
s and use tissue
to pack it against
a th
he wall. This way no tape is used
th
hat may da
amage the interior paint wor
rk.

Th
he window and door cards wer
re sprayed
d blue and
d given
  a dry brush
h weatheriing to loo
ok like ol
ld painted
d wood.

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nd now for so
omethin
ng
  a littl
le diffe
erent!
 
Th
here are many
m approoaches to getting a 'textured
d'
   
MD
DF buildin
ng, but few are rea ally capab
ble of
reccreating a 'real' st
tone or br
rick effecct quickly
y.
Yo
ou may wan
nt to use stencils or
o clad th
he whole
kit
t in vacuu
um formed
d plastic sheets.
s Y
You may
eve
en want to 're-crea
ate' the whole
w mode
el using
Sty
yrofoam and
a a biro
o. This is
s a Quick and Simpl
le
guide and al
ll of thos
se options
s are not quick or
mple.
sim OK smarty pa
ants what
t's your op
ption.

Pr
rinted Decal Paper
r - it is quick an
nd simple
e!

Printed
P d Decal
l Paper
r.
it is quick and simple
e!
Decal
l paper is
s availabl
le in whit
te and cle
ear for bo
oth
ink jet
j and la
aser print
ters. For our fort
t I used A4
clear
r inkjet decal
d paper. If you
u choose this
t metho
od of
work
king remem
mber to fo
ollow the makers in
nstruction
ns.
Howe
ever it re
eally is as
s simple as
a printin
ng the eff
fect
you want.
w Oncce printed
d allow th
he ink to dry befor
re
givin
ng the she
eets 2 goo
od coats of
f a spray matt clea
ar
'varn
nish'. I use
u graffiiti matt paint it's really go
ood
in al
ll conditiions. Belt
ton Moloto
ow Clear Matt.
M

Once the ink and

a sealer
r is dry get
g yourse
elf ready
with a shallow
w bowl of warm wat
ter, tissue
e and a
numb
ber 0 roun
nd point brush.
b Ad
dd a small
l amount of
o
vineg
gar to the
e water.

DON'T
T USE SCI
ISSORS!- Rip the decal
d pape
er to get
reall
ly uneven
n edges. Shape
S the tear as you
y go. Keep
K
your scraps to
oo.

Wet the
t areas for the decals
d 1st
t. Use the
e warm
vineg
gar water
r. Soak th
he decals per instr
ructions and
place
e, position
n them. T
The brush helps he
ere. The
vineg
gar helps break th
he water tension
t an
nd helps
preve
ent bubbl
ling and silver air pockets forming
f
under
rneath th
he decals. Use the brush to help posiition
and the
t tissue
e to remov
ve excess water.

Told you, Simp

ple. Once dry add a little colour
c was
sh
  to th
he joints, and a lit
ttle dry brushing
b o a
of
highl
light bone
e colour to
t complet
te the com
mposition.
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 Giive the co
ompleted buildings
b an all ov
ver coat of clear matt to sea
al the deccals to the
e
pa
aint and tone
t any added
a ink wash and paints together.
 
 

Th
his Quick and d Simple Guidde is written to compliment the 148 
paage, full colour guide to m
making and ppainting MDFF model kits 
wrritten by March Attack ‐ Gary Faulkneer. 

he book conttains 8 Full Building step by step guides with 9 
Th
altternative Tecchnique Secttions outlinin
ng more metthods and tip
ps 
for working wiith MDF and card modelss.  

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