| Triccor | 01 Sep 2014 4:28 p.m. PST |
After painting and matt coating my British and German infantry from Caesar Miniatures, an unexpected glossy aspect appeared..I used Vallejo colours and several hands of Testor matt coating. Really I don't like glossy for WW2 wargame miniatures; have you got any suggestion to restore the matt appearance?
Thanks in advance.
Emanuele |
| FABET01 | 01 Sep 2014 4:43 p.m. PST |
I've had pretty good results with Army Painter brush on flat varnish. It will look satiny at first, but after a day or two to completely dry, it will flatten quite a bit. |
Frederick  | 01 Sep 2014 5:23 p.m. PST |
Agreed – in my case I used the Army Painter anti-shine; seems to work pretty well for my WWII Soviets |
| BrotherSevej | 01 Sep 2014 6:23 p.m. PST |
Yep, used the same thing for FFG's soft plastic. Brush on Army Painter anti-shine. |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 01 Sep 2014 7:19 p.m. PST |
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| vexillia | 02 Sep 2014 1:58 a.m. PST |
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| Triccor | 02 Sep 2014 2:13 a.m. PST |
Thank you, guys. I never had the same problem on Esci/Italeri, Revell and Pegasus soldiers (the first ones were painted 10 years ago), so I supposed that the quality of plastic used by Caesar could have an imortant role on the glossy aspect on the miniatures after the painting phase. Anyway, the Army Painter Anti-Shine Matte Varnish seems to be a very good choise. Moreover, it is a spray!
Emanuele |
| Fizzypickles | 02 Sep 2014 3:42 a.m. PST |
I don't think it can be what you are using. My guess would be the conditions you are using it in. Also, you only have to apply a flat or matt coat ever slightly to thick esp in humid conditions and you will get 'shine' or worse the dreaded 'frosting' I would be tempted to give the figures a coat of gloss, leave them for 24 hours and then re-apply a very light coat of your flat coat of choice. |
| Triccor | 02 Sep 2014 5:30 a.m. PST |
A priori I agree with you, Fizzypickles. Anyway, I painted two miniatures from two different manufacturers (Italeri and Caesar) with the same process, the same colours, the same brush, in the same room conditions and then I stocked them in the same place. After one week, the first miniature(Italeri)was matt and the second (Caesar)glossy. So my feeling was that the root cause was the type of plastic. In order to solve the problem, I will follow you suggestion, then I will try with Army Painter Anti-Shine Matte Varnish.
I hope to give to you good news. Thanks a lot,
Emanuele |
| BelgianRay | 02 Sep 2014 11:28 a.m. PST |
If you painted with Vallejo, why then not use Vallejo matt coat ? I've used all possible matt coats but Vallejo is "really" matt.
Furthermore, Vallejo paints should be thouroughly shaken before used or they may come out glossy. |
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