"Varnishing armour" Topic
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| colin knight | 18 Jan 2017 5:55 p.m. PST |
I normally Matt varnish. However it does seem to dull it down to much. Gloss is sometimes too shiny having tried that over armour only. |
| Bandolier | 18 Jan 2017 7:37 p.m. PST |
I've heard of people using a satin finish varnish as a compromise. |
| Sandinista | 18 Jan 2017 11:56 p.m. PST |
try a silver highlight over a satin varnish |
| idontbelieveit | 19 Jan 2017 8:14 a.m. PST |
I go back over metal armor with a fresh highlight of the brightest color after having hit it with dullcoat. That puts a little bit of luster back in. |
 BigRedBat  | 19 Jan 2017 8:45 a.m. PST |
I usually paint the minis with floor varnish (Pledge or similar), then matt varnish the matt parts of the minis by hand, leaving the metallic parts. Works well. |
| CeruLucifus | 19 Jan 2017 11:16 a.m. PST |
Depending on the figure, I either do what BigRedBat does or the opposite, which would be topcoat the gloss with matte varnish then paint the metallics by hand with gloss varnish. With a figure with a lot of metal such as full plate armour, I would lean towards spot-painting the matte. Like you I have found gloss too shiny and considered mixing a mid-gloss, i.e. satin. |
| Tarantella | 19 Jan 2017 1:19 p.m. PST |
Finishing off with a light spray of Vallejo satin varnish (in 400ml spray cans) brought up their colours nicely and put a nice finish on the metallics but Royal Mail restrictions seems to have killed the market for it here in the UK |
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