The two big things I've accomplished is I picked up some gloss varnish for the slann and applied it to him in his entirety. I was having problems with the paint chipping and was told that sealing them with varnish is a good way to prevent that from happening. I'm trying to decide now if I should get some matte varnish to apply and reduce the shininess a little.
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I also figured out my color scheme for the leaves and did those up. Credit goes to Alex for his tips on the matter. I coated the leaves with Knarloc Green, washed them with Devlan Mud, applied a drybrush of Goblin Green, washed them with Thraka Green, drybrushed with Snot Green, and then applied a final wash of Thraka Green.
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Anyone have suggestions? They are welcome!
Looking good on the leaves there!
ReplyDeleteAs for the varnish, there's a camp of painters who prefer to use a gloss varnish followed by a matte. I usually just use a matte. The last time I tried both I overdid the gloss and I now have a FoW platoon that's bit on the shinny side - oops.
Interestingly, I just bought the August White Dwarf and at the end of the article about painting the new Daemon Prince, there's a blurb about using varnish. Apparently GW's 'eavy-metal team doesn't use anything since they're painting mini's primarily as display pieces. I guess its person preference really.
Thanks! I really appreciate the help.
ReplyDeleteI've got a friend who has some matte varnish. I'm hoping I'll get the chance in the near future to finish off the slann and see how he looks. I might skip straight to the matte varnish in the future, I'm undecided.
A friend of mine collects all of the white dwarfs. I'll have to ask him to borrow his copy.
My copy of White Dwarf is at my desk, you know that :-P. Just come over and grab it.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with Matte Varnish is solely that it's more likely to chip over time than Gloss is. That's why a lot of people use both. Honestly though, as Alex said, it's really a matter of preference. They can last quite a while before chipping.