A short question about varnish

[Leman]

Thorough application with good quality sable brush, don't overload the brush and don't flock the bases first as if you do overload your brush it will 'pool' on the base and ruin the flock.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55665103@N03/5158035132/in/photostream/

Just noticed you commented on these years ago!

Interestingly I have just rebased my AH 1866 figures, for a variant of Altar of Freedom, on 60x60mm bases. Photos when the bases are finished.

[cameronian]

Interestingly I have just rebased my AH 1866 figures, for a variant of Altar of Freedom, on 60x60mm bases. Photos when the bases are finished.

Look forward to seeing them.

[Hertsblue]

Hear, hear. 

[gerryjelliott]

I've been spraying Army Painter, but I'm now brushing on Vallejo, as I got some 'dusty' looking finishes with the spray. It's slower going though - right now I'm painting individual minis, if I go back to unit bases I may well go back to sprays...

This is a trick for anyone who uses any spray and gets the above affect. Simply repaint the vehicle with varnish with a brush. Voila, the dust look should disappear and the shiny vehicle come through.

The science/techy bit. Its to do with moisture trapped by the varnish and then affecting the refractive index so that you get "internal reflection" from the microscopic water droplets. This is what causes the dustiness look, even to the point where it looks white.

The extra coat of varnish changes the refractive index back, the "internal reflection" stops and so the vehicle looks great again.

[Fenton]

This is a trick for anyone who uses any spray and gets the above affect. Simply repaint the vehicle with varnish with a brush. Voila, the dust look should disappear and the shiny vehicle come through.

The science/techy bit. Its to do with moisture trapped by the varnish and then affecting the refractive index so that you get "internal reflection" from the microscopic water droplets. This is what causes the dustiness look, even to the point where it looks white.

The extra coat of varnish changes the refractive index back, the "internal reflection" stops and so the vehicle looks great again.

Thanks for that...interesting techie stuff

[Hertsblue]

Wish I'd known that twenty years ago! It would have saved an awful lot of grief.

[toxicpixie]

I just found a second light coat of spray does the same trick