Dantay VI Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hi, I am wondering if anyone can offer me a bit of advice basedon their experiences with varnish please? I have been working on my Fire Raptor for my Space Wolves As you can see I have been using a wee bit of metallics on it. I have noticed the aint is starting to rub away a little with handling, so I want to protect it. Now here's the rub... If I hit it all over with matte varnish, will this knock out the nice metallics and dull them tight down? Sould I use matte on the hull and satin on the metals? Or would gloss work? I am worried gloss varnish will be too shiny. I havent used varnishes of any kind to protect my models in the past so consider me a varnishing newbie. Thanks in advance for your help with this quandary!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300130-varnish-and-metallics/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Eilam Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 If I hit it all over with matte varnish, will this knock out the nice metallics and dull them tight down? Yep. You'll still be able to tell it's metallic paint, but the shine will be gone. Gloss will be, well, glossy. Probably not the effect you're after either, judging by the weathering on your gun barrels, for example. If you want protection worth the name, you'll need a couple of coats of gloss anyway, and then optionally dull it down with matt. Matt varnish alone won't help. Personally I don't use varnish for protection, and I never have any issues with paint rubbing off. My advice would be to stop handling it any more than necessary, be careful where you do touch it, and fix the paint now and then when accidents happen. My understanding is that's what 'Eavy Metal do with the Studio armies too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300130-varnish-and-metallics/#findComment-3882384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Hahaha... Will do! I am painting by hand and have put a lot of hours into it, so unfortunately handling it has had to be done.. Once she is done handling will be less of a problem. I might go with a coating of gloss, then matte to knock it back, then a dab of satin across the golds, maybe leave the other metals alone... I'd like to give the golds a sheen, without it being excessive. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300130-varnish-and-metallics/#findComment-3882408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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