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Blogger Secundus said...

Very nice, they're really taking shape. In my experince you can't get more Celtic than a nice head of red hair....and you've nailed it again!

Do you gloss varnish your figures before you matt varnish them? I have just come across this and don't know if to start doing it. It seems a little to much work for me, being lazy as I am.

7 March 2009 at 13:57

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Secundus, almost there; I just need one more push. Painting a unit of 24 takes forever...

The gloss varnish protects; the matt sealant only seals and matts, and doesn't really protect the figure. So I usually whack on a couple coats of gloss varnish spray and then selectively matt varnish the matt bits; this protects the figures practically for ever. In this instance I just matt sealed the whole figures before doing the shiny bits (but I'll gloss varnish the swords and helmets anyhow, because I'm that anal!) ;-)

7 March 2009 at 18:06

Blogger Secundus said...

I see.....food for thought there. Thanks.

7 March 2009 at 20:49

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Varnishing is the dullest thing in the world, apart from re-painting! ;-)

7 March 2009 at 23:50

Blogger Andrew said...

I agree, these are coming very along nicely. I must say I was shocked to see that rust-red base coat!

I always paint the torques last. It's like a little reward for finishing the rest of the figure.

I once tried varnishing with gloss first. For some reason I couldn't get the shiny-ness to go away—no matter how many times I sprayed on the matte varnish. These days I use brush-on Windsor & Newton matt acrylic varnish. Of course, I don't wargame much, so my models don't get handled too often.

8 March 2009 at 03:18

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Andrew, I reckon the Torques are fussy annoying little bits!

I enjoyed using the rust red undercoat; I'll do it again if I have to do another nekkid or near nekkid unit. Rust red is the new black!

Simon

8 March 2009 at 15:15

Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.
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