The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on August 27, 2005

A friend gave me some miniatures advice:
1.) Matte varnish doesn't give as good protection (not as thick) as gloss varnish.
2.) Gloss varnish gives good protection, but is shiny.
3.) A good coverage (several coats, turning the mini around to get all angles) of gloss will give excellent protection, and if you then zap it with a quick coat of matte, the matte will make it non-glossy.

Surprisingly, this worked. I figured that the matte would reduce the glossiness, but not eliminate it totally. However, it almost eliminates it completely.

Anyway, it worked so well on what I was painting, that I pulled out a bunch of other figures which I had painted glossy (because that was all I had at the time) and got them with a coat of matte. While I had them out, I figured I'd take some pics of them.

These are all minis used for shadowrun. Some were painted by me, others (most of the female figures) were painted by Liz and . I finished some of them up (detail work, eyes, etc.) and varnished them.

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These guys are used as Renraku Red Samurai.

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I think these are mostly real SR figures. The one on the far right is a Copplestone figure, I think.

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I think these are all Copplestone “Macho Women With Guns” figures.

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I think the left three are more Copplestone “Macho Women With Guns”, and that the right most one is an armory figure, but I'm not sure.

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I think these last three are more Copplestone “Macho Women With Guns”.

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