Thanks all for the comments.
I can't say that I normally go for GW stuff, but the captain was just too lovely a sculpt to miss out on. The original mini had plenty of the usual WH40K eagles etc on it that I had to pare off, but I'm very happy with it. I hadn't clocked the VSF connection, but he'd go great wouldn't he?
The cap had his second coat of varnish added today. At the same time, I've revarnished the engineers. This has taken a bit of the sheen off, so they look better than in the pic, but they're still a bit shiny. The whole thing has been a mystery. It's the same bottle of varnish I always use, always vigorously shaken, so why these went funny is anyone's guess. Perhaps the barometer was just low that day. I really like the Galeria varnish, started on it after recommendations from LAF, but this is the only time it's behaved strangely. Just peculiar, frankly.