Captain Blood's Twilight of Britannia... More Arthurians! (P.26)

[tomrommel1]

very nice figures indeed

[nikko]

Hello,
Wonderful painting !!! An inspiration for my Goth !!!
Nikko

[Painter_Dan]

Very beautiful models indeed

I hope to see more of these in the near future, they are very,very inspiring. Also, how do you get the lovely matt finish on your models?

Cheers,
Dan

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Dan. It's just Winsor & Newton Galeria matt varnish, brushed on liberally 
It does give a very good flat matt finish.
I then varnish the metal parts and helmets with a thinned down acrylic gloss varnish, to restore their shine.
That's it. Hope that helps 

[rumacara]

Again a very nice force of early saxons and a beautifull painting Richard.

[Axebreaker]

Excellent work Captain!

It's just Winsor & Newton Galeria matt varnish, brushed on liberally  Smiley
It does give a very good flat matt finish.

I agree and it's what I use as well and gives a superb smooth matt finish.

Christopher

[Painter_Dan]

Looks like I'll need to invest in some of that then. Where do you recommend getting it from? And do you just apply it straight out of the pot? And also do you varnish the model first and then apply the matt finish?

Thanks again,

Dan

[Captain Blood]

It's pretty widely available from art shops and stationers in the UK and online of course. Think you can buy it most places globally too.
No, I know a lot of people swear by the 'gloss first, matt afterwards' approach to varnishing miniatures, but I've never found it necessary. Then again, my figures don't get heavy use. I only play occasionally, not week in, week out, with the same figures.
And yes, straight from the bottle. It's a pretty reliably matt product.

[redzed]

HERESY!!!!!    BURN THE WITCH!!!!

most important thing when varnishing figures is .................

make sure they are primed correctly.

[Harry Faversham]

It's pretty widely available from art shops and stationers in the UK and online of course. Think you can buy it most places globally too.
No, I know a lot of people swear by the 'gloss first, matt afterwards' approach to varnishing miniatures, but I've never found it necessary. Then again, my figures don't get heavy use. I only play occasionally, not week in, week out, with the same figures.
And yes, straight from the bottle. It's a pretty reliably matt product.

Cap'n you say your figures don't get heavy use, in your experience would you say that figures matted with Winsor & Newton Galeria matt varnish would stand up to normal use? So far I've been happy with a gloss varnish on my ancients, but the matt finish you get looks too excellent to pass on, but only if it won't kind of rub off a gloss varnished bunch of figures with normal usage.

[Captain Blood]

I don't believe it rubs off, any more than matt acrylic paint rubs off. But what you do find is that the natural grease in people's fingertips will inevitably put a slight shine on some of the raised detail of matt varnished figures, if they get a lot of regular handling. Obviously this doesn't show on gloss varnished figures.

This, by the way, is why – much as I enjoy a beer and some tasty nosh as part of an evening’s wargaming – I NEVER provide pizza.

In fact, serving any kind of greasy finger food to wargaming chums who are about to handle your lovingly-painted, matt-varnished miniatures, is the fastest way I can think of to ruin them. Only a doner kebab could possibly do worse damage.
 
Even seemingly ‘dry’ foods like pork pies or samosas will leave a residual film of grease on the fingers. And however much you wipe them, this will inevitably transfer onto your figures: unless you force people to wash their hands in hot, soapy water after eating – which of course, most people wouldn’t.

So if I’m feeding people during or before a wargame, I’ll always go for chilli, curry, shepherd’s pie, or suchlike. Anything you like, in fact, as long as it can be eaten with a fork and not with fingers. That’ll certainly help keep your figures nice and matt-looking 

[von Lucky]

Amen. I too can't stand finger food and wargaming.

[Captain Blood]

Bit of a hiatus there, sorry about that. Back with my last lot of early Saxons (apart from a couple more bowmen) fresh from the LPL.
All Footsore Miniatures, apart from the slinger who is a Gripping Beast plastic figure with a bit of Green Stuff titivation...

Now I have to start on the Arthurians - including a lot of cavalry 

The ruin is another one by Manor House Workshop. Think it just about works okay as a derelict villa... 

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Lovely 

When I look at the old geezer I can't help but think 'Merlin'