Insanity and its not FSN

[Fenton]

The method the person has used to paint these looks like a method I saw used at the Benno's figures site by an Italian chap there...I cant remember the exact details but its not quite a dip but something slightly similar

[Hertsblue]

"Auction fever" can strike at any time. Back in the seventies one of our club members paid £52 in a bidding war for a single 25mm general figure (admittedly beautifully painted) at a Society of Ancients auction. At the time that was the equivalent of a month's pay for the average drone. And he was a postman by trade.

[toxicpixie]

Ouch... I hope it won many games!

Fenton - I don't like the "dip & pray" approach so I tend to brush on if I use te shade technique - it's more controllable. I also tend to use a B&Q equivalent that's a/ affordable, and b/ can be cleaned with water. I find life's too short for turps

[FierceKitty]

I find life's too short for Turks

Well, it's true the Poles often beat them....

[Fenton]

Ouch... I hope it won many games!

Fenton - I don't like the "dip & pray" approach so I tend to brush on if I use te shade technique - it's more controllable. I also tend to use a B&Q equivalent that's a/ affordable, and b/ can be cleaned with water. I find life's too short for turps

I brush it on as well...the method I was referring to isnt a varnish shade it was something else entirely..Sadly the forum was redone and all the previous posts lost

[toxicpixie]

Fenton - ah, right - bought the results looked very similar to the Army Painter "official" system - it's probably some weird Future Floor Polish effect

FK - I bet they come off your paint brush easier, too

[Last Hussar]

What B&Q product do you use?

[toxicpixie]

I'd have to check the pot (it lasts a long time!), but it's a satin wood varnish/stain in rose.  I think it's 250ml tin, cost a fiver, has lasted me about four years even with quite a lot of use! Like the Army Painter stuff you need a very matt varnish to take the shine off but thats the only downside.

[toxicpixie]

My "I can't believe it's not Army Painter" product is B&Q Quick Dry Varnish in Rosewood. It's gloss and quite a deep stain colour so needs a/ a really good dull coat varnish (just like the "realthing") and b/ only costs a fiver...

[Last Hussar]

Pixie - do you water it down or anything, or use as is?  How do you apply.

[toxicpixie]

I brush on, usually fairly lightly - especially as scale gets smaller! On 28mm D&D type stuff you can get a bit carried away as there plenty of mini to work with but the smaller the detail the more sparingly you want to try. I generally just use neat - don't think I've had to thin it at all.

If you've used the Army Painter it's like the brown one rather than the black!