IMPACT! MINIATURES

Spiky · Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Swindon, U.K.

I like these too, and would like to place another vote for a full team picture

Purdindas · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Location: Scotland

They look awesome. I'm assuming you used a matt varnish. If so how did you get the armour to be shiny again afterwards?
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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

they are not varnished at all...

I painted the armour like:

Dwarf Bronze
Chestnut Ink (which is glossy)
Shining Gold
Burnished Gold

end result looks OKish I guess.. kinda like well polished bronze..

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Justin Kase · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 44

Your skill makes me sick

Excellent, as always, and I really like the color choices.

I would guess they are sponsored by

Although they may be a bit more 300...

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Purdindas · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Location: Scotland

Wow looks good. I totally thought they were varnished.

Have you ever attempted something like that? Say, you did use matt varnish, how would you get the armour to look shiny again? I had the idea of putting PVA on the bits that need to be shiny. Seems to work ok but are their any other techniques?
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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

oh yes I've done it.. you can buy gloss varnish in a pot and then apply it after your spray of matt varnish to achieve the desired result..

I have done it on gems, eyes (big guys, not small eyes!

), bottles, open mouths and also on slimy things like plague monsters entrails and the like..

in fact, come to think of it, I use it quite a lot as a technique..

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Purdindas · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Location: Scotland

Cool

Thanks Norse

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