Army Painter Varnish

[badgersplatter]

Hey y'all,
I ordered a can of this stuff from Wayland, as I thought it would be a good idea to varnish my guys to protect them.

However since then, I keep seeing posts about how it's really temperamental and ruins figures easily.

Now I'm concerned - has anyone pinned it down to what causes this and how to avoid it?

[Cosmic]

I believe it's the same problems you can get with most spray cans, they're VERY temperamental to temperature and the such.

I may be wrong though

[3ff3ct]

Jan 27, 2012 6:25:02 GMT -5 Cosmic said:

...they're VERY temperamental to temperature and the such.

And moisture/humidity. Hot dry days are the best for varnishing.

Other than that, yep they're as good as the next spray varnish

[badgersplatter]

I think I've seen that the safest bet is to coat with gloss first, then matte. Just need to figure out which! Cheers for the tips.

[3ff3ct]

Really? That sounds like an opportunity for double disaster!!

Or maybe that's my inner pessimist. At least you'd be certain it wouldn't chip

[Cosmic]

Most military modellers do gloss varnish first, and then Matte varnish it for a final effect so it obviously has something too it.