[WM] Stormwind Rails Against the Lead Mountain

[Jono]

Hi, going back to my earlier question about the varnish.  Following your advice I got hold of some Vallejo acrylic matt varnish. I've watered it down a lot, maybe 1:50, and it still seems quite milky. It applies clear,  but I'm wondering how much varnish I'm actually applying.

How much do you water it down by?

Thanks

Jono

[Stormwind]

That sounds about right.  Once you apply it, it looks clear.

I just make sure it doesn't pool too much in recesses and on the base - just like you would with a normal wash.

Then I put it into the airing cupboard to dry for 20 minutes - then I repeat the process.

Try it on a test model first.

I started doing 2 coats but now I do several if I have time.

[Stormwind]

Latest Chaos Warrior unit completed!

And a group shot of it all lined up!  12 blister packs done... About 200 more to go. @.@

[Stuart Bleything]

Very nice finish , looking good .

Stuart

[azrael71]

Best varnish technique.
Halfords Clear coat first.
Followed by a light dusting of testors dullcote.
I used vallejo on some other projects and found it to dull down the model too much taking the vibrancy out of the colours.

40,000 pts of warmaster can't be wrong

[amnar]

Hi, going back to my earlier question about the varnish.  Following your advice I got hold of some Vallejo acrylic matt varnish. I've watered it down a lot, maybe 1:50, and it still seems quite milky. It applies clear,  but I'm wondering how much varnish I'm actually applying.

How much do you water it down by?

Thanks

Jono

Vallejo Matt acrylic varnish turns milky and hazy when you water it down. It has issues with the medium. I uses to use it extensively, and I'd actually add acrylic medium to the varnish. Now I use vallejo polyurthane Matt varnish, it's friggin awesome, and super durable. I strongly recommend it.

[Stormwind]

This is a pic of the two terrain bases I started making 2 weeks ago.  They are 3mm thick MDF cut up with a jigsaw and then filed round the edges. Then they are sanded along the very edge to make them look less harsh and I layer on the resin with an old modelling knife and an old paintbrush.  I bought the white pumice without thinking when I should have bought the black sand one instead, would have saved me some black undercoating paint!  Whilst it was still wet I added some shredded slate from a Warhammer basing kit.

I bought some not-that-cheap-but-cheaper-than-Games-Worshop-by-a-mile acrylic in Black and Brown from my local independent art shop and then Painted them so far.  It's still very dark. Going to use the dregs of some GW adeptus battlegrey and some Khemri brown mixed up to lighten it and add the grey rocks on.  Then I will give a light coat of PVA as a cheap varnish and add some big patches of GW static grass.

I plan to use it for Warmaster, Warhammer, 40k, SAGA etc.

Terrain bases are just a fab idea.

[jchaos79]

looking good

[marell le fou]

Yep. For my part, i'm happy with my white sand pumice (or equivalent from Prince August). Rather white than black, for you can turn your white into black easily, while the reverse is not possible. And white basing is far lighter. I prefer, for my part.

About grass, beware not to add to much of them. I consider in 10 mm range sanding is ok for making grass. If you had classical flocage, in will add some extremly high grass. Frequently, there are not so many of them in nature. And they are regrouped as sod rahter than large areas.

[Stormwind]

And all varnished up and static grassed.

=)

[jchaos79]

Well done!

[marell le fou]

I'm not really fond of the green spots.

For my part, i found the grass flocage too high for common grass. I paint my sanded bases in earth and then green to make common grass, and add some clumps of this grass flocage here and there, with pieces of cork to add rocks and avoid this spot aspect.

[Stormwind]

These are the kind of thing I was emulating and hoping to surpass:
http://scenics.co.uk/index.php?option=com_rokecwid&view=ecwid&Itemid=141#!/~/product/category=3196106&id=13748231

Remember, also, these are just prototypes - I'm nervous about actually painting things green because that reminds me of how hideous everything looked in the 90s in wargaming, goblin green bases, anyone? =-P

[Stormwind]

Finally got round to borrowing my Dad's jigsaw!

4 new pieces done, pictured here with the first 2 test pieces.

I'm going to order about 20 trees from S&A scenics so I can really do a nicely wooded board

[Stormwind]

After weeks of inactivity I cleared my desk and left one thing to paint.  Been super ill but still managed to concentrate on finishing this guy!