Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Varnishing Miniatures at Night in Winter


This is not exactly varnishing "Best Practice", but when I have a tight deadline to meet I find I can usually get away with gloss varnishing even at night. NEVER try this with a matt varnish!  

They are the last 32 minis for my recruit legion, fresh from the brush of Nick Speller, and I need them finished and based by the 20th for a game...

7 comments:

  1. I once sprayed some minis with gloss lacquer, outside, and noticed 10 minuted later that it was raining heavily. They were fine!

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  2. I looked at this for several seconds before realising that it didn't say "vanishing figures".

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  3. I take all my models outside for spray varnishing but cold weather (and rain) test my resolve to the limit. If the weather is very bad I remove myself to the porch. I shut the inner door to stop fumes getting in the house (annoying Mrs BigLee), open the front door for ventilation and work there... although I do get a few weird looks from the neighbours.

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  4. Hi BL, gloss lacquer and Dullcoat are both incredibly vile-smelling! A porch or shed would be very useful.

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  5. If the weather is very bad I spray inside and escape the room after I notice that it is definitely not a bright idea...

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  6. One good thing about living in Australia is that we don't get a lot of rain usually. I've never had any trouble with spraying thank God, my limited skills could not handle it.

    Frank
    http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com/

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.