RE: [Epic] Epic Bases

From: Kelley, Kevin J., JCS <kevin.kelley_at_...>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 07:31:27 -0500

Be carefull using a matt spray over a gloss. It can "fog" the glosscote
so the effect is like you spilt milk on your minis & alowwed it to dry.
This is the voice of actual experience here - so as always try any now
technique incolving pressurized vapor on soemthing you dont care about.

Kevin

> ----------
> From: Andy Skinner[SMTP:askinner_at_...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 3:42 PM
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Epic Bases
>
> Sauron Moridor wrote:
> > I recently added bases to my Gargants after a convertted one was
> pickup
> > badly and damaged. The black smoke effect I first saw in WD got me
> going on
> > converting them.
>
> My Slasha is not based, because he could get away with it, and I think
> looks
> better that way. I didn't think I could get my Great Gargant together
> without
> the base, so he has one. Neither are yet painted.
>
> I don't consider myself a great painter, either, but have spent enough
> time
> to want to think about protecting stuff. But instead of basing tanks,
> I
> give them a good coat of gloss spray, top and bottom. I've heard you
> can
> tone down the gloss with a top coat of matte spray, but that hasn't
> worked
> for me yet.
>
> andy
>
> --
> Andy Skinner
> askinner_at_...
>
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