Monday 16 February 2015

Terrain is everything - Project Ω - Realm of Battle Board - Varnishing Act!

It's funny how just a hint of sunshine is enough for me to gamble again by spray painting these boards. So despite the crisp weather and quite blowy conditions I just went and sprayed them [will I ever learn?].


And it actually worked! of course I don't know how tough and durable this is but it's got a coat of varnish on at least. I've still got the Winsor & Newton varnish to follow for added durabilty but at this stage I was really happy. I'd got through about two thirds of the can and criss-crossed all six boards and rotatated them to get decent coverage.


And I was still finding paint chips that go straight through to the board. Reaffirming my need to varnish but I'm beginning to doubt the adhesive properties of the base colours. I'm feeling like my paint on Red Oxide Primer may have been a better solution altogether, but I only know that now. Hindsight is always 20:20!


There's another one just visible on the right side about two thirds the way up. I've dabbed on some Red Oxide Primer and will go back and try and blend it in when it's dry.


Of course at this stage I just decided to finish off the can of varnish and typically the finish went a little bit, erm... weird.


Whether it was the excess, the wind or the bottom of the can but this coat 'fluffed up' a bit, which I'm sure is prompting a lot of you to want to give me a good kicking but thankfully a quick brush with a cloth managed to remove the fluff and dust. To get the powdery bits out of the nooks and crannys a large paint brush helped.

So we're still OK! All I need to do now is fix some of the paint chips and Winsor & Newton it, add a few bits of flock in the crevices for added interest and it's done!

8 comments:

  1. I think in the future you might want to consider abandoning spray on varnish all together and move to airbrush applications. Then you will no longer have the propellant as a factor in your your spraying. (the propellant is the main cause of most varnishing issues in the spray cans).

    Then you also wouldn't feel the need to "finish the can". face palm!
    :)

    Glad to hear things are working out better though!

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    1. Thanks for the advice Greg, I'll one day invest in an airbrush but until then I'll muddle on through.

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  2. Good to hear and see things are shaping up.

    I use spray on sealers all the time and something I do is discard the can when it's got about 25% left as I find that last portion just doesn't mix well and give the same result when sprayed on.

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    1. At least I'm making all these mistakes and recording them so hopefully others won't.

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    1. Thanks Frank, it's so close now, just need to find an opportunity to finish it off.

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  4. It will look even better with some Nids on it! Let us know how the durability holds up; my gaming boards are flocked and sealed, so I have never really found it a problem.

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    1. I'm hoping the Winsor & Newton will do the job but I still expect remedial repairs, although I don't actually envisage it getting a huge amount of use at the moment :(

      I will indeed have some fab pictures to take when it's all done and the nids are hungry.

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