But in others it's just frosted/dusted and there's no explanation of why some areas dried 'dead flat' and some areas just flat wrong!
This tile isn't so bad but I think that may be the photography. The funny thing is I was up in the loft building drawer units and looking out on it drying from up high and little did I realise those brush marks weren't going to fade away.
The flat tiles are nearly the same, again in places they're not too bad,
but when you get cloe up you can see it looks like it's been covered in dust.
I even tried adding a second coat, hoping the application would fix the initial opacity. I added a bit of water and it went on so well but could not do anything for where the Polyvine had already gone milky.
Eventually I just put them in the garage and time was no healer.
So the 40kaddict does not recommend this product for any hobby surfaces!
Thats tragic Dave, I really feel for you man.
ReplyDeleteSo whats the plan.........primer and start again?
As a first step to repairing the damage it was not back to square one, just back to square 2.5 in which I started with a shadow wash. If that wasn't going to solve it then it was primer but luckily it covered most of the Polyvine but still showed through some of the texture already created. What Polyvine streaks still existed I hoped would be covered by a subsequent Vermillion coating and it's highlights.
DeleteThat's a real heart breaker mate. Sorry to see that. Maybe a solvent based lacquer might rescue it by recurring the layers?
ReplyDeleteMy fear with that would be the solvent removing all the paint. I'd rather have a thickly coated board than one stripped back to nothing. This way any future bumps and scraps will have more layers of paint [and the Polyvine, which although a fail in it's finish still provides protection] to get through to grey plastic.
DeleteOh how devastating! What are you gonna do? I hope it works out, I've been following this and I love the look of it!
ReplyDeleteLuckily the weather held out over the weekend and I was able to get the highlights done. I'm now back at the stage of painting the extra shadows for the cracks and details followed by the skulls again.
DeleteThen it's the question of varnishing it, I've a new product that may work but I think I will sensibly try and test it beforehand.
It may be a bit more expensive, but vallejo acryllic varnishes are fantastic!
DeletePain...such pain. Are you sure you are not starting a dark eldar force? The pain the community feels at seeing this damage must be revitalizing them by the millions.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, no doubt it'll help out Liam's exquisite Dark Eldar force then!
DeleteThat super-sucks, man. Minor set back in a tremendous project. Still looks great!
ReplyDeleteCheers, onwards and upwards as they say.
DeleteI wasn't going to say anything but, seriously, the suspense is killing me. When you finally nail this project I am going to do cartwheels.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a local art supply store that you can hit up for some varnishing advice? My local store was very helpful in regards to different products and their capabilities.
Wednesday's update will bring us up-to-date. All I need to do is add some shading and the skulls and it's fixed so hopefully you're appetite will be sated.
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