Diluting

LadyEyes · Post by **LadyEyes** » 19 Jan 2008, o 16:07

Reaper paint is also very flat. I haven't had them turn shiny when diluted yet.

Trovarion · Post by **Trovarion** » 19 Jan 2008, o 16:59

i'm gonna lean out of the window and say that it might be the water ^^ i have no problemo at all with GW colors, they are flat, even if i use a lot of washes, while both cheeba and me usually have shiney VMCs... ^^

seriously though i think it depends on batches of colors...maybe a bit too much medium in the one batch than the other...who knows... The problem is that usually not everyone is happy with the same "sollution", wellcome to the wonderfull world of miniature painting

Post by **mahon** » 22 Jan 2008, o 14:44

sebastian wrote:One method that seems to work, is to use a very very dilute glaze or two over the problem area using VMC paint - they are super flat, and in my experience, even a very thin layer over the surface seems to kill off the shine very quickly and easily, without much discernible difference to the colour.

Haven't thought of it... Really.
And it seems to be so obvious!

I like P3 paints but they can get really shiny after a few thin layers...
So any good solution is worth trying, because flat varnishes always make the miniature look worse than before varnishing...

Trovarion · Post by **Trovarion** » 22 Jan 2008, o 20:48

mahon wrote:So any good solution is worth trying, because flat varnishes always make the miniature look worse than before varnishing...

mmm i must have had the most amazing dullcoat in the world then, i never had the quality decrease. sadly enough it's discontinued.... *sigh*

Post by **Skrit** » 22 Jan 2008, o 20:54

No leftovers in stores?

Trovarion · Post by **Trovarion** » 22 Jan 2008, o 21:44

ok it was a bit different: they changed the mixture and it's crap now.

5zymon · Post by **5zymon** » 22 Jan 2008, o 23:32

If i want to get flat finish, i aplpy -like Sebastian- a glaze, but instead of VMC, which in my expierence are far from super flat, i use those Rackam paints, which are called useless by many.. well, i wouldn't recommend them for basecoating, but for glazing they are good.. and dry completly flat, like pure pigment.