Learning From My Mistakes
I screwed up recently. Big time.
I spent a good number of hours painting up another lancemate for the 15th Lyran Regulars unit and then, in an impatient rush, I decided to go ahead and apply a final coat of spray varnish despite the near 100% humidity in the area. There was a painting contest I was going to enter the very next morning and I wanted to give it time to dry before I hit the road.
Protection is important. A good two or three coats of varnish or Testors Dullcote will go a long way to protect the time you invest in painting. Rushed application of said varnish in less than ideal conditions will screw you over big time.
So there you have it. The high humidity fubar’d my miniature clouding up the layer that was supposed to protect. I guess I could sprinkle some snow on the base and call it a winter unit. Either that or I send it to the PineSol graveyard.
PineSol can work wonders but the fact remains that I wasted a good amount of time and because I rushed, I spoiled a perfectly good miniature.
Lessons Learned
- Take your time, patience will be rewarded.
- High humidity and spray primer/varnish = bad
Yeah. I think the Icing idea could work great. It’s the lyrans after all, their home planet is a friggen iceball. (Actually, I think they also own a system named iceball).
happened to me the morning of a 40k tournament to my entire tyranid army – could of cried :P
I can’t imagine fubar’ing a whole army. I was so depressed after only one mini!
I feel your pain. If you haven’t dunked it in the pine-Sol already, try re-applying Dull Cote under better conditions, this can sometime “defrost” the layer underneath. No promises, as this one looks pretty bad, but it can’t hurt to try.