The other day I saw one of my fellow hobbyist's miniatures that he had done, and I noticed he had used the Army Painter dip. I've heard talk about this stuff for a couple years now and had been slightly interested in it. But seeing his mini made me want to give it a try. So while prepping my models for 'Ard Boyz this year I figured try it out on one of the models (yes I'm painting my army for it, I'm nuts!).
It adds a very slight change, and I'm not sure if I left enough on the model, but over all I'm quite happy with the way this model turned out. One thing you have to do however is also get an Anti-Shine varnish or the model will come off super glossy.
The only issue is the start up cost, the Varnish was $30 and the Anti Gloss was another $11. But I'm pretty happy with the result, and will be trying it out on another couple models to see what the results are.
Which dip did you use? Strong?
ReplyDeleteYeah, although I might consider the Dark one next time I buy.
ReplyDeleteYa I ended up doing two coats of dull coat after the dip, but I like the effect.
ReplyDeleteWith the Army Painter stuff, I have found that two really thin coats is perfect on the model. Then, go back and touch up with some gloss varnish on anything that needs to be shiney and BAM! Done.
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