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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1962784" data-attributes="member: 12744">Thanks.  I need to get around to posting up a few more pics.  I'm currently in the middle of scratch-building some Zeppelins for a pulp/steampunk set of games we are going to run.  I'll post those up when they're done.  Same here.  Two cans, both bad, over a half-dozen ruined minis because of it.  Cloudy and crappy no matter what temperature, humidity, etc I used them in. I get good results most of the time with Krylon Matte and another Craft store Matte that I've used. I really should use more brush-on sealers like The Madhatter described, as I've heard those work out the best, but I'm just to darn lazy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Ah, I thought I noticed some gloss parts, but could still see really good detail on most of the minis.  Personally, I loathe gloss finishes except for how you said you use it... to gloss up small things and sometimes the most light-saturated pieces of armor, etc, which I will often do myself.  To me, most folks who spray a couple coats of gloss on their minis might as well as hit them with a hammer.  Just a personal thing.  Gloss, even when over-coated with a matte, often tends to obscure details and color variation, hiding people's good work.  I mean, it's *gloss*, it's chemically formulated to dry in such away as to bend light *away* from what it's sprayed on, thereby robbing you of color and detail.  And the thing is, it's not that much more protective than a few light layers of matte (I know that folks will argue about that point forever, which is cool, but I did some research on it that I feel pretty comfortable with).    Not all spray-gloss jobs are bad though, and there are quite a few professional painters who use it and then matte over it and you can't even tell, but IMO if you just did a few careful layers of matte you will save a lot of time and work that isnt worth what you put into it unless you are throwing your miniatures at large rock outcroppings when you play.  But to me, if I can actually *see* the sealer on a mini like a dime-thick film, then it's pretty much ruined. /RANT OFF  Whew.  Sorry so long on that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Keep up the good work, I really have enjoyed your home sculpts (which I've just recently started experimenting with myself).</blockquote>

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