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I was looking at some Marines that Golden Deamon winning Scott Bowser painted on commission for a friend of mine and I was trying to decipher his methods. And though I am not looking to duplicate his quality neccessarily, I was wondering if anybody here can explain some of the advanced methods he uses.

I think he uses some ink on the miniature but only in the recess. I think it is a thinned down ink. What is a good way to thin down ink so that it fills the recesses but isn't too powerful.

I think he uses some sort of spray varnish that give the minatures a slight sheen but nothing to over bearing. I think he uses Dull coat first and another one after. What is a good "secondary" varnish that leaves models with only a slight sheen a makes the recesses look a little "slimy".

Here are the miniatures I was looking at. These are not my work but the work of Scott Bowser:











I am actually doing a Thousand Sons army of my own and I am really wanting to step up the quality of my work, obviously seeing miniatures like this makes you want to step up your game. Thousand Sons are my first love and the last army I had looked like this:



So any help would be much appreciated.

well i would suggest that you shade more.
i dont got tips for the metal, because i dont use metalpaints
and practice alot on less important models, that is what i did.

-Develain