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I've got a very irritating problem. I recently got into Hordes, and I've been having great fun painting my trollbloods. I've used PP colours and citadel ones to get the scheme I want (just underbelly blue and trollblood base from PP, the rest was GW). I'm not blending the paints, just drybrushing. The problem is that they seem more prone to chipping than any other models I've ever painted.
I mean, this is without being dropped or suffering any impacts. I literally just have to pick one up and a flake of paint will come off!
I tried purity seal varnish, but that seems to have actually made things worse!
Could any UK or Irish Dakkaites reccomend a varnish brand that doesn't add shine but protects well, or come up with an explanation for the unprecedented amount of chipping and flaking?
It's quite frustrating to have to repaint an entire warbeast!

I used to use Krylon Krystal Clear Coat - comes in a large spray can

I'm not sure if this is the problem, but I think it may be due to not washing off the mold release. This is applied to the mold so the metal will come out cleanly, but it could stay on the metal, acting as a lubricant. When you paint over this, it is not attached well and will come off easily. To rectify this, you need to wash your models before painting with soap and water. I'm not really sure what is the best course of action for already painted models, you may need to strip them.

1. Mass production Metal figs dont often suffer from mold release agent ( it may happen every one in a while but probably isnt your problem)
2. Insure your getting a good even coat of primer on the fig.
3. Use a gloss coat on you model first, and do more than one, light even coat. REMEMBER you can always add more but if you do to much at once, not much you can do about it. SO take your time. Gloss coat will keep your models from chipping much better that a non gloss. Once you believe its coated well, use a Matt sealer to "knock" the shine off the gloss coat. This combo tends to flatten out metalic colors so you may have to go back over some parts of your metal if you like a real metalic look. You can pain on top of the sealer with no problem.
Hope it helps.

Thanks for that lads.
I thought it might have been mold release, but I would find it odd since I have plenty of other metals that have never had this problem.
I generally prime thoroughly. it could be something to do with the atmosphere in my apartment or something...

I'll try this Krystal stuff, and then a Gloss if that fails. I hadn't thought of a matt sealer before, thanks captain vyper.