GW Wash Sheen Removal Help

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**ArDeZe**

I just recently painted a batch of miniatures, finishing them off with a wash of nuln oil. After doing that however, the models came off incredibly shiny, even on spots where there was very little oil. What could I do to remove the sheen? Matte Varnish?

**Dullspork**

ArDeZe wrote:
I just recently painted a batch of miniatures, finishing them off with a wash of nuln oil. After doing that however, the models came off incredibly shiny, even on spots where there was very little oil. What could I do to remove the sheen? Matte Varnish?

Exactly. Matte varnish should do the trick.

**Shenloanne**

Hi, I had this problem on my first use of nulin oil. I found that I had to shake the gakk outta gws new washes. No problems thereafter.

**AllSeeingSkink**

Shenloanne wrote:
Hi, I had this problem on my first use of nulin oil. I found that I had to shake the gakk outta gws new washes. No problems thereafter.

Yeah, GW washes should have a matte finish, if they don't give them a really good shake. If they still give a gloss finish I'd return them (unless you want a gloss finish... but then I'd just buy a product designed to give a gloss finish rather than relying on a faulty pot).

But yeah, give it a good shake first and use matte varnish on the models you've already done to remove the shine.

**Soggy Kittenz**

Lahmian medium will also remove some shine, but if it is applied too thickly, it will turn cloudy. Very helpful to get rid of the 'washed' look, or very shiny parts.