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Nice vid! I happen to like all of your vids and am probably going to try out that clay one with the symbol for one of my LR's here soon...

Hello,

great tutorial. But I have two questions:
1. Does the alcohol fixate the pigments or save them at least so I can spray some matt varnish over it?
2. Can I spray the alcohol with a spraycan which are used for flowers (I mean this: http://www.shoppingpoint24.com/images/produkte/50537377.jpg)

I have used the weathering sets by tamiya but has problems to fixate them. When I spray matt varnish almost all of the pigments become invisible.

Hello Mr.john!

1. Yes, it temporarily holds the pigment in place until you are ready for varnish. It will stay as long as it isn't constantly being touched.

2. I would find a smaller sprayer. You want a small spritz like the way hairspray comes out. I used one in this tutorial.

VARNISH. DRY PIGMENTS do lose some of the finished look when varnished. For display models you would do the powders last and leave it. But for play models that is a sacrifice you will have to make.

Thanks for your post.

Does it work with varnish when I make some small amounts of powder about the whole model?
It makes the tank look realistic but when I came with the spray it gets invisible.
So when I spray alcohol about the whole model and varnish them, can I see those fine lightsand-colored pigments then?

This was after varnish was sprayed very lightly on an old scheme I was working on. It is still possible to keep some of the "powder like" look if you don't saturate the model.

OK, and can I use them then for play? Or will it destroy the pigments?

Varnished= play

No Varnish= Display

ha! I made a rhyme.