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I wanted to oil wash my Rat ogre but when I varnished it with Satin varnish (Vallejo), the following happend:

before:



after:



As you can see, the metal isn't glossy at all anymore (the only reason the gold/bronze part is a bit glossy is because I applied some extra gloss varnish at that point) and the colours are flat too (look at the red of his cloth, I have to say that since it's a cloth I dont mind that much, but still). Also the green pipe is supposed to glow a bit because of his warpstone liquit stuff, which it doesnt really do anymore now.
Also my black isnt black anymore, and thats really a shame...

Now my question: Is there a way to prevent this? I do not want to use gloss varnish on the entire model since its a rat.. not some shiny elf.
I also want to start painting a High elf Pheonix soon (fire) and a HelDrake, both of them should keep their bright colours, and not flatten out. (The heldrake contains alot of metal parts, and I like the to shine a bit (but not as much as gloss varnish will do).

Advice is very much apreciated!
When this model is finished I'll post a video of it on the showcase page .

Thank you!
Lodar

just one tiny, not completely unimportant note: The first picture was taken in clear daylight, the 2nd one in dusk. But this doesnt change alot.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5782954.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5782954.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5783059.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5783059.page GMT
About the brushing part, the problem is that I like to do it with my airbrush, and its kinda hard to distinguise between very small parts with an airbrush.

Thank you for your reply! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5783096.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5783096.page GMT
Best thing to do is use two different varnishes. A flat for what you want flat and a gloss for what you want to be shiny.

I have in the past used a gloss varnish to seal everything, as it seems to wear more durabley, then I hit everything with a flat to keep things looking good, finally I went back and brushed gloss on the things I wanted to shine again (visors and metallic bits).

Altogether that gave me three layers of protection for my figures. BTW I donated them to the public library along with a couple of rulebooks.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5784289.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536279/5784289.page GMT