Painting Glosses and Sparkle Effects

I have been using "Aleene's Enhancers: Gloss Varnish" I found it at my
local Hobby Lobby next to the Delt-Ceramcoat paints.  It goes on pretty
thin (for a varnish), it is (of course) water based and has a real nice high
gloss. After I spray my finished figs with Testors Dullcoat for protection, I
go back and give the visors (or whatever) a quick coat or two of the gloss and
they look real good.

Also, a few days ago I finally picked up a bottle of the "Delta Ceramcoat:
Sparkle Glaze" that was mentioned on this list a month or so ago... I am real
happy with it. On some of my visors it looks pretty nice, and by adding more
coats you can increase the 'sparkle effect'.

But, my greatest success has been with my Grey Aliens. I have 10 of these guys
I picked up at the $1 store. They are dressed in the typical tight

fitting full body outfits of silver or blue (five of each). Anyway, I gave
their 'uniforms' three coats of the "Sparkle Glaze" and IMHO they look
fantastic! It really gives them that "other world look".

IIRCC a few other folks on this list use Greys in their SG games. Give it a
try! Of course your results may vary depending on the figs. Good luck!

On 13-Feb-02 at 11:43, Scott Clinton (grumbling_grognard@hotmail.com)
wrote:
> I have been using "Aleene's Enhancers: Gloss Varnish"

Unfortunately Aleene's is no longer in business. It has caused great strife in
my life as that was the only paint I used. Oh well, I know have a basic set of
Vallejo paints on order. Actually on
back-order with New Wave.  Maybe I should have ordered elsewhere.

I saw at least one other "Gloss Varnish" at my local Hobby Lobby (a large,
nation-wide hobby chain for those outside the U.S.)  I just got this one

'cause it was cheaper.  :-)

> From: Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net>