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Good question! I usually varnish when I have finished a part of the figure. especially when there are different finishes on a figure, for example imagine that we are painting a belt. I paint the leather that I want to be matte, so at that moment I varnish, because later I will paint the buckle and buttons that will be metallic. If I varnish when finishing the complete belt, what would happen is that the metallic loses its effect. The same thing would happen if I am painting a matte piece that I want to have some glossy parts, if I varnish at the end with gloss I will lose the matte part.

Hello Brian. My recommendation is simple, don't use washes. I know that many people teach or use this technique but it is, as you say, a very dirty technique. This technique was used many years ago to achieve quick results but not good results. If you look at the figure from a distance, it is true that it may look good, but if If you look at it closely you will see it dirty. I only use it on pieces where it doesn't matter if the result is dirty like stone, sand or metal, but it wouldn't occur to me to use it on a figure or at least without then applying glazes to soften it a little. If you still want to use it, I'll explain a little how to do it. The first thing is that you should use paints called washes or inks, they are prepared for this job, my favorites by far are from Vallejo, but they still have to be diluted with water. If the wash is very liquid, nothing will be noticeable when it dries. and if it is not very diluted it will dirty the figure, you need it to be at the right point. If you have doubts, you can apply it to your hand before applying it to your figure, and it should only stay on the wrinkles of the skin. Another thing to keep in mind is as you say that it can ruin the painting that we have done before. We add water to a wash so that it can be used well, but the acrylic paints created are water-based. which means that if you put water on them you can ruin them, it would be best to let them dry for 24 hours, use a lacquer varnish, or use lacquer colors, but you have to keep in mind that lacquers are toxic, and we already have enough odors with the resin, right? ? My recommendation is that you only use the inks in places with dark colors and that it doesn't matter if they are a little dirty. In my video of the kingpin base I do use it. also try to deposit the ink only in the recesses instead of all over the figure, that also helps it not to get so dirty, watch the video of the beast base where I place the rust only in the recesses or chun lee's video where I put a The base is a green wash but only in the areas that interest me. I hope it has been useful to you and sorry for so much text

wow you're just in time, I'm making the answer video right now. - I have two airbrushes but I only use one, simply because after painting they have to be cleaned and it is faster if I only use one. I have the other one as a reserve if the first one fails. - I have only used cheap generic airbrushes and the one I use is Ammo, and the difference is enormous, so I would say that my favorite is AMMO for quality and price. -When I paint I mix until I see that the mixture has the color I want. Over time I have made the mixtures so many times that I more or less know how many drops of each color I have to add. In the videos when I say 60% of one color and 40% of another color, I mean, for example, 6 drops of one color and 4 drops of the other. - My favorite painting technique is glazes, I like to paint subtly and little by little.

Thank you very much for the support mate. Paint mistakes are a headache, what you should do is go back and repaint the area with the base color and repeat the painting process. And a little linked to this comes your next question. chroma and shiny surfaces are usually where I make the most mistakes. That's why I always say in the videos that you have to try to do it slowly and well the first time, because if you make a mistake in this case it is fatal, sometimes I have even had to sand the paint and start again. I always use a 0.3 needle and 2 bar pressure but the most important thing for these jobs is to go little by little and not apply very thick layers that could create drops or accumulations on the surface. To answer the last question, I don't think I have an answer. Simply after so many years painting I see any color and I know what it is XD Maybe I could create a section to help you with that.

I started with copper base color. and then I made textures with different shades of copper and brown. In a few months I have to paint another unit so I will make a video

It's a good idea, I did it with Walter White's model and I hope to be able to do it more times. Remember that I am a professional painter so I paint the figures that hire me but I will try as much as possible to make you more involved in choosing which figures you want on the patreon