Make it... scary.

Plans are something you make... and then revise according to circumstances. We had planned to go for a bit of a hike last Sunday, but then it rained (finally! though by far not enough)... which meant we spent it at home, doing diverse small tasks.

One of them was varnishing a batch of painted miniatures - four of them for the game "Faceless". As always, those minis look a huge lot better painted than they did unpainted, and much scarier as well (which is the intention, of course).



They are still sitting on their painting supports, and they are very shiny right now, having been treated with glossy varnish. As soon as weather conditions and our schedules permit, they and the other finished minis will get the second coat, matte varnish, and then they are finally good to play with.

We do the two coats because the glossy varnish is said to be more resilient, but doesn't look as good on minis as the matte one. Plus, with the two layers, you know that you should reapply varnish if glossy spots appear on the minis, but because there's still the glossy coat once the matte one has worn down (if it actually does from handling), the paintjob itself will not suffer. Not that our minis get such super-heavy use, but then, you never know...