Greasy Gamer uses Science to Answer 4 Big Questions about Varnish and Warhammer Minis

Gloss, satin, or matte? Brush on or spray on? What's the biggest danger, gameplay or foam trays? Do you really need to varnish plastic minis? Let's do some hardcore pseudoscience to figure this out!

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[BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Brent. You can just buy and eat Funyuns because you want to. You don't need to create these experiments as an excuse. It's OK.

[ThibChap]

Can we just appreciate how Brent spent 6 hours of his life pushing minis for the greater good of the hobby community?

[versiononedotzero]

>"These experiments are fun"
> moving minis around a monopoly board for 6+ hours.

Brent, are you ok?

[jordanscott]

I’m hoping Brent just goes more Lynchian. Long black and white shots of eating Funyons while he puts out a cigarette on a mini to test something. Close ups of oil-stained fingers dragging across a Monopoly board. Somewhere his cats are eating a rabbit.
Brent looks to the camera, takes a drag from a cigarette, “Welcome to Goobertown, no one leaves.”

[anthonymaravola]

I'm a woodworker as well as a mini/model enthusiast and have been using for years. The only real diference between matte/satin/gloss are the flatteners that are added to reduce shine. No, gloss does not protect better than matte. The reason to add a gloss coat would be to 1 protect paint from being stained by a wash (paints and the flatteners used in matte varnish are easily stained by washes and inks) or to provide a glassy surface for applying decals. That's it. If you aren't doing either, a coat of matte will protect your minis just fine (and yes, you always want to protect them).

[Pyre]

"I wonder how he's going to do the abrasion test. Maybe he'll toss them in the dryer or something..."
7:52
"Oh dear lord he's really doing it..."

[Pyre]

Oh boy, the Funions are back... Never thought I'd see Sisters suffering side-by-side with Gretchins...

[LoneWolfk_minis]

First frame: Brent grinning into a camera and holding up a bag of chips.
Me: "Oh, it's that time again."

[davidcauley]

My OCD needs to comment and highlight some variables that may not be accounted for:
Back in ye oldehammer days before plastic, the gloss varnish was generally not an acrylic, because its JUST acrylic, received wisdom (from ancient white dwarfs and wargames books) recommended spirit based varnishes, usually from an art shop or an automotive or yacht varnish spray, which is more hard wearing than an acrylic varnish. THEN you would go over with your matt, which also tended to be non acrylic. I'm not convinced of any difference between matt and gloss vanish of any one kind, except that matt is likely to suffer greater friction due to a less slippy surface.

From personal experiment there's not really any benefit to priming plastic other than as a nice canvass to work on, GW primers are just spray acrylic anyway, they don't have any actual priming qualities like surface etching, as found in 'real' primers, because acrylic bonds pretty well to Poly Plastic it seems. Metal minis however benefit from a REAL primer for sure (but almost certainly not very much from a spray can of GW acrylic).

Next: is the 3D printer resin actually the same as casting resin as used in mini casting? I'd suggest at the very least the difference is that cast resin would potentially leech out plasticisers and mold release if fresh. Maybe.... I don't know anything about 3d Printers but thought I'd raise this FOR PSEUDOSCIENCE.

Lastly...it looked like the tape was squashing the foam somewhat, which would create a much firmer grasp on the internal minis, minimising any potential wriggle room (and therefore friction) compared to being placed in a normal case, and I think without the wriggle room you aren't going to get the friction and potential wear on the same level as the real thing.

Sorry for all the WHAT ABOUTS, it's a damn fine service you are providing, thank you!. FOR SCIENCE!!

[justarandomname]

I appreciate how you dive in and give gamers the answers they need! You are on the dangerous, cutting edge of Tabletop science.

[tftf]

Mate, I"m impressed by your determination.... 6 hours moving miniatures.... Did you have visions while doing this?

[mintyfreshmetagross]

Broke: going to the gym to work out

Woke: moving metal minis around a board 2, 000 times to get swole

[Spectra_]

I recommend 1 gloss 1 matte coat as it reduces chances for fogging and also tells you when and where to revarnish in the future

[jeffjensen]

3:56 The bust minis really gives me some Battle Brothers vibes. Very cool! And that reminds me I need to play that some more..

[ezradelsman]

I feel personally attacked by this title

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I appreciate that you've only got 2 ads for a full video unlike other youtubers that throw 9 ads in

[stratking]

Oddly satisfying watching the sped up video at the end, and seeing the dice shuffle across the board from the vibrations of the pieces moving around.

[johnkelley]

That was an interesting experiment and helps to confirm what I have been doing in the past such as priming, painting and clear coating. Thanks for taking the time to do this experiment and sharing the results.

[johnnybigbones]

You legend. Can't believe you repeated this. The dedication is impressive.

[natatar]

I think Brent might just be making these videos whenever he has a hankering for funions.