my doll in the oven, I normally use a heat gun but thought I'd do
a last paint set by baking it in the oven.
I put on the matt varnish mixed with a final coat of flesh and I
popped it in the oven, you guessed it right, it's come out shiny.
I spent almost an hour on and off getting the correct temperature
on the oven so the oven definitely wasn't too hot and the doll wasn't at all shiny
before it went in there. I could scream, I was all geared up & eager to start rooting.
I'm obviously doing something wrong.
) from Secrist. It is in this years Secrist Tutorial publication. Believe it is very good, but supply seems to be very limited at the moment and everyone who is advertising it for sale seems to be out of stock. Have tried to get some for about a month now, but to date been unsuccessfull. Anyway, no, I don't add thiners to the final coat of matt varnish. What I do is put a pea size lump of varnish in the palm of my hand and let it soften from body heat. Then I get a craft stick and spread the softened varnish very thinly across my hand, then pick the varrnish up from there into a pouncing sponge. Because you pick up such a very tiny amount and it is already warm it is realy easy to get a nice even layer across the sculpt exactly where you want it to be. If you try this, don't forget to put a protective layer between your varnished hand and the sculpt so you don't get varnish on it. I use "soft wipes" for this as they won't contaminate the varnish, or the sculpt, and can just be picked off my hand while working, then thrown away after. Hope that helps hun xxxx
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(I hate when that happens 
) and I hope this tip helps
