lil help please

[dogsrand]

how do i get rid of the chalkiness and just give the model a cleaner appearance?

and

 

[Phaen]

are you thinning your paint? mixing with water instead of applying strait from the paint pot will help a ton. If not that, are you painting in an extreme environment? alot of the time, cold or heat can have unwanted effects on paint.

 

[dogsrand]

i try to thin the paint 1:1 with water.

 

[73Darin]

You might try the Future floor polish thing. I live in the desert and all of my minis were coming out terribly chalky. It is so bad here that I was WATCHING the paint dry, and it was anything but boring. I tried using the floor polish (mixed with water as well) on some small detail pieces and I was very happy with the results. I haven\'t had the chance to try it with larger areas.

I don\'t know how sage this advice is as I am trying this on literally mini #6.

 

[gaspode]

What kind of undercoat are you using?

 

[dogsrand]

for this mini i started with white paint on primer, Then i washed the entired model with 30%purple/30%red/30%water. Then i went from there.