Question for Mini Painters

Hm. Gritty. As in, you feel the paint hasn’t fully bonded to your primer?

In future, I’d recommend not using brushed citadel paint on very large, flat surfaces. They’re great on small, detailed ones, of course.

For this problem, I’d recommend two nice, thick coats of whatever you’re using to seal them. The first one should be a glossier coat, which you should allow a full 48 hours or more to dry. Then, a thinner matte coat to cut the shine. That will give you a really tough seal for your paint job.

The citadel brush-on versions would be “‘Ardcoat” (glossy) and “Lamian Medium” “Stormshield” (matte). These things have normally-named Vallejo equivalents.

Hold up. There are FAR more experienced painters on here who will correct me if I'm wrong, but Lahmian Medium is used to thin paints. A cheap, easy, brush on solution is DuraClear Ultra Matte Varnish. Big thing is to make sure it is a "sealant", "clearcoat", or "varnish". They will all work the same for your purpose.

Good luck and hello to all as an off and on lurker for years posting for the first time

Yeah, Stormshield is the matte varnish.

Whoops. I stand corrected (I rarely use brush on varnish).

FWIW, I use Lehmian Medium all the time to dull gloss coats.

Reaper makes a brush on sealer that is likely cheaper than the Citadel version. www.reapermini.com/search/sealer/latest/09107