Gooobertown Hobbies is tackling the hard questions of life like does varnish actually work on miniatures? Join him on the experiment!
Goobertown Hobbies is a great content creator who has interesting takes on the hobby. Whether it’s a collaboration with other hobby YouTubers or a challenge for himself, he has a broad range of topics he covers. Since he has so much great content, why not check out what else he has done?
This week he puts some minis up to the grease test and sees how they stand up! Some are primed, some varnished, and one team just got primed through an airbrush. Let’s see how they hold up to the tests!
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Don’t worry, he’s using science grade Funions, so you know you can trust the results! Even though this looks dumb (he knows it does…) the results are very interesting. Let’s see how varnish holds up the greasy hands of a gamer!
Using Metal Minis
He washed and prepared 3 sets of Sisters, some with varnish, some with just primer, and some with just airbrush spray. People really wanted to see how they would react with natural grease. But he took it a step further and also added that great Funion grease. He picked up each mini over 2,000 times! If you’re picking up your minis more than this, well… He arbitrarily decided on 50 laps, so that’s how many they all made across the Monopoly board!
Foam Stress Test
Then he rubbed the minis on foam for 5 minutes apiece as many people told him minis take damage from their carrying cases.
Drop Test
To finish off the abuse he threw and tossed the metal minis for 3 minutes each and gave them some serious abuse
The Results
There were no real winners… So don’t try this at home. But the varnished minis took almost no damage! Hmmm, good to see!
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The non Varnished minis, both hand-painted and airbrushed, took some damage but didn’t look terrible.
The Rattlecan primed minis with no varnish also took damage on both of the tests.
Final Thoughts
Well, varnishing did the best, then Rattlecan, then airbrushing, and finally just hand painting. So if you want to keep the mini the most protected, varnish did the job!
If you are curious about what he has to say, and for more details on the techniques watch the full video above! Also, be sure to Subscribe to Goobertown Hobbies if you enjoy his content!
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
Socials: @paschbass
About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
