How to reduce the sparkle of Vallejo Metallic paint...

[londonbus]

Hmmm... I've nicely weathered 6 wagons over the past few evenings... last fly past with the airbrush used a few spots of a darkish browny Vallejo rust into a mucky mix. After a few subtle layers and with the spotlights on, and having cleaned my glasses and realised it was all sparkling a bit. After some elimination work I noticed I'd accidentally used some Metallic Rust by mistake...

 

I've tried some mattcote and it's a bit less sparkly, but any other tips to reduce the sparkle? apart from turning the lights off that is.

Edited August 10, 2017 by londonbus

[tractor_37260]

Hmmm... I've nicely weathered 6 wagons over the past few evenings... last fly past with the airbrush used a few spots of a darkish browny Vallejo rust into a mucky mix. After a few subtle layers and with the spotlights on, and having cleaned my glasses and realised it was all sparkling a bit. After some elimination work I noticed I'd accidentally used some Metallic Rust by mistake...

 

I've tried some mattcote and it's a bit less sparkly, but any other tips to reduce the sparkle? apart from turning the lights off that is.IMG_4339.JPGIMG_4340.JPG

 

A light dusting with the airbrush using Acrylic Matt Varnish should reduce the sparkle effect....................

[londonbus]

Thanks... in the end I sprayed a light coating of bauxite (Railmatch acrylic) over the sparkling areas of the wooden sides, and a mixture of Tamiya flat black and a mid dark brown over the chassis. I lost some of the nice tones of the 3 layers of rust i'd built up. But at least it doesn't look as if Tinkerbell has been waving her magic wand any more. Plenty more experimenting , I've started to go through this part of the forum with great interest.