Water color pencils and Spray Varnish

[Wumby]

Any of you who happen to use water color pencils to make "extreme" edge highlights, have any of you also then sprayed down with a matte varnish afterwards?  If so, does it negatively effect the pencil lines?

[Heisler]

I haven’t had any problems after applying a varnish. I more typically use them on buildings and vehicles rather than figures though.

[Wumby]

Thanks Heisler.  I'm painting the WizKids Transformers models right now...using Reaper Paints, and I couldn't get a sense of depth on the hard square panels.  I noticed as I worked around touching up some places here and there that the water color pencils easily rubbed off...wanted to prevent that.  Once again, thank you.  

[Heisler]

Are you using prismacolor pencils? Another option would be weathering pencils from AK Interactive. Just be patient with their website it is truly awful.

[senaidat.hill]

Any of you who happen to use water color pencils to make "extreme" edge highlights, have any of you also then sprayed down with a matte varnish afterwards? I always wonder if that's not an underrated way of re-enforcing the look of the rough edges of the contrast.
Or was that only way we saw it?

[Wumby]

Heisler, I have General's Kimberly watercolor pencils.  Cheap, multipack I picked up a few years back.  I mainly use these on hard line panels like on the WizKids Transformers, or CAV type of minis.  May consider weathering pencils.  You've been helpful, thank you.