Here they are before...
And after...
The new picture is taken on a nice Canon camera and the first one taken on my cell phone and honsetly, I think the first picture looks so much better because you can see all the cloudiness in the second one that was added by the varnish spray. I am now totally ANTI-SPRAY VARNISH.
I have found a better way to do it. Paint on varnish! I have been painting some Space Marines for our Deathwatch games and the paint on varnish is amazing. It is a "matte" varnish, thought it does add some shine. It seemingly makes the colors more bold (probably because of the slight shine) and doesn't cloud them at all. I will be posting some pictures of them soon as a sideshow before we get back to the carnival called BFG.