[Kevin WS]

Well, I duly touched up with watercolors and then resprayed with the varnish.

Disaster!

When I next looked at it, it had huge white stains all over - the varnish had "blushed". The varnish was well shaken and it was not cold weather (I sprayed outside).

Anyone with ideas why this happens?

I resprayed today with the same varnish and a lot of the "blush" disappeared. I also test sprayed some other paper with no issues.

Anyway, I started a new can of varnish and resprayed again, and all is now well - all the white "blush" has gone.

Phew!

It's now drying.

Tomorrow some pictures of the finished item for those who have been following, and I can then decide on a base.

I also want to take some pics at the weekend of it in a natural setting with its actual food - according to the references it fed a lot on cycads as a staple food, and it so happens I have a genuine cycad (with a whole lot of other suitably prehistoric plants), in the front garden!