Well, I've seen the word in many a WiP but I have no idea what it actually means... What is a glaze? (I don't mean the type of paint that GW does, I mean what is the actual technique/use of a glaze?)

Sid

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I think that you only apply washes to a miniature.

According to the GW website glazes are applied to intensify a color or to restore color to area's that have been highlighted to much.

Yeah, I think glazes are basically washes on larger, flatter surfaces to intensify a colour as imrail mentioned, as opposed to 'normal' washes were the aim is for the colour to get into the nooks and crannies to provide shading. That's my take of it anyway.

I bought GW's Bloodletter Glaze and applied it as I just mentioned - it works very well for giving dwarves and elderly wizards a nice red hue to their noses and cheeks

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so... am I right in thinking that a glaze is basically a thicker wash that doesn't automatically run into all the dips and valleys?

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Kinda! I'd say it would still run into the depths and valleys if you let it, which is why you should only apply a very litle bit to flatter areas.

Well that's my take on it, I could be very wrong

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Ah, cool, thanks!
I think I might have unknowingly already used a glaze on Radagast's cloak here


Thanks for the help chaps

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A glaze is even thinner than a wash, and colours the whole area it is applied to. For example, for quick shading you could slap on a a wash over a whole cloak. The colour will settle to the bottom of the folds and the tops of the folds will have almost no change. Multiuple glazes could be used to highlight a cloak. In this case you would apply the glazes just in the depressions of the cloak, using darker and darker glazes.

I think glazes are normally used to get some variation or life in skin (purple and red) or to get some variation in cloth (various colours). They can also be used to make some colours richer, aka glaze your brown leather with a couple of purple or red glazes to make it richer, or some green glazes to make it more worn.


That's how I see them.

A glaze is exactly what the name suggests - a thin film that covers the area you place it on. It is a translucent coloured film for tinting - it will either strengthen a colour or blend highlights et together (softening a harsh/stark difference).

It is, by definition a wash (you wash the area with it), but not to be confused with what most hobbyists refer to as a wash (which is actually a shade, used for shading).

A glaze is typically used to change the color of a certain area. Multiple glazes can be applied to the same area.

To avoid a glaze from gathering into the recessed too much (thus becoming a wash) glaze medium should be used. I usually use one drop of glaze medium with a tiny brush point of color.

The purple color on the goblin below has been painted on like a glaze:



Hope this helps

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