Glaze

[Drahazar]

What is when and how do you apply it. I am doing red armour upswing scan red as base wash with seraphim sepia dry brush with mephiston red then glaze with bloodletter? It's for my DE archon

[Razblood]

A Glaze is an extremely thin and heavily pigmented Ink or paint that when applied over a shaded and highlighted colour brings the colours together and makes the whole area look more vibrant.

 

Basically if you get your base on, shade it, highlight it and then apply the glaze in 2-3 coats it will make the resultant colour look better.

 

Hope that helps :)

[Drahazar]

Ah thank you

[Bartali]

A glaze (or filter, they're the same thing) modulates the colour underneath. You can use it to tie colours together - ie a camo pattern (filters often used in the miliary modelling world) or to tie your highlights and shadows together if you want to mute the contrast between the two down.

 

You can also it to tone a base layer, or enrich a colour. For example, I used a blue filter on Grey Knight armour to give a very subtle blue sheen to the silver underneath. I use a red filter on Blood Angels to enrich and deepen the red underneath. Both of those filters are done after bascoating (using the zenithal technique with an airbrush) and before any washes or highlighting.

 

I'd also recommend moving away from the GW glazes, towards making your own - I use oil paint and a thinner to make mine

[winterdyne]

'glaze' refers to the technique, not the actual product. It is as mentioned, a very thin, even, translucent coat of colour. Often achieved with ink, but plain old paint and water and good brush control are all you really need.