How are Citadel Glazes used?

[Helias_Tancred]

Subject says it all. I have Guilliman Glaze for blues, and Bloodletter for my reds.

[Kaldoth]

Glazes basically work to help blend in layers to highlights. They should be the last thing you do after basecoating, shading, and highlighting. Once you've got your model all painted, you take your glaze and glaze from the darkest point on your miniature up to the highlighted edge. Very, very, VERY slowly this will blend the colors by basically staining the topmost layers of paint with the same pigment. It takes a while to get a smooth gradient created, but if done correctly the effect looks (IMHO) just as good as wet blending However, where you can wet blend highly textured areas (like fur), you really can't use glazes to blend colors on stuff like that.

Cheers,

-Kal

Edit: You can also use a glaze to create highlights on its own. Example, take some Mephiston Red and paint a shoulderpad with it. Shade with Carrowburg Crimson. Then grab your Bloodletter Glaze without highlighting the shoulderpad at all, and then drag your glaze from the bottom of the shoulderpad up. After several layers, you'll notice the color change :D Just remember, the rule of thumb with glazes is always go from dark to light!

[Teetengee]

I have used bloodletter over sunburst yellow for some good fire effects.

[JeffTibbetts]

Yeah, basically they're a tint. Not to be used like washes. Honestly there are lots of ways to use them. Kaldoth had some good ideas and they're a great place to start. Just keep in mind if you do extreme shading or highlighting it will pull both extremes closer to the middle. This is good if you have some choppy highlights, but if you're not expecting it you can lose a lot of impact with a heavy glaze.

 

If you do any photo editing, glazing is halfway between reducing the contrast and adding a color tint, and depending how you use it you can achieve interesting effects. Start subtle, and remember you can always add more later

[Helias_Tancred]

Thanks for the info all. I used it today this way: I was painting a teleport homer and at the top of the stem is a bulb/light bulb type of thing. I painted it dark blue, then a light blue, then a small amount of white to get that flashing light or light effect. After those layers I went over it with my Guilliman Glaze and once it dried it had a nice transition effect. Looked better than just leaving the three layers next to each other.

[Larkyn]

You can also use it as a lighter version of a shade, if you want.

 

Example: I use Bloodletter over a white basecoat for my Scouring-era Angels Vermillion. Two coats over the white gets a nice strawberry-like color.