A warning for the unwary: if you want to get a huge bottle of glaze medium, the professional acrylic lines have their own versions. Do not however go for Liquitex’s version as it contains a drying *accelerant* for reasons only known to their dark gods. Golden do a glaze medium that works more like the Vallejo one.
Liquitex is really thick too. I use it for inks but wouldn't for paints myself unless I was dry glazing and really wanted to stick something to the high points
I’ve watched hours of painting uploads, but I’ve never seen this covered. Thank you so much Dana, this was the best. I learned a lot & you’re a great teacher
The best validation for this video imho... I watched it a few weeks ago, and thought “wow, that’s amazing! I wish I could paint this well!” Then I applied the technique to six minis in the intervening period, getting better each time, and gathering some additional finishing techniques from Vince Venturella’s videos. Then I finally got around to painting the stormcast that I ordered when I first watched this video. So I thought I’d watch this video again to remind myself how to do it right... And... Now I look at it again a month on it feels to me like I can probably do better... So thank you so much! This video has been an amazing springboard and inspiration! You rock Dana!
I just wanna say that I absolutely love your videos. I am by far not a great miniature painter, but after I watched a bunch of your videos I feel I have gotten a lot better. Thank you so much Dana, and please keep these amazing videos coming.
love your style, videos, how you paint, colors schedule... your channel is very different from others.... just love it. You have a fan in Chile :))))))))))))))))
Another excellent and informative video, and patience was rewarded (and much angst resolved) when that left side of the foot by the shield edge finally got a coat of the blue at the end.
The consistancy of the metal is because it is an airbrush color. So it is already thinned for the airbrush and also the mica flakes are most likely a lot smaller than in normal metallics. Usually Vallejo's paints are labeled AIR if they're meant for airbrush. This one's labeled differently, but notes the airbrush on the label. Gold's mica flakes, the glitter, is larger like you note. The paint is 'normal'. I think the only metallic paint that has smaller mica flakes than Vallejo's metal range (the silver paint you used) is Alclad 2, but that is lacquer based.
I just want to say your videos are awesome. Very well done and your pretty damn easy to look at. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos. I guess it’s because your a lot better to look at than those guys from citadel. Lol. Keep up the great work.
Fun Fact: I use Thinner Medium to clean the Brushes too. It's working very well. It even dissolves old dried paint residues that are deep inside the brush. Put a few drops into a bottle cap and rub gentle the brush into it. Try it out ; D
vallejo metal color is amazing & takes glazes and gw contrast paints really well! I tried using snakebite leather over silver in lieu of gold & really dug it
With glazing you have to have it thinner than even a wash in terms of the quantity of pigment in the medium. You need the patience of a saint to paint glazes but the transitions between different colours means that you get some jaw dropping looking miniatures.
Really enjoying this series. I've recently become interested in painting miniatures and have found your channel really helpful. Thanks for all the work you do.
Lovely! Thanks for this. I will say that taking a picture or four of your underpainting can help remember how the light worked. As a beginner-ish painter, I am still developing my ability to know how light hits, so reference photos have helped me a lot once I get to the color stage.
"We don't want to be painting with Kool-Aid...though that would be a very interesting video, and I might have to put that in my back pocket for later." 😂😂😂
Another thinning option that I've found works pretty well is thinning/mixing your paints with acrylic inks, especially if you want to maintain your paint's opacity whilst thinning it.
Great video as always! Thanks for being a positive voice in the community and showing people how to hobby better. :) Glazing is something I keep meaning to do more of and your videos inspire me to use glazes more (mental image of the orange squig). One note: I think they meant Matte Medium, like from Liquitex. For those wondering about using Matte Medium to glaze: Vallejo Thinner Medium is mostly just Matte Medium and distilled water. Vallejo Glaze Medium is the same but with flow improver and drying retardant, as Prof Howl says. :P You can glaze with both. If you can’t find flow improver, vegetable glycerin works in a pinch. I highly recommend adding matte medium and flow improver to your hobby arsenal to save money and create your own glazes, thinners, and washes.
I really like that colour you picked for the stones on the base, I've been ending up with super dull greys/browns didn't even think about using those sorts of colours for stone.
Help! When does the final video come out on highlights and varnishing?!?! Also, this series is fantastic and has really gotten me into the hobby. You are great and I appreciate the art theory you add in. Quick tip: After much searching, I found a decent storage solution: on amazon, from artbin , the glitter glue storage container for like 25 bucks.
Is this course split going to increase the units of the course sequence? I'm on block tuition, but I'm already at a full load and I want to know if I'll have to drop crash course this semester.
I love your content. Super informative and your color choices are inspiring. I would be interested in hearing your opinion on starter air brushes and accessories required.
I thank Dana got confused with the question for Vallejos Mediums as there is a Matt and a Glaze medium Dana is right the glaze will dry Matt iv used them both long story short, stick with Glaze Medium the Matt Medium is thicker they both do the same thing but Glaze Medium it's by far easier to work with.
I second that. Also watch out for Glaze mediums with a gloss finish - they don’t work so well with matte acrylic. Another tip for new painters experimenting with flow improver - it usually needs to be diluted with water 10:1. Figured that out after using it neat for a while and wondering why my paint was going everywhere! It’s all one long learning curve and you must not be afraid to make mistakes. But if you can learn a few things from others mistakes there’s no harm in that either. ;-).
Omg this video is what I needed! Breaking down the term on "gloss" vs "glase" is so helpful. Im just starting out this hobby. Your instagram rocks btw!
Amazing video series. I know it's marked as outdated, but the knowledge and the suggestion of supplies have made my paint skills jump 10 fold. Glaze medium has been a game changer for me. Can you use glaze medium with the Vallejo metallics?
Is there an Army painter equivalent of the glaze medium? I assume their “mixing medium” is like the thinner. Can I use vellejo glaze medium with army painter?
Tried this by making a glaze with thinned(watered) down acrylic matte medium, but I have to go over 10+ times to get the colour to not look like 'patchy paint over black'. Using less of the home made glaze medium means I lose all of the underpainting. Also did an airbush applied gradient version, but didn't use enough thinner to dilute the paint I think, so same problem haha. I really like the definition and contrast I can build up in the underpainting phase, but it's a bit painful to lose it all afterwards, going to try this technique again on another test mini.
Hi Dana You mentioned about matte and glaze medium being a misconception but Liquatex actually make two products called matte medium and glaze medium (which is a little thicker than the Vallejo). This might have been what people were asking about.
I am lucky to live close to a store heavily involved in wargames and miniature games, and they have several experienced painters on staff and carry a huge range of products. I asked them about the metal colors, and they agreed that they work really well, but they said that some are alcohol base, not water base, and so make sure not to mix them with other paints. they even recommended that for alcohol based paints you need separate brushes
Maple syrup rations! Bahahahaha. I once bartered an item from someone with a pountine. Typical canadian eh? Cheers from Cape Breton Dana. Learning a ton from your vids. Love your retro vibe!
Hey Dana. Great video and series. Really really helpful. Quick question. Do you still use glaze medium if your using a wet palette ? If so, do you need to do anything differently than what you show in the video ?
So when using different manufacturer metallic paints, such as Army Painter, Citadel, Tamiya and so on. Would they be mixed with the glaze medium the same as the non-metallic paints?
Hi Dana, great video! Just wondering whats your opinion on vallejo washes in comparison to Citadel. In colours you explained that Vellejo comes first, and Citadel 3rd. How about the washes ;)
could you make a video on using vallejo air for... manual brushing? (if that is at all possible) 😁 cheers. looking forward to your next awesome stuff. stay safe
I am brand new to the hobby and plan on ordering my supplies to follow along next week. This may be a dumb question as I am just learning how to thin paints but, when adding the glaze medium to paint do I only use this to thin it to the desired amount and add more if I want it to be more translucent? If that makes sense? Thanks, loving the videos and channel 👌
Really enjoying these tutorials as I'm a beginner model painter as well (both minis and larger scale models); I'm learning a lot, especially in the glazing department. You're really improving in the exposition as well!! A question/request: Would it be possible for you to put a slightly darker background when you film your palette? I find it a little too bright and it's a little hard to clearly see the consistency of the paint you're aiming to achieve. At least it is for me since I don't have a perfect eyesight.
Hi Dana, around the 5:30 mark you mention people asking about using Matt Medium in place of Glaze Medium. I could be wrong, but I think you misunderstood the reason they were asking the question (thinking they confused glaze/gloss)? I would assume that Matt Medium is just a matt acrylic with no pigment in it. So how is it different from Glaze medium? It seems like they'd serve the same purpose. For me personally, when I have tried to use glaze medium, it doesn't mix well with the paint and comes out kind of gloppy, and doesn't really seem to thin it much to use as a glaze. Maybe I just got a bad/old bottle, but I've never been able to figure out how to use glaze medium properly. Using Matt Medium has worked a bit better, though lately when I glaze I've just been adding Flow Aid and that seems to work alright. Would love to hear your thoughts as I'm still trying to "solve" glazing. Love your videos! :)
Hi Dana, thanks for the video! I tried glazing after watching your loonboss video, but found the final results to be a little grainy due to my zenithal highlight being a little splotchy (probably held the spray bottle too far away from the models). I see that you have a similar “grain” on the shield, robes and loincloth(?), but on your test model it looks very smooth. Is that just the result of more layers? I’m looking for a really smooth finish and not sure if I can while preserving the grainy under painting. Confused
Hello, good vid, but I am a bit confused - there is a product out there by Vallejo called "Mat Medium". So what is the difference between that and Glaze Medium?
i have both the glaze medium and matt medium by liquitex and also vallejo glaze medium the matt medium is the one thats the same as vallejo glaze medium just thicker I found that adding it 3 to 1 with water is about the same but its closer if you use flow impover instead of water figured id try save anyone from buying all of it to work that out
Hi! I really enjoy your videos. I can see the case for flow improver + matte medium, but why would you want retarder in there when doing glazes? Don't you usually want it to dry fast?
Blending and working the paint... The longer your working time, the smoother you can make your blends without the risk of tearing the paint. Between that, and the active open time, you can also stretch your paint a lot further into a project. Painting is a very time-dependent process, and managing it well helps both the quality of your outcomes, and the efficiency of your production.
I didn’t get into it much in this video (it will probably come up more when blending/highlighting in future videos) but it drying slow allows you to move the pigment around easier when blending
@@DanaHowl Yes I can see the case for slower drying times with various blending techniques. I was mostly wondering if the slower drying time is beneficial when doing glazes specifically? Since glazes are so thin and transparent my impression is that they're usually just applied in layers. Anyway thanks for the response and the content!
Commenting even though I haven't watched yet: I went to a local store to buy the paints listed here ( I already bought supplies for class one through your Amazon links, but got some time off work and wanted to keep going, didn't want to wait for shipping for the paints). The Dull Aluminium threw me off because it's an airbrush paint and those were in a different section, I didn't even notice until I got home - I ended up with a silver paint as replacement, Vallejo Liquid Silver. Is that going to work ok? I got a few other color replacements in Citadel also because they didn't have the Vallejo in stock, but they had a color equivalency chart so I think I'm ok there, but I'm worried about the silver, don't know if it will have the right consistency? I hope you do a video on the nature of different paints.
Dana is 110% correct about how incredible the Vallejo METAL COLOR paints are, they are greatest thing since sliced bread. Not bad value either for the price considering the bottles are 32ml, while Model/Game colour are 17ml and Citadel 12ml.
Lots of painters have noted how awesome the Metal Colors are, but with exception of one single "Copper" and a single "Green Gold" they're entirely the gamut of Silver/Steel/Greymetals. It's easy to mix them with other (non-metallic) colors, but it'd be nice if they expanded the range a bit.
For the best RUclips experience one should strive for crisp audio and only the cleanest of edits... balls to that I like CRT monitors, static, and editing using an etch-a-sketch. Love it 😆📺📻📼
I kinda made my own glaze medium by mixing acrylic medium with water and dish soap. Seems to work fairly well if anyone is interest. Like 1 part acrylic, 8.9 parts water and 0.1 dish soap. Rough estimate. Dish soap is a surfactant, lowers surface tension. So flows better.
love your videos! u really help me getting a much better painter :) can u do a video about painting non metallic metal? for silver i have an idea but i cant paint copper or anything else ^^
Jaani Kääpä thanks! Recently learned it can act as a matte varnish as well. All of this recent knowledge is removing the “buyers” remorse for paying GW prices
Josh Becka Mediums are great. Vince Venturella has a great video on them. Flow improver is the one you want if you wish to do very detailed freehand style stuff, btb. Surfactant is, if I understood it correctly. Is what you want to make washes. As for different glossiness ratings... Get matte paints and a bottle of gloss medium. Mix the medium with the paint and you get gloss paint. No reason to separately purchase gloss paints. Cheaper to get the medium.
I am a beginner figure painter. Actually I am so beginner that I have not even painted a single one in my life yet. I just realised that my boardgame minis look so boring in plastic grey and now I have a Vallejo game color intro set, skin color set and Wash set coming from Amazon. While waiting for them to arrive I have been studying religiously on how to paint and I find your style of painting (lots of focus on prepping and priming) interesting. I have never been good coloring things and mild red-green color blindness is not helping, but doing most of the work in black and white seems so easy that I have to try it. Thing is, I do not gave any Glaze coming and local gaming shop has run out according to their website. Since Glaze is to my understanding basically a varnish, would any acrylic medium-matte or medium-gloss varnish from hardware store also work for glazing paint?
Blue green is sold out where I am too. Army Painter Royal Cloak is probably the closest. That's also sold out where I am. I'm going with Citadel Base Temple Guard Blue. It's greener than Vallejo Blue Green, but times are tough :)
@@DanaHowl Hey Dana! actually yeah, tried them all, but its all good, using game color turquoise instead, even if its a bit different. heard 'Vallejo Panoceania Paint Set' has it if others are looking as well.
@@liamperrin using a 'similar' color as well too! but if anyone else is looking, 'Vallejo Panoceania Paint' set has it if anyone is reallly desperate! also nice beginner lesson too
Hi Dana! Do you (or any of the other lovely commentors) have a preferred online source for Vallejo paints other than Amazon? Our local game store only stocks Citadel paints. (I've asked - they can't afford to carry more lines right now.) Our local art supply store doesn't stock acrylic model paints at all.
Hi! In Canada I order from sunward hobbies, meeplemart, or thunder games and gifts, they have lots of Vallejo products. I’m not sure about other countries though
@@DanaHowl Thank you so much! I'm in Maryland so those places aren't too far away. I'll check 'em out and make up for not giving you Amazon bucks by joining the Patreon.
A warning for the unwary: if you want to get a huge bottle of glaze medium, the professional acrylic lines have their own versions. Do not however go for Liquitex’s version as it contains a drying *accelerant* for reasons only known to their dark gods. Golden do a glaze medium that works more like the Vallejo one.
this is great advice, making this the pinned comment!
This explains so much...
I use Winsor & Newton WN Acrylic Glazing Medium and it works better than any other.
@@morfemy Professor Howl, it might be time for a glaze medium shoot-out!
Liquitex is really thick too. I use it for inks but wouldn't for paints myself unless I was dry glazing and really wanted to stick something to the high points
I’ve watched hours of painting uploads, but I’ve never seen this covered. Thank you so much Dana, this was the best. I learned a lot & you’re a great teacher
Just wanted to say thanks for these tutorials, I painted my best mini in years following them and I have never been so happy with a model 😁
The best validation for this video imho... I watched it a few weeks ago, and thought “wow, that’s amazing! I wish I could paint this well!”
Then I applied the technique to six minis in the intervening period, getting better each time, and gathering some additional finishing techniques from Vince Venturella’s videos.
Then I finally got around to painting the stormcast that I ordered when I first watched this video. So I thought I’d watch this video again to remind myself how to do it right...
And...
Now I look at it again a month on it feels to me like I can probably do better...
So thank you so much! This video has been an amazing springboard and inspiration! You rock Dana!
Ooooh exciting new supplies towards our list!!! Looking forward to watching this one. I appreciate we are working on the same model :)))
I love how you explain what and why you are doing things. These videos are pure gold for a beginner like me. Thank you.
Hooray! Always enjoy seeing a new Howl Corp Home Video!
I just wanna say that I absolutely love your videos. I am by far not a great miniature painter, but after I watched a bunch of your videos I feel I have gotten a lot better. Thank you so much Dana, and please keep these amazing videos coming.
Thank you for the effort that you put into doing this series. It really helps give a shot of confidence and a helping hand to those of us who need it.
Very new to painting minis , these vids have become life blood for me . Thank you for making them!
love your style, videos, how you paint, colors schedule... your channel is very different from others.... just love it. You have a fan in Chile :))))))))))))))))
This series is put together so cool. I'm getting NFBoC vibes. Not to mention the instructional content, thank you Dana!
Another excellent and informative video, and patience was rewarded (and much angst resolved) when that left side of the foot by the shield edge finally got a coat of the blue at the end.
The consistancy of the metal is because it is an airbrush color. So it is already thinned for the airbrush and also the mica flakes are most likely a lot smaller than in normal metallics. Usually Vallejo's paints are labeled AIR if they're meant for airbrush. This one's labeled differently, but notes the airbrush on the label.
Gold's mica flakes, the glitter, is larger like you note. The paint is 'normal'. I think the only metallic paint that has smaller mica flakes than Vallejo's metal range (the silver paint you used) is Alclad 2, but that is lacquer based.
Thank you for all the doggo B-roll!
Also for all the great painting info, that was good too.
Thank you so much for your work. I decided to try glazing because of your videos. Waiting for the next part.
I just want to say your videos are awesome. Very well done and your pretty damn easy to look at. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos. I guess it’s because your a lot better to look at than those guys from citadel. Lol. Keep up the great work.
Fun Fact: I use Thinner Medium to clean the Brushes too. It's working very well. It even dissolves old dried paint residues that are deep inside the brush. Put a few drops into a bottle cap and rub gentle the brush into it. Try it out ; D
I use isopropyl, but sure glaze will be less aggresive to my brushes
Oh gosh, I'm not the only one who has done that! I did that for a while after noticing how easily contaminated by paint it got on accident.
@@BlackCoyote66 I study chemistry. I noticed that the Thinner Medium has the properties of a solvent and tried it out.
@@MrMelanion Do you use iso with Vallejo paints? I ask because iso typically turns Vallejo into gum.
I love vallejo glaze medium. Thank you for validating my over-use of it!
It’s.... the best?!?!
I've been painting for a couple months but I still soak up the basics videos! Thanks Dana
very welcome!
vallejo metal color is amazing & takes glazes and gw contrast paints really well! I tried using snakebite leather over silver in lieu of gold & really dug it
the greatest value for me in this video is the easy to do dark skintone. You don't know how hard it is to find an easy guide for that. Thank you
You are truly amazing, thank you for these classes.
You’re amazing, thanks for this series and all the time you put into it. Really appreciate it!
With glazing you have to have it thinner than even a wash in terms of the quantity of pigment in the medium. You need the patience of a saint to paint glazes but the transitions between different colours means that you get some jaw dropping looking miniatures.
Really enjoying this series. I've recently become interested in painting miniatures and have found your channel really helpful. Thanks for all the work you do.
Lovely! Thanks for this. I will say that taking a picture or four of your underpainting can help remember how the light worked. As a beginner-ish painter, I am still developing my ability to know how light hits, so reference photos have helped me a lot once I get to the color stage.
Your content is so amazing! I’m looking forward to #3B!!
Awesome job! I can't wait for the next episode. Bought some glaze medium and loving the results. Thank you!
The thing I like best about your channel is that you use Vallejo which is what I use.
Thanks so much for doing these! I'm new to painting, and learning so much. It's a bit overwhelming, but also so much fun!
Great Video, probably took quite some time to make, really appreciate it though, very helpful!
Thanks again for a great video! Cannot wait to see part B :)
Dana, i love you and all your works.
"We don't want to be painting with Kool-Aid...though that would be a very interesting video, and I might have to put that in my back pocket for later."
😂😂😂
And now ... I want to paint with Kool-Aid.
There are some watercolorists who won't use watercolour that has honey in the formulation because they're scared of bees... this would be next level
Another thinning option that I've found works pretty well is thinning/mixing your paints with acrylic inks, especially if you want to maintain your paint's opacity whilst thinning it.
Great series! Thank you for all your hard work!
You're a wonderful human being! ❤
Great videos! Very thorough, thank you!
Another awesome video!
This video has reminded me that I am out of glaze medium... so useful. Your paintjobs are amazing as always.
Awesome Howl Corp. intro😁
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Great video as always! Thanks for being a positive voice in the community and showing people how to hobby better. :) Glazing is something I keep meaning to do more of and your videos inspire me to use glazes more (mental image of the orange squig).
One note: I think they meant Matte Medium, like from Liquitex.
For those wondering about using Matte Medium to glaze: Vallejo Thinner Medium is mostly just Matte Medium and distilled water. Vallejo Glaze Medium is the same but with flow improver and drying retardant, as Prof Howl says. :P You can glaze with both.
If you can’t find flow improver, vegetable glycerin works in a pinch. I highly recommend adding matte medium and flow improver to your hobby arsenal to save money and create your own glazes, thinners, and washes.
I really like that colour you picked for the stones on the base, I've been ending up with super dull greys/browns didn't even think about using those sorts of colours for stone.
Great voice for calming video.
Found you through MidWinter and Subbed because of the Great Content!
Watched the previous vids, getting the hang of it. Thanks
Help! When does the final video come out on highlights and varnishing?!?! Also, this series is fantastic and has really gotten me into the hobby. You are great and I appreciate the art theory you add in. Quick tip: After much searching, I found a decent storage solution: on amazon, from artbin , the glitter glue storage container for like 25 bucks.
Is this course split going to increase the units of the course sequence? I'm on block tuition, but I'm already at a full load and I want to know if I'll have to drop crash course this semester.
Thank you Dana another excellent vid.
You are the best! Thanks for all your videos!
I love your content. Super informative and your color choices are inspiring. I would be interested in hearing your opinion on starter air brushes and accessories required.
I thank Dana got confused with the question for Vallejos Mediums as there is a Matt and a Glaze medium Dana is right the glaze will dry Matt iv used them both long story short, stick with Glaze Medium the Matt Medium is thicker they both do the same thing but Glaze Medium it's by far easier to work with.
I second that. Also watch out for Glaze mediums with a gloss finish - they don’t work so well with matte acrylic. Another tip for new painters experimenting with flow improver - it usually needs to be diluted with water 10:1. Figured that out after using it neat for a while and wondering why my paint was going everywhere! It’s all one long learning curve and you must not be afraid to make mistakes. But if you can learn a few things from others mistakes there’s no harm in that either. ;-).
Hi, great videos! Is there a part 4 available?
This is so awesome!
can you believe i was about to ask in a comment about yout thoughts on thinning with av glaze medium before the great reveal lol, thank you dana
The main thing I like about glazing is the depth of colour you can achieve that you just can't do with other techniques.
Omg this video is what I needed! Breaking down the term on "gloss" vs "glase" is so helpful. Im just starting out this hobby. Your instagram rocks btw!
Amazing video series. I know it's marked as outdated, but the knowledge and the suggestion of supplies have made my paint skills jump 10 fold.
Glaze medium has been a game changer for me. Can you use glaze medium with the Vallejo metallics?
Thank you for this awesome video.
These are great 🙌🏻quick question does it matter if you use a wet palette for glazes or better on a tile or tub etc ? Thanks x
Is there an Army painter equivalent of the glaze medium? I assume their “mixing medium” is like the thinner. Can I use vellejo glaze medium with army painter?
I can't really get that vallejo glaze medium to come out how I want, but I found the Ak interactive Transparator to be nice to work with.
Tried this by making a glaze with thinned(watered) down acrylic matte medium, but I have to go over 10+ times to get the colour to not look like 'patchy paint over black'. Using less of the home made glaze medium means I lose all of the underpainting. Also did an airbush applied gradient version, but didn't use enough thinner to dilute the paint I think, so same problem haha.
I really like the definition and contrast I can build up in the underpainting phase, but it's a bit painful to lose it all afterwards, going to try this technique again on another test mini.
Hi Dana
You mentioned about matte and glaze medium being a misconception but Liquatex actually make two products called matte medium and glaze medium (which is a little thicker than the Vallejo). This might have been what people were asking about.
I am lucky to live close to a store heavily involved in wargames and miniature games, and they have several experienced painters on staff and carry a huge range of products. I asked them about the metal colors, and they agreed that they work really well, but they said that some are alcohol base, not water base, and so make sure not to mix them with other paints. they even recommended that for alcohol based paints you need separate brushes
Maple syrup rations! Bahahahaha. I once bartered an item from someone with a pountine. Typical canadian eh? Cheers from Cape Breton Dana. Learning a ton from your vids. Love your retro vibe!
Any rough estimate on a release date for the next course? I'm loving following this series, and can't wait for the next entry!
Hey Dana. Great video and series. Really really helpful. Quick question. Do you still use glaze medium if your using a wet palette ? If so, do you need to do anything differently than what you show in the video ?
So when using different manufacturer metallic paints, such as Army Painter, Citadel, Tamiya and so on. Would they be mixed with the glaze medium the same as the non-metallic paints?
Hi Dana, great video! Just wondering whats your opinion on vallejo washes in comparison to Citadel. In colours you explained that Vellejo comes first, and Citadel 3rd. How about the washes ;)
could you make a video on using vallejo air for... manual brushing? (if that is at all possible) 😁
cheers. looking forward to your next awesome stuff.
stay safe
I am brand new to the hobby and plan on ordering my supplies to follow along next week. This may be a dumb question as I am just learning how to thin paints but, when adding the glaze medium to paint do I only use this to thin it to the desired amount and add more if I want it to be more translucent? If that makes sense? Thanks, loving the videos and channel 👌
Glazing medium and Kool-Aid could be fun! 😁
Yaaay! its here!
Can you use glaze medium with a wet pallet?
Really enjoying these tutorials as I'm a beginner model painter as well (both minis and larger scale models); I'm learning a lot, especially in the glazing department. You're really improving in the exposition as well!! A question/request: Would it be possible for you to put a slightly darker background when you film your palette? I find it a little too bright and it's a little hard to clearly see the consistency of the paint you're aiming to achieve. At least it is for me since I don't have a perfect eyesight.
Yes! Absolutely! This footage was filmed awhile ago, going forward I have been using a darker background for the painting segments!
Hi Dana, around the 5:30 mark you mention people asking about using Matt Medium in place of Glaze Medium. I could be wrong, but I think you misunderstood the reason they were asking the question (thinking they confused glaze/gloss)? I would assume that Matt Medium is just a matt acrylic with no pigment in it. So how is it different from Glaze medium? It seems like they'd serve the same purpose. For me personally, when I have tried to use glaze medium, it doesn't mix well with the paint and comes out kind of gloppy, and doesn't really seem to thin it much to use as a glaze. Maybe I just got a bad/old bottle, but I've never been able to figure out how to use glaze medium properly. Using Matt Medium has worked a bit better, though lately when I glaze I've just been adding Flow Aid and that seems to work alright. Would love to hear your thoughts as I'm still trying to "solve" glazing. Love your videos! :)
Do you recommend glazing over other colors or enamel metals?
Pretty good
Hi Dana, thanks for the video! I tried glazing after watching your loonboss video, but found the final results to be a little grainy due to my zenithal highlight being a little splotchy (probably held the spray bottle too far away from the models). I see that you have a similar “grain” on the shield, robes and loincloth(?), but on your test model it looks very smooth. Is that just the result of more layers? I’m looking for a really smooth finish and not sure if I can while preserving the grainy under painting. Confused
Where can I get the dull aluminium paint? It's unavailable in the link :C
Hello, good vid, but I am a bit confused - there is a product out there by Vallejo called "Mat Medium". So what is the difference between that and Glaze Medium?
i have both the glaze medium and matt medium by liquitex and also vallejo glaze medium the matt medium is the one thats the same as vallejo glaze medium just thicker I found that adding it 3 to 1 with water is about the same but its closer if you use flow impover instead of water figured id try save anyone from buying all of it to work that out
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Axiom Man Yup. I squeeked too.
Hi! I really enjoy your videos. I can see the case for flow improver + matte medium, but why would you want retarder in there when doing glazes? Don't you usually want it to dry fast?
Blending and working the paint... The longer your working time, the smoother you can make your blends without the risk of tearing the paint. Between that, and the active open time, you can also stretch your paint a lot further into a project.
Painting is a very time-dependent process, and managing it well helps both the quality of your outcomes, and the efficiency of your production.
I didn’t get into it much in this video (it will probably come up more when blending/highlighting in future videos) but it drying slow allows you to move the pigment around easier when blending
@@DanaHowl Yes I can see the case for slower drying times with various blending techniques. I was mostly wondering if the slower drying time is beneficial when doing glazes specifically? Since glazes are so thin and transparent my impression is that they're usually just applied in layers. Anyway thanks for the response and the content!
can u use any brand of glaze meduim?
I suppose Lahmian Medium from GW would work the same as Glaze medium from Vallejo?
You should be painting Indomitus 😜
Commenting even though I haven't watched yet: I went to a local store to buy the paints listed here ( I already bought supplies for class one through your Amazon links, but got some time off work and wanted to keep going, didn't want to wait for shipping for the paints). The Dull Aluminium threw me off because it's an airbrush paint and those were in a different section, I didn't even notice until I got home - I ended up with a silver paint as replacement, Vallejo Liquid Silver. Is that going to work ok? I got a few other color replacements in Citadel also because they didn't have the Vallejo in stock, but they had a color equivalency chart so I think I'm ok there, but I'm worried about the silver, don't know if it will have the right consistency? I hope you do a video on the nature of different paints.
Dana is 110% correct about how incredible the Vallejo METAL COLOR paints are, they are greatest thing since sliced bread. Not bad value either for the price considering the bottles are 32ml, while Model/Game colour are 17ml and Citadel 12ml.
Lots of painters have noted how awesome the Metal Colors are, but with exception of one single "Copper" and a single "Green Gold" they're entirely the gamut of Silver/Steel/Greymetals. It's easy to mix them with other (non-metallic) colors, but it'd be nice if they expanded the range a bit.
For the best RUclips experience one should strive for crisp audio and only the cleanest of edits... balls to that I like CRT monitors, static, and editing using an etch-a-sketch. Love it 😆📺📻📼
I kinda made my own glaze medium by mixing acrylic medium with water and dish soap. Seems to work fairly well if anyone is interest.
Like 1 part acrylic, 8.9 parts water and 0.1 dish soap. Rough estimate.
Dish soap is a surfactant, lowers surface tension. So flows better.
love your videos! u really help me getting a much better painter :)
can u do a video about painting non metallic metal? for silver i have an idea but i cant paint copper or anything else ^^
I have Lahmain Medium and Contrast Medium, both from GW... are either of those glaze medium?
Lahmian would be your best bet!
Yup. Lahmian is glaze.
Jaani Kääpä thanks! Recently learned it can act as a matte varnish as well. All of this recent knowledge is removing the “buyers” remorse for paying GW prices
Josh Becka Mediums are great. Vince Venturella has a great video on them. Flow improver is the one you want if you wish to do very detailed freehand style stuff, btb. Surfactant is, if I understood it correctly. Is what you want to make washes. As for different glossiness ratings... Get matte paints and a bottle of gloss medium. Mix the medium with the paint and you get gloss paint. No reason to separately purchase gloss paints. Cheaper to get the medium.
Jaani Kääpä so I have airbrush flow improver...is there a difference there?
I am a beginner figure painter. Actually I am so beginner that I have not even painted a single one in my life yet. I just realised that my boardgame minis look so boring in plastic grey and now I have a Vallejo game color intro set, skin color set and Wash set coming from Amazon. While waiting for them to arrive I have been studying religiously on how to paint and I find your style of painting (lots of focus on prepping and priming) interesting. I have never been good coloring things and mild red-green color blindness is not helping, but doing most of the work in black and white seems so easy that I have to try it. Thing is, I do not gave any Glaze coming and local gaming shop has run out according to their website. Since Glaze is to my understanding basically a varnish, would any acrylic medium-matte or medium-gloss varnish from hardware store also work for glazing paint?
Any replacements for vallejo blue green? I find it's sold out everywhere (in Canada)
Blue green is sold out where I am too. Army Painter Royal Cloak is probably the closest. That's also sold out where I am. I'm going with Citadel Base Temple Guard Blue. It's greener than Vallejo Blue Green, but times are tough :)
have you tried sunward hobbies? Meeplemart?
@@DanaHowl Hey Dana! actually yeah, tried them all, but its all good, using game color turquoise instead, even if its a bit different. heard 'Vallejo Panoceania Paint Set' has it if others are looking as well.
@@liamperrin using a 'similar' color as well too! but if anyone else is looking, 'Vallejo Panoceania Paint' set has it if anyone is reallly desperate! also nice beginner lesson too
Hi Dana! Do you (or any of the other lovely commentors) have a preferred online source for Vallejo paints other than Amazon? Our local game store only stocks Citadel paints. (I've asked - they can't afford to carry more lines right now.) Our local art supply store doesn't stock acrylic model paints at all.
Hi! In Canada I order from sunward hobbies, meeplemart, or thunder games and gifts, they have lots of Vallejo products. I’m not sure about other countries though
@@DanaHowl Thank you so much! I'm in Maryland so those places aren't too far away. I'll check 'em out and make up for not giving you Amazon bucks by joining the Patreon.
Great when's the next instalment
I have a bottle of army painter quickshade wash mixing medium. Does anyone know if this is the same or similar to the vallejo glaze medium?