Vallejo Brown Glaze

[Fizl]

Hi Guys and Girls,

I recently ordered some of this stuff and thought I\'d have a look at it today. Now, I was expecting this to be thin, like an ink, but it has a paint consistency and doesn\'t seem to be very translucent when watered down. Is it meant to be like this? If so, what is the point of it apart from another brown paint?

Shaz

 

[Valander]

I don\'t have the Brown Glaze, but I do have a couple of the other Vallejo \"transparent\" paints (Woodgrain, Natural Wood, and Smoke).

While they don\'t look too much different coming out of the bottle, I\'ve found that they do behave slightly differently. They tend to be, well, a bit more transparent, even though they look thick. This allows for more of the underlying color to show through, but makes it so that the paint isn\'t as hard to handle as a wash.

I\'ve found that using Woodgrain straight over white primer creates a really nice wood effect rather quickly. Thinned down to 1:3 or more, it makes a great glaze for reds.

Best thing I can suggest is to play with it. See what it does on top of various colors, and at various ratios of paint:water.

 

[Beelzebrush]

I use brown glaze quite a bit. It is supposed to be quite thick... it\'s suspended in glaze medium. Basically, if thinned you can push it about and feather it quite a lot and it does give a transparent covering. It\'s useful for creating dirt effects as well as weathering on metallics and NMM (a little like smoke etc). It also gives quite nice effects straight from the bottle as it tends the gather in low areas (a bit like when using Klear/Future wax glazes). Also when using the thicker medium, just add pure water to work it more when on the mini. My best advice would be to experiment with it whilst thinned as you can work it for longer than normal colour.

I hope that helps

 

[Fizl]

Yes it did thanks, i\'ve got some spread about on a white palette over a few colours to see what it does to them.

Shaz

 

[mouse]

Fizl...

that\'s what glaze are for...

for more transparent effects, use ink instead.

actually, my advice is to experiment with different types and brands of paint...honestly, you wouldn\'t regret it.

 

[Fizl]

I think i was expecting it to be like a thick ink, easier to work with but transparent.

Well, I\'ll see what it does, you can never have too many paints

Shaz

 

[mouse]

rite on....

Originally posted by Fizl
I think i was expecting it to be like a thick ink, easier to work with but transparent.

Well, I\'ll see what it does, you can never have too many paints

Shaz

and somehow, different brands of paints can produce different effects...

eg. smoke from tamiya
eg. ink from GW compared to reaper and vallejo
eg. gunze sangyo metallic paints
eg. humbrol\'s mate varnish

actually it doesn\'t stop at paint...brushes, extenders, flow-controllers, basing, textures..enjoy!