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The method I'm using to paint my imperial fists is several glaze/shade layers over a white base to gradually turn the model yellow.
I was warned by a GW employee (the one who suggested this method) that brush marks are basically unavoidable on vehicles, and that I should get some appropriate layer paints for them (rather than the glaze method).
I was just wondering if anyone had tried a similar method on their vehicles? I don't really want to change to layer paint just for the vehicles as I'm not convinced the shade of yellow will be the same as my marines.
Glaze method:
- base white (several layers)
- fill all details (eyes, seals, etc) - various colours
- 50/50 lahmian medium/seraphim sepia
- 50/50 lahmian medium/casandora yellow
- 50/50 lahmian medium/lamenters yellow

Would three diluted shade/glaze layers leave unavoidable brush marks?

Thanks in advance.

I really doubt the brush marks would be a problem with many thinnes layers like that, use a large wash brush and worst case thin more and do more layers.

This would be ideal for airbrush (not to mention huge time savings).

If you want to brush it on, the key is to brush your glazes relatively thinly, and apply multiple layers of glaze if you need it.

You never get brush strokes with glazes -- at least not like the ones you get witha regular paint -- but you do get glazes pooling and drying in blobs or streaks, and that looks just as bad, or worse, than brushstrokes.

It can look very dirty. As Talys says, the risk isn't strokes, it's pooling. You'll get that "dunked Ork vehicle" look, just in brighter colours, unless you're exceptionally careful.
Any tiny bits of grit or dust in your primer or glaze will show, especially on white.

The GW employee is wrong. I brush paint vehicles and never get brush strokes. The key is properly thinned paint with a large blending (also called chisel) brush, and working quickly.