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I'm looking for a glazing medium, but I'm not sure what to buy. I already have Lahmian medium (which from what I gather is just Citadel's acrylic medium without pigments), which I use to dilute paints and washes with, especially when I want the paint to flow better and not leave those patches you get from diluting with too much water.

However, I have never tested a medium specifically made for glazing, e.g. Vallejo's or AK's glaze medium. Reading thei description, it says that glaze medium improves fluidity, increases transparency, and slows drying time. The first two are definitaly true for Lahmiam medium as well, but I haven't noticed slower drying time. So I guess a dry retarder is part of a glaze medium's additives. I guess what I'm asking is: is there a noticeable benefit of using a glaze medium as opposed to Lahmian medium for glazing? I guess if you want to wet blend (with the prolonged drying time), but what about when you just want to apply a regular thin glaze to tint the colors?

It's not much of a longer drying time. Enough to help it not pool or streak, but it's not turning into oil painting. Frankly between Vallejo's glaze medium and lahmian, I struggle to actually feel much difference - I'm still using up the last of my vallejo stuff as it's in a dropper.

I'd just stick with lahmian medium. I often dont even use that. you can use water to make glazes, I usually just do that.

If you want a longer drying time, buy some actual Vallejo Retarder Medium. It's not actually a medium, despite the name, but a gel additive. You only need a small amount mixed into your paint, (on your wet palette, of course) and it'll have a much longer working time on the model.

Then use water or Lahmian or whatever and thin to taste. (Although for wet-blending, you might actually want it kind of thick).

Thanks for the input, guys. I might just stick with Lahmian medium then.

 WaveyRaven wrote:
If you want a longer drying time, buy some actual Vallejo Retarder Medium. It's not actually a medium, despite the name, but a gel additive. You only need a small amount mixed into your paint, (on your wet palette, of course) and it'll have a much longer working time on the model.

Then use water or Lahmian or whatever and thin to taste. (Although for wet-blending, you might actually want it kind of thick).

Yes, I already have the Vallejo retarder (and a wet palette ). I'll play around with that and water/Lahmian, as you say, to see if I can get the desired properties. Thanks