<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium? GW brand paints, Vallejo is pretty readily available. I was looking over their product line and I'm a bit fuzzy on the while Glaze Medium and Matte Medium products. Both, the site says, increase fluidity and mask brush strokes and when thinned down more (i.e. 10:1 ratio) make good glazes and such. What do you guys use them for?

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 Vulcan wrote:
A matte medium promotes a non-glossy finish; a glaze medium has a shiny finish. That's the whole difference.


You're thinking of "gloss medium", not "glaze medium". Glaze medium makes the paint more transparent whilst still keeping the glue that binds the paint.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5795211.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5795211.page GMT What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium?
why cant this be simple? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5796111.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5796111.page GMT Re:What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5796418.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5796418.page GMT What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium?
Dante72 wrote:
Thanks for the help, guys. I saw some really cool tutorials showing how to paint whole armor highlights using the Medium Glaze. From what I see, thinning paints is a matter of taste. Some folks us water, some add the Glaze Medium to get a little translucence, some just use thinner and still some us a combination of everything :/

why cant this be simple?


It can be. For acrylics, I use Future/Klear. Works a charm, both in an airbrush and by hand. It's also a great gloss coat prior to using washes, decals, and oil paint weathering, as well as a protective layer for clear parts like windshields which also makes them appear thinner and more to scale, and clarifies removing scratches and hazing.

I've tried water, and that works fine too, but I find the fact that Future/Klear is acrylic itself to be better. I've also tried complicating things by adding slow dry, flow aid, retarder, etc but it over thinned. So I just use Future/Klear]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5798611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/536824/5798611.page GMT What is the difference between a matte medium and a glaze medium? GW paints, i always had more water on my palette than I got paint from the pot. I used the Glaze Medium on my metallic foundation and I saw that, I had greater control than with just water.

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Everything went fine, until I tried edge highlighting, I mean, it's not bad considering this is the first mini i ever painted

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