WIP - Painting/Sculpting/Converting General

Bomb-junka now about 75% done, boxing complete now the deff rolla needs finishing a then it's rivet time.

And the other angle.

I'm liking this, it's nice you've not gone overboard with the random junk, looks Orky and practical at the same time.

>No WIP thread on Veeky Forums?!?

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Whenever you want. There is no hard and fast rule, just as there is no right and wrong.
It's a stylistic decision mostly.
Certain surfaces like fur or scales really lend themselves to it though and especially when you are painting an army you want to save time wherever possible.

In the end it's up to you though.
As a rule of thumb:
Drybrushing is quick and messy, layering is slow and clean - if done right.
If you are just laying down the first layer on a heavily textured mini or painting the fatigues on your IG before you move on to the next step being quick and messy can be pretty great though.

A glaze tints the colour covered, it can for instance be used to help a blended transition pull together better, or to strengthen a colour (something you see when painting IF yellow for instance).

Should you use it on all models? No probably not. Glazes have their time and place, but aren't required for a model to look good.

and here are the pages on layering.

While I'm at it.

Be aware that people tend to use the terms glazes, washes, feathering etc somewhat loosely and sometimes mean different things.

For example another common way to refer to glazing to talk about using a very thin transparent coat of paint to successively build up a smooth transition. Feathering is a certain way of applying that paint, though it's the same principle.

Thanks. Very helpful.

Yes I haven't gotten around to that yet, but I plan to.

No, wolf grey primer.