This Is Why Should NOT Drybrush Your Models! (...and how to do it anyway)

Drybrushing, especially Slapchop, is a hot topic in the miniature painting scene. It might seem like a fast and easy technique, but is it really? Will it destroy your models, if you use drybrushing?
In my journey as an professional miniature painter I discovered many ways of using this popular technique. However, there is a big reason why I don't teach drybrushing in my workshops and in this video you learn why. If you are still convinced that drybrushing is your way to go, I show you my approach of doing it in this video as well!
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[@clive_maloney]

I’m so glad to hear someone saying that it’s not all about speed. Almost every TH-cam video I watch has an emphasis on painting fast. That’s okay if your motivation for the hobby is primarily gaming but some of us want to paint at the best standard possible. You can’t do that with extensive use of contrast paint and drybrushing.

[@koze_4047]

You say don't drybrush but you show only drybrush techniques.

[@blitzme99]

drybrushing makes a come back when you graduate out of 28 mm and move up to like 1/8th scale

[@rastamann2009]

Of course you should drybrush, even if you want to become a better painter. Drybrushing not only has a space for personal improvement, but it has done so for a lot of people. Byron, indeed, has revolutionized the way we do it...

[@goforitpainting]

I think it's very important to have a good drybrush and to really have almost no paint on the brush. 🖌

[@sirbeardl5889]

When i started collecting warhammer minis about 1.5 years ago, i heavily used drybrushing in the beginning. `cause like everybody tells you: do drybrushing, its super simple and super fast. And that is correct. When i started i wanted to get my armies battleready ASAP, and when you want to make it look good for the tabletop ~1m away thats a really simple method. And i was happy with it, looked really good (back then ^^) But when i had many models painted and also played some tournaments i started to take more time for painting. i didnt need to get something ready fast for use in a tournament, because the base roster was painted. Ant thats where (for me) painting really started to make fun. I think i haven't used drybrushing in over half a year, and now my models look so much better when you take a closer look. its way more satisfying when you have in the end a really unique model with your personal brush-touch :). Now my armies get model for model replaced with nicer, better looking ones. And you never stop learning while painting. This channel here helped me in particular to get better, you learn really well the basic techniques and improve from there on your own. When i started i mostly used 3 different colours (for example a dark red, a red, a brighter red) for an surface. Now i also use 3 colours, but its my base colour, black and white/yellow/light blue (whatever fits). then i mix ~7-9 gradients and use that, and it looks SO.much.better. All thanks to Marcus, keep those videos coming!

[@scottboyer8450]

I really want to dry brush, because I'm an idiot and picked Drukhari as my first army and there's LOTS of edge highlighting and I fear 10 edition will be over before I get a painted army on the table.

[@trovarion]

Yes, I would like to boost my overal appearance please.

[@wolfie54321]

I drybrush/wash/ink armies, and use other more controlled techniques for individual models and display pieces. If you've got 120 models to paint, even saving 10 minutes per model that's 20 hours saved and well worth it to get an army on the table. Too many armies I've started and not got past the first squad because I picked a painting technique that was too slow. On the flip side, I love my rough painted armies that I whipped up in a couple of weekends and can throw around on the table without having a heart attack if someone touches them. My best results with drybrushing was something I discovered long before speed paints were a thing, which is to drybrush in layers and apply light washes after each layer of drybrush. So maybe start with a dark red primed model, drybrush a slightly less dark red, wash a dark brown, drybrush a midtone red, lightly wash the dark brown again, drybrush a light red/orange, then a final wash. It adds more depth and visual interest, the washes blend the drybrushes together, and you end up with the deepest recesses having 3 coats of wash visible while the upper portions only have 1 which seems to add to the depth.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

Can you explain how the advance technique differs from the slapchop technique please?

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This is an excellent demonstration. Thank you for putting this together!

[@kudosbudo]

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[@johannesheck4113]

Ich nutze Trockenbürsten weniger als früher. In meinen Augen ist es vor allem der Verlust an Kontrolle, der diese Technik schwierig macht.