How to Drybrush minis - The absolute basics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Dry brushing, drybrushing or dry-brushing - it's dry, and it's brushy.
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This looks so easy, but I’m still trying to master it.
There are quite a few variables I guess so just a case of nailing down what works for each: brush, paint, consistency, amount on brush, pressure, colours and technique. One thing I don’t mention but did do is flick from the light source down with the brush so I just got highlights on the side with the light source.
@@alexpaintstinythings I’ve got a feeling it’s the paints, it still surprises me how different paints can be, even from the same range. I just need to be adaptable, easier said than done when I’m just a casual painter. I’ll have to keep referring back to your videos as a reminder 👍
@@themaskedg33k Tip from personal experience: Don't try new stuff on minis that are dear to you. Take a few minis with similar texture that you don't care that much about and use them to experiment and explore. Reduced those 'Ahh crud, I expected this to look so much different' moments for me, a lot :)
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hahaha, yep! - hot tip, you can get a pack of them very cheap online (or in these pound-shop stores if you have them nearby).
Improve your painting with this one simple trick... But seriously, i struggled with gwtting the results that i wanted from dry brushing, until i came across a video from Artists Opus. I think that they have several quite long winded (but super useful) videos on the subject. But for me, the one big take away was, instead of using an absorbant cloth/ paper towel, to remove excess paint from the brush, use a texture palette. By using something absorbant, you remove a lot of the medium, and leave behind a lot of the pigment, which tends to make your dry brushing look chalky or unnatural. Hope that makes sense, either way, id strongly recommended giving it a go. Final note, you dont even need to buy a texture palette, just glue a bunch of bits of sprue, or random crap to a board of some sort, and away you go.
you know I watched that AO video and it was great - and it's a good point about the absorbancy - I've also found some 3D printable texture palettes which I might try as an alternative!
What green/yellow did you use for the drybrush?
Hey! This was Vallejo Model Color 70.806 German Yellow. The Model Color range is thick enough to be a good consistency for drybrushing.
@@alexpaintstinythings thanks so much
@@GuttedAU You're very welcome :)