Also for individuals like myself for whom the standard edge highlighting technique is rendered unreasonably difficult due to nerve damage making their hands jerk spasmodically at random, Dry-brushing is a godsend as an alternative.

@ForTheOmnissiah

2 жыл бұрын

Realtalk it's nice that a method exists for people with forms of disability. I do it because, frankly, I find other methods too tedious. On more special models I take the time, but if I'm doing a Skitarii unit, that's a time sink. Also dry brushing gives a nice more realistic weathering effect imo.

@CMTechnica

Жыл бұрын

I shattered my hand in high school punching the lights out of a kid sexually harassing a girl, I’m paying for it now. Can’t keep a steady hand to save my life, you’d think I’m permanently freezing Yeah dry brushing is a godsend

@Belows682

Жыл бұрын

Respect!

@kariko07

Жыл бұрын

I also have nerve issues - gives me shaky hands, not overly obvious but makes fine painting nearly impossible . Dry brushing is awesome!!

@DodgethisCZ

Жыл бұрын

Same situation here. Do you have any tips for tremor painting?

I remember when I was younger and had just moved to a new school. I made friends with some people who played 40k and played battles during lunch break. I bought my Space Wolves in one day to play and I had dry brushed them to add a snow/frost effect and I was hailed as the best painter in the school :) little did they know the effect can be achieved easily

@Bawgle

5 жыл бұрын

how did yall have the time for 40k during lunch

@robbalke6535

4 жыл бұрын

Spenser Graham i know right?! i have to eat like 8 slices of bread and an apple in 25 minutes, i wont have time to play an entire game next to that!

@RZhang-bz6qq

4 жыл бұрын

@@robbalke6535 Some schools do it so you have 15 minutes to eat, and 45 minutes to do whatever. You can play a relatively small game in that timeframe.

@robbalke6535

4 жыл бұрын

Ricky Zhang yeah that then it would be possible, but i think id rather have less break time so i can be home earlier.

@Denim9330

4 жыл бұрын

Just looked down the comments and found a fellow space wolf snow lover :D Heck yes, represent.

Very important tip I got over the time was: ... If you want a more "dirty/dusty" look on your mini, wash first and then drybrush. If you want to have a "clean" look, drybrush first and then wash. It's simple but helps a lot ;)

@Dave_W861

5 жыл бұрын

That is superbly useful!

@eugenio5774

5 жыл бұрын

now this is a very useful tip!! I always have this problem where my drybrushing looks sort of dusty instead of like, a glow. now I know why. thanks!

@distroya_

5 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna write this down somewhere, so I remember this tip. Thanks :-)

@LegendaryPlank

5 жыл бұрын

MVP

@LoftOfTheUniverse

4 жыл бұрын

How do you clean it?

I know this is an old video, so thanks for keeping it available. This has taken the “chore” out of painting and has brought back some joy!! Thank you.

@vaylintwilight

4 ай бұрын

Reporting in four years later to also say thanks ❤

Dry brushing is my favorite technique. Definitely the easiest way to get table ready models super quickly. Plus if you're like me and you love Spehss wulfs, dry brushing white paint all over them can kind of sell the snow blown look.

I started dry brushing for the first time 2 weeks ago. This whole hobby is very new to me. I learned quickly that less is better and doing 10 skelly boys at once really helped nail the technique quickly. Newb Tip: Took a cheap brush (that was too big for me) from a multi-pack and cut the end off so the bristles were even. Worked like a charm.

Webster’s dictionary defines dry brushing as... I don’t know hahahaha! Love the mix of “dry” (har har) humor and information:)

Thanks! I was getting super frustrated with the results I got dry brushing, but watching this have realised I'm not making my brush anywhere near dry enough. Can't wait to try this out!

Really key tip that I almost never ever see mentioned: If you use paper towel it will almost always give a more dusty appearance. If instead you just wipe the brush off on plastic (or other non-absorbent surface), it will tend to give a much smoother appearance to the brushing.

Take less paint than you think you need, wipe off more paint than you think you should.

I love drybrushing. To be fair, I’m not a good painter anymore (took a twenty year break!) but the thing that made it easier coming back to these hobbies is knowing that I had my old three stage technique - block it in, shade and then drybrush. As you say, it’s amazing for metals, but I love painting a mini with clothing like robes or a jacket like your guy there and drybrushing it. It’s a gamechanger when you start out painting, I think. Superb vid, mate - thank you!

@TheBlackFrog79

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm here after a 20 year break too :)

What a fantastic video, very helpful and i just tried this for the first time using your method and it came out fantastically, i wish there were more tutorials like this out there. very clear, concise, well structured with a very good demonstration too and you can tell a lot of effort was put into this. thank you very much for the help!

Thanks for doing this video. When I got back into painting, this was the best video I found for dry brushing, you are very detailed with logical explanations. Appreciate the video

I dry brushed using some thinned down paint off my wet palette the other day, (just because the colour I needed was already on there) and it worked really well! It was a final highlight over the top of some genestealers and the fact the paint was thinned made it go on really smoothly and subtly.

Did my first drybrush this weeks, stumble upon this gem 2 days later. This channel is the best!!

Thanks Atom, been trying to get my head around the technique this gives me some confidence to go ahead and try it.

Learning dry brushing is the one skill that made me not completely suck at painting.

@christopherpeery7436

5 жыл бұрын

Kai Be why are you here?

I just started learning how to paint miniatures. Thank you for making this video! It's incredibly helpful.

Uncle Atom is the best. Super calming discussions about gaming. I recently got back in and drybrushing certainly is a tool to use in many situations. I used it to get bwtter highlighting on a gun with which layering and edge highlighting was just noy working and it really worked for the model. Thanks for justifying that.

'It's got a waist, and it spins'...... that made me giggle a bit lol.

Dry brushing one of my favorite methods Learned something new regardless. Thank you

I'm a huge fan of dry brushing! It makes my tyranids' armored carapace look really nice!

As I was watching this I was drybrushing a bunch of Chaos Cultists to get a new base colour on them; I had started with a gray primer and green wash, now adding a dark gray dry brush layer before doing details.

I've just watched your video and dived straight in. Wow, I'm so impressed with my models. Thank you very much

Thank you very much! This was super helpful. Guy on reddit told me about dry brushing so I searched it and this video explained it so perfectly.

I just got into mini painting by buying the Reaper Core Skills kit. They went over dry brushing but you explained it much better. I struggle with dry brushing and you helped a lot. Thanks man!

This is the first video that I found that actually really goes into how to do dry brushing. Every video I've found so far skip straight to the actual dry brushing step and never mention how to actually prep the paint. Thanks!

Oh my god this is amazing. I’m literally doing a dark grey primer with a dark wash & light grey drybrushing for my 40k models lol. I’ve heard about drybrushing but this has been the best tutorial I’ve seen so far.

Watched this video and just tried it on my FoW miniatures. They came out great. Very relaxing and satisfying. Will have to try the elf brushes. Two thumbs up, thanks!

Perfect explanation. Thank you. I have never done this before - your video was very well done and informative.

I love drybrushing. It's just so useful and fun to do. I used drybrushing alot for the bases of my space marine dreadnoughts to paint the scenery bases they come with to make them look like they're all dusty over concrete like a bunch has settled from ongoing battle and, just recently, I was painting a pair of dreads I'm using for Grey Knights and put some of the ol' grey knight steel base paint on the armor panels with a drakenhof nightshade wash and then starting going over it heavily with Necron Compound drybrushing just all over the armor panels. Partially to highlight, but also just get that sort of bright silver color that Grey Knights have in all their artwork and box art while trying to kind of keep that feint blue under glow of the grey knight steel and drakenhof.

Hi, Atom- I really appreciated this video. I started painting about 5 years ago, not counting the 3 or 4 RTB-01 Marines that a friend’s brother let me try out around 1988, that looked like I painted them with a roller. Drybrushing is something that I just never got very good at. After a while my edge highlighting was pretty precise, but I didn’t like how my Marines were starting to look like they were from Tron. I was okay at drybrushing things like chain mail and Deathwatch pauldrons, with all the little letters on them, but terrible at doing armor edges and the like. Your video really made me want to practice at it, and stick with it until I make it work. Just wanted to say thanks-

This is a great item, I will be using this for showing new painters how to dry brush. I use dry brushing all the time on my models (mostly 15mm scale) and armour. Thanks Uncle Atom!!!!

Thanks Atom. Going to be painting some spaceship and jet plane cockpits. I hope to bring out the details of the buttons, panels, displays etc. Great tip as always.

Thanks for this video. I’m new to this tabletop gaming stuff and painting the way I’ve been painting is pure hell.

Thank you for knowledge on this. I have just followed along and dry brushed my warboss in mega armour and it’s made the model pop.

Thank you so much! i have been trying to learn this for weeks now but no one explained it in a way i understood until now!

Great vid! Such a subtle yet effective technique

i love over brushing as well such a quick technique

just about to do my first drybrushing, will use your video as guide, simple and easy to understand, thank you :)

thank you for this! this quick and easy lesson! It helped a lot and I was able to implement the dry brushing effect to look just like I wanted to!

Thanks for this video. I did some dry brushing on my necrons and they look good.

I like this guy, especially that end bit.

Such a great intro to dry brushing! Thank you!

Awesome video as always, Uncle Atom! This is definitely one of my favorite techniques! ~ Wolfbrother Methos

Thank you! A great introduction to dry brushing.

Thank you very much, had a hard time getting the concept , now i got the idea, imma test them on my skittari

Excellent video as always! I too use those little makeup brushes, though they're such a pain to get really small ones without having to get an entire set!

Amazing tips and tricks atom smasher thank you so much your vids are very helpful to me as a starting tabletop gamer

Having the right brush is key. My best work is the result of using a very soft $1 makeup brush! My other brushes were too stiff and would remove the base coat. The makeup brush also carries a lot of color even when dry.

@tabletopminions

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve done a few videos about drybrushing with makeup brushes, they are outstanding! I use them all the time. Thanks for watching!

I'm totally mesmerized by your voice... I'm now off to watch every videos youve ever uploaded... also very helpful explanations!

i started painting minis today and this is so helpful thanks ! and youre a very likeable guy :D

This guide was super helpful, thank you so much!

Thank you from a beginner at DND. This was very informative.

I am just starting and this was a great video!!! thank you

My brush life. Use for it base/layering. Then demoted (or promoted!) to dry brushing. Finally it is then added to the glue brush collecting.

love this! thanks for a great video!

I am a 3d game artist, so also a digital sculptor , and this, is GOUUULD !!!! Thank you kind Sir! I salute you!

your tips and tricks are very useful

Really handy video as I'm just trying to understand the dry brushing technique. Thank you

Like any technique it is just one more to your arsenal in the hobby. Keep painting all. Peace!

I'm getting into making dioramas and things like that so this really helped!!

thanks, i needed a brick wall look and this really helped :)

Thanks for the tips it really made my primaris captian really stand out beautifully

I found out that, for brushes, wide ones sizes 2-4 works best for me. Any cheap brands from Michaels or any other craft store. I usually put a very thin coat of ink(or nuil oil) directly on plastic and then drybrush with zink-based white over it. It creates a very thin "primer" and you can work with whatever color after that.

Whoa you need to be on tv! Very well presented sub

Thank You Tabletop Minions! Next time I paint my minis I will try dry brush. 😃🤟

I love Teri's videos! I wish she made some more, if she has the time. ^.^

life changing video :) thanks for making it!

You explain dry brushing very well thank you

Really useful guide, thank you.

This video came in good timing. I'm gonna be working on dry brushing some black templar models

@BirneGilmore

5 жыл бұрын

I do the same with my deathwatch. Black armor is some kind of special, cuz you cant wash it that good, but edge highlighting takes an imense amount of time. since I brush carefully I finish two times of modes in the same time period ^^

@zombiehunter5000

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is tricky to wash, but I love that you can use black wash to hide mistakes when you think you went a little overboard with the drybrushing :))

Well done, and nice voice - easy on the ears. Subscribed :)

Super useful, thank you !

I hate painting and this is my fave technique to do as saves me loads of time and grumbling, I have 3 different types of brushes all from brushes that have has there day. First is a knackered brush cut right down so only about 2mm left and use that one on small areas, second is the standard brush for main areas and finally is my large area drybrush which is a blusher brush that can move (like a lipstick you can bring it down to about 5mm and up to stupidly large) and that blasts through large areas.

i love using makeup brushes for drybrushing using a small domed tip and a large domed tip works treats on models

I need to start doing this. Great vid

Love these technique videos. Also the surprise discovery of the soldier's waist mobility was pretty endearing. Keep it up Uncle. You're the reason I got back into the hobby! Sorry, The Hobby.

Nice focus on the dry brushing. I found out that the "spongy" tiny brushes one can "borrow" from the wife makeup set are excellent for more controlled dry strokes in some parts like shield rims, weapon edges etc and won't overflow at all. Again a great video. Glad I bumped into your channel after making a come back to the hobby.

@raybarker

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Makeup sponges of all sizes are great for dry brushing as well as stippling!

Awesome tips. For beginner it changed my life ;) cheers

I have to thank you this helped me out a ton

Looks pretty straightforward, thanks for the video..

One of my favorite dry brushes is a citadel medium glaze brush that have been cut half-way down.

Great video man

Just started drybrushing recently, and this gave me some good advice! BTW, have you done an episode on painting camo patterns? If not, would you consider doing one in the future?

When I started to drybrush, it instantly took the quality of my miniatures to a new level. It is not only a very fast technique, as you can nearly instantly continue with the next colour, you can even build up colours and achieve astounding effects if you are able to control where and how hard (or light) the brush hits the model. This and knowing how to wash are key-elements for fast painted models at a solid quality level =)

@jrg305

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips on changing the color of the dry brush (e.g. picking a color you wouldn't expect there like on skeletons using a green or yellow or red), or what do you think about dry brushing a darker color and washing with a lighter color? Again, with skeletons, I'm thinking it might make it look like they are glowing from the inside...but haven't tried it yet. I'm fairly new to dry brushing and washing. I just did a wash over the whole skeleton and it turned it all dark, not just the deeper areas, which is frustrating after taking all the time to do the base coat. Do you just put the wash in the grooves only? That looked funny too as I was doing it...

@Perturabo1981

2 жыл бұрын

​@@jrg305 Dude, your answering to a 2 years old comment. You're lucky that I still got this account and got a notification... Anyways, I think you lack a certain understanding of what a wash is and what it can do. There are plenty of videos that are better at explaining how washes work and what you can / can't do with them. So please, find them and watch them. As for the colour change in drybrushing - just give it a go and see if you like it. But if you want skeletons, that glow from the inside, I would rather suggest basecoating the skeleton with the colour it should be glowing in and then add the "regular" skeleton colours (beige-tones, off-whites and whites).

@jrg305

2 жыл бұрын

@@Perturabo1981 sorry for bothering you. Sometimes I will comment but feel like it can be like putting a message in a bottle and casting it off into the sea. Definitely happy you did reply tho. Good advice. I have 12 skeletons I'm painting in my HeroQuest set and am just trying different combinations and colors for each one. I really like the neon green wash over a flesh colored skeleton base coat. It looks very cool. But I could see doing the skeleton as green and washing with the flesh. I might try that next.

@Perturabo1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrg305 You could also paint the skeleton, wash it with neon colours and then reestablish the base colours.

Perfect Video for me. It tried drybrushing but i essentially put on another layer and wondered what i did wrong. Well, putting a wet paint on a wet palette was the first thing. Then leaving to much paint in the bristles and then doing the wrong motion. (Circular instead of up->down) Thanks. That will improve the next models tremendously.

9:00 Is right. Best drybrushes are soft and round. The square brushes from gw f.ex. will leave a very rough finish. while the softer your brush is, the smoother your result will be. You also have more control, as you can adjust the pressure you use when applying the paint. Due to the long bristles. Only way I've ever really painted.

I used drybrushing for painting my Seraphon Bastiladon scales and even though it is literally the 10th model I ever painted, I still got complements about how good it looked from local hobby veterans.

@RonnocFroop

5 жыл бұрын

Geez, you had the courage to paint something that's that much of a centerpiece that early on? I envy you.

Once again, great advice - I picked up my favorite dry brush at the Dollar Store (it's an e.l.f. knock-off foundation brush). Also, those Dust minis are pretty cool.

Super helpful!!

Thanks for the tips. I’m trying to dry brush one of my Casio digital watches to give it a battle worn Alien/Bladerunner vibe. Thanks.

Thank you so much this was really useful :)

Your micro and voice are amazing and your explenations too

I have had some success using a deerfoot to dry brush large surfaces like a big monster's skin, or to do a technique that is like a cross between dry brushing and regular coverage. The GW rep at the local Warhammer Store showed me this. Do everything the same but do *not* get as much of the paint out of the brush. If it is still of a slightly gummy consistency, then it will cover a large surface (or the entirety of say, a blue horror or bloodletter) very quickly and you will go into the recesses less than the rest of the mini. Therefore you can put this right over black primer and get some shading in your base coat. This does take a little practice but it's very quick and easy once you do get it down.

The cheap art store brushes actually kick ass at everything and can be less half the price of war gaming or miniature branded ones, there is also fantastic variety. I have discovered my love for the really long bristled, but just as skinny and pointy liner or pinstriping brushes.

This video is amazing. I had been using 3 pieces of hair to paint my chain mail! (Actually very helpful in all respects!)

Thank you so much for this video, I learned so much in just a few minutes. Do you think this technique would also be effective for use on a 1/6 scale figure?

This was really hepful. I just finished building the space marine half of the first strike box and I've never painted minis before. Dry brushing seems like it might be easier for me to get into than edge highlighting since I don't have the steadiest hands.

Thank you very much!