Basics: Drybrushing Tutorial - How To Drybrush Terrain (Black Magic Craft Episode 032)
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In this Black Magic Craft Basics episode I show you the simple, but crucial, painting technique known as dry brushing. This one technique is easy to master, and with a bit of help you can avoid the common mistakes that lead to crappy applications. Once you know how to dry brush your paint job on your terrain will improve a metric butt ton. Start painting rocks, tiles, and other cool props for your tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons.
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Cool video, thank you!
I think a cool feature would be a quick "before vs. after" to really emphasize the effect. Bonus points if you would show the difference the black wash makes.
Yea, I tend to forget that things aren't as easy to see the drastic change just watching video.
I never knew that such a simple technique could reveal such richness and depth in a piece.
Great video, man! I am reminded of Bob Ross... that is one happy little rock!
Will you do a video on washes and weathering?
I already have a video on how to make a basic wash....done before the basics series. But I will probably revisit again.
I must have missed that one. I'll find it. Thanks!
Great topic. I find my biggest downfall with dry brushing is patience. The best dry brush results come when you literally think no paint is being left on your piece. It can be difficult brushing the same bloody spot for 5 solid minutes when it *feels* like nothing is happening. Just know that it is! Don't be like me, starting out with a good dry brush, but reverting to over brushing in order to expedite the effect! Also, instinct used to tell me to use a STIFF brush, but when I forced myself to use a very soft brush, I was much happier with how things started turning out.
Yea, it really comes down to: do you think your brush is cleaned off enough? wipe it more on the paper towel. Good now? brush of some more......then go really light and build up slowly.
This helps, thank you for giving your perspective.
I literally needed to read this lol. Been BUTCHERING my builds.
Mmllll lol L
Watched a dozen videos on the topic. Total newbie here. Saved yours for last. Still the best. Easy and straight forward. Thank you!
That new paint rack looks pretty sweet; I wish I had space for something like that.
Its pretty great....you can actually not use the angled stand part and attach the rack flat on a wall.
Thank you I have been watching these and you are my mentor. The basic are tedious but necessary for beginners like me. Thank you so much.
Another great basics tutorial. Well done, brother.
Cheers Bill
Great stuff. It's a simple technique that really pays off with enhancing the details of your work.
Yea, it is crucial! And can make anything look pretty good.
Great and clear advice. Best on this subject I have seen, thank you.
Del
thanks :)
Drybrushing is the bane of my existence. I either feel like I'm just rubbing an empty brush against the model or I'm just painting it normally. Granted I did just start painting, but still...
Only wet people dry bush
That's my problem. I get paranoid and think my brush is too dry and doing nothing so I compensate and end up just essential adding a whole coat. Ugh
Thank you for this video. I keep putting way to much paint on my brush. I'm glad you stressed so much on getting it ALL off. Well, 98% off. I can't wait to get home and try AGAIN to dry brush. I never have a problem pulling it off decently with a sponge brush, but foam brushes don't give the same effect your getting with the bristles. It just doesn't look as realistic to me. Thanks again!
Hey thanks for all the great tutorials, painting and crafting Videos. I dont do D&D or Tabletop gaming, but a lot of the stuff you do relates directly to making Diorama and set pieces for 1/12 scale action Figures. Just Scaled up
Watched like 5 videos on how to dry brush, and this is by fare the best, Thank you for this
Most helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. I did not understand the dry brush technique. You explain this perfectly.
Thank you so much for your awesome videos! Absolutely love and appreciate how entry-level friendly you made them. I started looking for a guide on painting my booknook kit but I got quite into building stuff thanks to your awesome videos! Also, I think I absolutely nailed the booknook, despite never having done anything similar to this, I think it turned out awesomely. So thanks, I genuinely appreciate your videos and all the effort you put into them!!
I've never tried dry brushing before! I'm really excited to be trying this!
Thank you for the tips!
Thank you very much for your Videos! I'd never though about crafting tabletop miniatures. I'm studying to start playing RPG, since all my experiences was from Virtual games but crafting my own stuff is so cool!!! thx again!
thanks to your videos I've been inspired to build my own set for the group I meat with weekly. keep up the great work and thanks for all the tips!
thanks :)
I had someone show me this technique when I first started painting minis, but for minis, I don't think it works as well as just "lightly painting" followed by a wash. Or maybe it works for minis, but it requires a more experienced hand to get it to work. Never quite understood what drybrushing was really for until I started watching your terrain vids... it really seems like a technique made for bigger objects, not tiny figures. Gives me the confidence to try giving it a shot again after thinking it was just not for me.
use a smaller brush for that and only get the tops of any folds when drybrushing minis
On miniatures, it works well for really texture areas like fur and chainmail armor and, interestingly enough, on metal objects like swords, axes, etc. Highly textured areas benefit from it because it really allows those high points to grab the paint while keeping it out of the recesses and any chalkiness can be corrected pretty easily with a final wash/glaze. On metallic things like weapons, it actually adds a bit of texture to the surface which in turns creates visual interest, and you also make the cutting edges appear well worn by using a soft brush and concentrating something like a steel or silver color there.
Yea it's just as useful on minis, but you just gotta scale everything down and be more delicate.
Thanks for this. I'm still learning this.
Brilliant .... your videos help me immensely bro .. thank you
O.K. I found this video... to be vary useful... I will hunt for more videos by you... I wish, I could watch you put a bleach wash over it.... thank you for
Teaching us.. vary helpful.. 😊🙂🙀👍🇺🇸 From Aiken South Carolina,USA
Brilliant thanks 😊 👍
Great video mate. Remember when I first learnt this technique, changed my terrain and minitures for ever. like the channel btw you gained a sub from me dude. :)
it's so simple, but so crucial
Simple and easy-to-follow painting advice like this might just get me to break out the brushes a little more often. :)
Good stuff!
thats the spirit!
Thank you for the Dry Brush tutorial! Very informative and helpful!
youre welcome :)
Awesome! Feel like I just went to school! Im ready to do this....
Where's the build video for the Pringles tower in the background?
For real though! 🤔
you on fiyah!
it cause i so dry. send water
Ty so much this will help with my demon goblin glider I'm working on
Really easy Drybrushing Tutorial
:D
I remember coming here when I was super new to painting this kind of stuff. Dry brushing was tough for me--i always felt like I had too much or too little paint on my brush. Your video encouraged me to keep practicing with it, thank you for that. I will say that the brushes you use for this can make a big difference, and because there's so little paint, and it dries so quickly, remember to rinse out your brush often so it doesn't destroy it! Dry it well and then start over loading it with paint and wiping it off. It can be a little laborious, but I ruined several brushes not cleaning it often with dry brushing.
I really like citadel's dry brush for using this technique on larger items/terrain, but I'm looking for one about half the size to use on small items and models. Any suggestions for a brush about half that size?
That's why I use super cheap brushes for drybrushing. I buy the "25 random brushes" for like $5 bags for stuff that destroys brushes. An old worn brush actually works better for drybrushing.
Fantastic demonstration on dry-brushing and your commentary is very educational. Slightly out of focus but great vid!
Thanks for the tutorial
Love these old videos so much! Haha I like how he seems stoned in these :D
I'm more interested in how you shaped that boulder
I concur 100% on this. Your rocks always look very organic and realistic. I used to think you could just start hacking away at a piece of foam and regardless of what you did, it would look like a rock. But alas, not so much.
It's just quickly carved to shape with the olfa knife, then I rip chunks off by hand....as much as I like using acetone for some things, I avoid it when it's not needed, and stuff like boulders it's not needed. Im thinking next weeks vid might actually be on carving rocks and more in depth paint techniques.
Black Magic Craft , yes a vid on this or just different scatter terrain. Thanks man. Good work as always.
I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder
I know this is 2 years late but I can’t stop staring at the half open paint bottle over his right shoulder lol
A like just for the Intro :D PS Great Info as well
I'm super curious about what you're doing with that pringles tube tower in the background there! Looks like an interesting build and I hope we get to see it in more detail at some point in the future. :)
It's a secret project. I am documenting the build for my Patreon supporters :) Once it's all said and done I will eventually do a showcase on it for the channel.
great video! Get better soon
Notice the Pringles container in the background? Teehee!
Is there a rule of thumb for dry brushing? Such as, would light over dark work better than dark over light or vice versa? Thanks!
Hello - I have done a lot of drybrushing, but I had a quick question - do you keep in mind the light source when doing your final stages of drybrushing - ie. only drybrushing from to top of the piece to the bottom, to simulate light from the sun? Just curious. Keep up the good work, and I hope you get better soon!
Great Video.
thanks :)
Dry...paint...perfectly balanced as it should be
Best video.
how did you paint your base primary coat? by wet washing it or just blabbed the paint on it? awesome video btw. I'm currently creating a bat cave on my bookshelf but afraid of stuffing it up during the paint process. so I've created test pieces, good thing I did because all my paintwork did not come out great.
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I'm finding that it's hard to get "enough" paint on the terrain. It seems VERY dry, could that be simply be due to the weather?
Hi! I have a doubt.... if the primer is white or beige, which color do you use to drybrushing the mini?
Even though this is one of the early 'Basics' set. The first one about too many colours making it more difficult, seem to have been overcome by now. His paint collection seems to have grown by quite a bit. lol.
Yea....but the advice stands for beginners.....then grow the collection and techniques
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Absolutely. No dis dude, just having a poke for lols. Am a subby and love ur stuff man. In fact it was watching ur speed builds that dragged me into this scenery and modelling hell in the first place. Keep it up my man.
Tried to dry brush, now i know what went WRONG, thanks
Hey, i have looked much videos of you and other crafters, but one thing I have some trouble with.
In my groups we most use some sort of grid maps to play, so we have some sort of dimention. How would you put a grid on some of your highground?
Greets Flux
I recommend trying to get away from relying on a grid, it's very limiting when making terrain. If you must be strict about movement then try out a ruler instead, it's more realistic for diagonal moves anyway.
I nwant the shirt you are wearing!!!!! where can i get it in a size large!!!!
How would you fix it if there was too much paint in a few spots and has dried? Can you recover some details
Im very confused on, when you use the mod podge? The cieling spray is not available in Denmark. Heeelp. Do you apply mod podge before or after paint job?
Before paint
And thats enough to make it last? Or should i coat with something after paint aswell?
it acts like a sealer, just put it on and it will seal. THEN paint it
It depends on how often your terrain piece (or whatever you're painting) is going to be handled; if its just for display and is going to sit a shelf then you could probably get away with just the paint but for something that's going to be handled a lot (like most terrain and miniatures used for gaming) then you should seal it was some sort of varnish. You can get it in rattle/spray cans and usually have the choice of matte, satin semi-gloss and gloss finishes; matte tends to look better but semi-gloss is more durable and gloss is the most durable so keep that in mind. I usually seal my stuff with a semi-gloss, then if I want it to have a flatter appearance I'll give it a coat of matte varnish once the first coat of semi-gloss is dry (I'd recommend waiting at least a couple of hours before the second coat, although if you can wait overnight that's even better).
Thanks guys. Great Channel!!! Show us how to make a simple building.
4:26 haggered and crappy old brushes you mean all of my brushes
Can we have a video on the Pringles can castle?
I lost interest in it and it sat unfinished for over a year until I trashed it
Did I miss a video of how to carve the rocks?
Drybrushing; the technique that totally and completely destroys brushes but damn is it useful. Great video!
BUT the technique that allows destroyed brushes to still be used!
Do you do a straight full on base coat when you do your pieces? Then drybrush? I've been drybrushing from the get, straight from black but I'll do 2-3 coats of gray to lighter gray, then do a big jump to an almost white gray for the highlight and it looks like different grades and levels in the rock and shit, looks cool. I have issues sometime with the cracks and details that I put in filling up with gray (or whatever color I'm painting) if I do it as a full coat after black, that's what made me divert to doing drybrush straight from black. How do you avoid the filling in the cracks? Or is that for the wash at the end, I haven't done too many washes yet
Watch my wood tiles video, I explain this. I do a complete coat in the base colour, get in all cracks....then drybrush, then the black wash darkens the cracks again. Trying to keep cracks black by only dry brushing will always look kind of crappy because it's impossible to get it perfectly even, will always look unrealistic.
Wood tiles vid at 22:00!
straight G shit right there buddy
What paint does mister use? Just normal acrylic?
Get well, heal up fella!
Already back to normal, cheers
What's that on your workbench in the background? I see a balcony on a tower.
Its a secret project that I am building and documenting the build for my patreon supporters.
all hail lord kuthulu!!!!!!
Hail!
does anybody know where he got that shirt?
I know....redbubble.com
hey guys right know im making a fallout/alien esc board game got any ideas
I swear when everyone says “its a easy technique” its like not, whenever i try to dry brush it still looks like i just threw paint on there
hahaha! love the shit description right at the start!
lol, it's....honest though.
yeah! keep up the work good sir ;-)
first FINALLY! I HAVE WON......nothing. I got nothing. Fuck.
Pretty dry video...
I need a drink