Become a DRYBRUSH MASTER! The complete guide to drybrushing minis
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- We're here to help you learn everything you need to know about drybrushing miniatures.
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00:00 Intro
01:08 The tools you need
03:48 The most important step!
04:30 Why bother priming?
05:14 Drybrushing basics
07:22 Dry VS Moist
09:40 Texture testers
10:58 Ravaged Star
12:19 Drybrushing vehicles
16:57 Colour fades with drybrusing
18:52 How to clean drybrushes
20:37 Next level tips
24:00 Pro painters drybrush!
25:55 New merch! - Розваги
I've been painting minis off and on for years and this is the first time I've ever seen drybrushing thoroughly explained. Tutorials always assume you know the very basics, like how paint should be on a brush, how much to wipe off, what part of the brush to get the paint on, etc, but if you've never done it you need a guide like this. Perfect video! Thank you so much for covering this!
That was the idea! No assumed knowledge, very beginner friendly. Glad you enjoyed it :)
This is my one issue with Artis Opus videos. He's undeniably talented and clearly interested in helping people start out (heck he got me into drybrushing which saved my hobby experience) but I think in his videos he tends to gloss over some things.
Dry brushing turned painting vehicles from a chore into my favorite thing, thank you for showing people the truth!
Yeah, same! Haha
Who up drying they brush
Yes
Absolutely drying my shii man, I’m a hobby painter man I got paint on them bristles man…
Me
At the desk, straight up “brushing it”. and by “it”, haha, well. lets justr say. My minis.
Bro is drying his brush
And drybrushing is SO much quicker than line highlighting. And looks more accurate to how light actually plays across a surface. Also, been watching since the first Titan video came out. Those videos have helped with my Imperial Knights.
Thank you for the guide for dry brushing
My pleasure 😊
I've watched a lot of dry brushing videos and none of them go into cleaning the brushes after use. Thank you for doing that.
A friend of mine is just starting out and was nervous about dry brushing their first figure. Then BAM! New vid drops. ❤
Perfect timing :)
Thanks for adding that last bit about drybrushing as a 'beginner' technique. It makes my blood boil when i see others denigrate the technique so im very happy to see skilled painters shoot down the elitist myth.
Dry brushing is like most any technique, if it's the only one you know, or you don't know when, and when not to apply it, you may not get great results.
Dry brushing is a beginner technique, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t useful. Most beginners use dry brushing as a crutch. And that’s okay. Eventually you will get away from it entirely, then magically come back to it. Painting is a journey, and every tool is useful.
Also: If your “blood is boiling” over people’s opinions on painting models, maybe this hobby isn’t for you… Go punch a wall or something. 😆 Then you can fix that wall , and paint it. Just keep punching, patching, and painting, and you can even dry brush the patch!
MWM really is the Bob Ross of the minipainting world.
Just some happy li'l Orks...
Lol
Really is! Find all the videos relaxing, entertaining and informative!
@@MidwinterMinis"he looks like a rascal, but I think he's just misunderstood"
Not to disparage MWM, but my money's on Bill Making Stuff as the Bob Ross for minis.
Drybrush and Stippling has become my favourite parts of the painting hobby. Thanks for the guide Guy ❤
Tried dry brushing for the first time yesterday and thought i did okay then I've seen this video today all i can say is that this has been a massive help for me when i go and paint again! and if anyone is struggling trust me i'm only on my third model it gets easier! 😃
Something I've learnt and works well is that if you'd like a less chalky look to the drybrushing finish, dip the brush into the paint as usual but do NOT wipe it off on a kitchen towel or cloth afterwards. These are very absorbant, which means that it'll absorb all the moisture very quickly leaving you with dry pigment.That's the point of drybrushing, but if you instead wipe it off on a textured palette or whatever tester surface you've picked until you have the amount of paint you want, it'll get rid of any excess paint, while keeping just the right amount of moisture for a much smoother drybrushing finish!
Just got back into painting a little over a year ago (after a break of 25 years), and drybrushing is my go-to for almost any project. I've discovered that there's virtually nothing that an silver drybrush can't help if you're stuck on what to do-it exposes all manner of detail you sometimes can't spot until you start painting the model, it's sympathetic to most any color you want to put on afterward, and as you note in the video, it's even beneficial for metal pieces on the model.
Just discovered the channel about two weeks ago and have been really enjoying the tutorials!
My number one tip, is to avoid wiping the brush on a paper towel. I recommend glueing some extra bits to a sheet, then use that to wipe your excess paint before going to the model.
Hard agree! I got a sheet of knock-off lego from the dollar store and it works amazing as a texture pallette!
Great guide, respect for showing the same effect and mistakes on various models. Really drives the point home!
Amazing timing, just when I started to investigate drybrushing a little more. Thanks Guy!
Nice! Perfect timing :) Good luck
I know a tutorial is excellent when I go to add to my playlist of Mini Painting advice and find I'd already added it to that playlist earlier the same viewing. I did that twice in this video. Seriously, excellent work Guy.
I used drybrushing all throughout a recent skirmish force paint job of classic silver Stormcast. Zenithal drybrush from a dark color up to my main steel color, gloss varnish, oil wash to darken the recesses, matte varnish, zenithal drybrush up to the second highest highlight (silver) and pick out the final details with a regular brush for the highest highlight (chrome). Boom, all of the metal was done super easily, to a really high level, with plenty of contrast and shine.
The tip about a thin wash over the top to blend in the dry brushing is a winner.
Great video! I started using dry brushing with my Kimera Kolors paint to help with highlights and I'm loving the results! The range has some great mixing guides to help give me highlights on a mid tone.
Nice! I've never tried them actually. I should give them a go!
Was literally about to get me some brushes for drybrushing, this is perfect!
Awesome! These are the cheap makeup brushes I showed in the video, they're pretty decent for the price considering how many you get! geni.us/makeupdrybrush
@@MidwinterMinis Awesome! Thanks so much!
I've literally wondered about drybrushing about 15 mins before the upload
My psychic link is still working, I see
I was never really good at drybrushing, this has helped loads thank you!
Hopefully this helps you GIT GUD! :)
I’ve only been painting for a few months and this is by far the best video on this topic I’ve seen. Answered all my questions and made it so simple. Absolute game-changer for me. Thank you. ✊🏻💚
I really don't like how a lot of other youtubers talk about dry brushing like its a rea
really awful way to paint and that you're a bad painter if you do
I use it because I have ASD and have never been able to have steady hands, even my handwriting suffers because of it
Ty for doing a good job showing off how to use it
p.s using cardboard is a bit better since it doesn't absorb paint like a paper towel
26 Minutes of drybrushing!
Thx this actually helps alot
You're right, it should have been 26 hours, haha
i honestly appreciate these kind of videos, taking a relatively well known technique and both explaining it in a general sense as well as expand on it. It adds a lot of value to the video I think and makes them useful to both old and new painters, which I'm sure was your intention. TlDr great video, keep up the good work!
I've been using dry brushing for a while (especially after I started slap chopping) and I love how it gives you great details within a short time. This video was really helpful in how I can improve my dry brushing technique.
Fantastic video, thank you. I feel like a lot of tutorials just *brush* over simpler techniques. I've been painting for less than a year and found this really helpful!
As someone who's been following you for a while (but only just started painting) this is super helpful, and perfectly timed! Super helpful and well explained. And as a Battletech fan more then 40k, the Atlas may be my favorite piece you've done. Can't wait to see your painted Lances!
Great work as usual, Guy. Have you thought about doing an in depth video on airbrushing? A friend got me one and I'm a bit intimidated to start using it.
Have you tried just practicing on pieces of paper or cardboard? Also just junk that's about to go into recycling for a variety of textures and shapes, if you created a dry brush palette from bits like Guy suggests maybe practice picking out details on that with the airbrush. A useful exercise can be making lines and dots, I started airbrushing 30 years ago and I still do this whenever I've had a break from using the airbrush. I get why you might be feeling apprehensive but any kind of practice will help, just maybe not on minis at first 😊 Also don't worry too much about breaking anything, airbrushes are more resilient than people make out. Most problems can be fixed with a good clean. Good luck, enjoy and welcome to the club 🙂
Im only 1 year in with my dedicated painting. And I have learned SO much from drybrushing.
All your videos with finding out where the sun or shadow falls, and figure out which part i should or shouldn't highlight was so difficult for me to understand.
But drybrushing showed me, by my own hand where to look and what makes most sense.
I have become a generally better painter because it gave me such a good understanding on highlights in general.
So I can only recommend drybrushing for new painters :)
This is truly the best dry brushing video I have ever seen! Bravo sir!!!!
Drybrushing is so good i barely do miniature painting anymore because gunpla hAs taken over my life but it works so well for getting nice raised metallic details looking gorgeous for no effort
In Guy we trust! Thanks for this bristling video 🎨 🖌
This was absolutely fantastic, well done. Will probably be sharing this on a near daily basis on reddit to new painters freaked out about painting vehicles
Next sponsor : Head & Shoulders 😂
More seriously, this is the most complete video I've seen on this technique !
Thanks 🙏
This is the best drybrush tutorial I've seen so far!
The example models really help with the explanation of all the different techniques. Thanks for adding those!
Excellent overview of many ways to use drybrushing. Really appreciated the transition blending use of it too, gave me some ideas of where to use it.
This was an amazing overview video of all the types and steps of drybrushing. My non-hobby initiated girlfriend said: “Even I can paint that way.”
thank you for showing all sides of mini-painting.
accessible methods leading to great results, as well as how it looks when too much/not enough paint and soon. love it.
you can only learn from mistakes.
thank you for educating like you do. I learn somethig every time :)
Thanks I didn’t even know this was a thing, helps with painting my vehicles!
Happy I could introduce it to you!
Oh and I see you were painting a blood bowl model, do you play?
I really liked that you put stuff about "over brushing" which i figured out on my own its better in a lot of situations. Everyone only says. "Rub most of it off until almost all paint is off." Which i thought was cheeky at the start of the video. Because thats literally every other dry brush video ive seen in 5 years painting.
great video Guy, many thanks. Those Ravaged Star models look super cool - would be good to see them side by side with their nearest GW comparison.
Yeah! That's a great idea. Maybe one day :)
Straight into my warhammer playlist so I can reference this video when I'm next drybrushing
I use a drybrush technique that I don't hear a lot of people talk about - I don't wipe as much paint off the brush, and brush more with the "flat" of the brush. It smothly paints the raised surfaces and look less scratchy than drybrushing. I would say its different than the "overbrushing" mentioned.
Great video Guy! Saved to my painting tutorial play list!
My favorite thing to use when wiping the paint off is the backside of my hand
That's a good tip, but you get funny looks when you go out into the big ol' outside world, haha
I am so happy you made this video. I always worried that I was doing this wrong some how. Glad to see if I’m doing it right and seeing the other skills I can do.
I mean, there's no "right" really, just do whatever works for you matey :)
@@MidwinterMinis fair point. I forget about that lol ^_^’
It has been suggested to me when dry-brushing, *never* use a paper towel or actual towel to remove extra paint from the brush, acrylic paint consists mostly of water and a paper towel will wick away the moisture rather than getting rid of the pigment. Use a paper bag instead.
Moist the tip of the brush and use a dry brush palet. Like this you will avoid sand effect
Finaly a true dry-brushing video that has helped me under stand, Hope your doing well Guy and thanks!!
1. Before priming, wash the minis in some warm water with dish soap, using a toothbrush or similar to remove and greasy residue from mold release, fingers, etc.
2. When dry brushing, wiping excess paint off on a non-absorbent surface, like a texture palette, will lead to a smoother finish. Using an absorbent surface leads to more of a 'chalky' finish. Both are valid and both have their places; there are times when the chalky finish may be preferred such as on textured fabric for example. Artis Opus have great tutorials for dry brushing.
3. A couple of seconds in that alcohol and it was up the ferrule like a rat up a drainpipe 🤣
Inspiring! I love the thorough job you always do Guy and Hattie 💜
Just thought I’d mention, something I’d seen from another video that works AMAZING…get rid of the palettes and switch to “fidget popper” toys. They tend to have better sized “cups” that are more plentiful and the really nice thing; they are made of silicon. Pop the “cup” and the paint pops right out!
Nice to see a more an in-depth video on drybrushing!
Also do you plan on doing another video on converting and painting the other first founding Loyalist Legions like you did for the Salamanders?
Glad you enjoyed it! I am planning on making more of that series, yes! I'm going to try to finish some of the other series I've half-cooked already though ;)
@@MidwinterMinis Nice!
I can't wait!!
I've been drybrushing a good chunk of my terrain lately. Has saved me a ton of time and using AK paints it has been super smooth too
I've used a really dark brown as base paint, glazed it with a reddish brown that I watered way down. Then let it dry and drybrushed it lightly with a dark and finally even more lightly with a light silver. Boom, super old, rusted metal. Took me just a few minutes plus drying :)
thanks for the tutorial will defenetly try to drybrush correct now ... watched some other toturials but never in so much detail and i think this will improve the quality of my minis
Very useful video. I'm basecoating my Yaegir Kill Team to make "slap-chop", and without know it is called "overpainting", I made that with the first darker base colour. The resoult is very smouth, fast, and has grest coverage. I've used Zandri Dust for this step. Tomorrow I'm going to drybrush a 50/50 mix of Zandri and White Scar for the first lights, and for the last drybrush layer will use pure White Scar with my smoller brush.
I'm using 3 make-up brush for this process, the biger has the size of a fingertip, another is like a half of it, and the smaller is like a half of the medium.
And, because I love to build my own stuff, Sunday I made a texture palette with a few almost free material I had in my house. And I'm loving to unload my brush in it and see exactly the load and coverage I'm going to have over my model.
I have a pretty bad hand tremor. It makes mini painting extremely frustrating sometimes, especially when trying edge highlight and get fine details. Dry brushing is pretty much a lifesaver, and even though I've been doing it for a while now this video has taught me a lot more. Thanks Guy!
Fun fact in the original wizard of oz the person who played the witch had severe skin burns due to the makeup
These facts get better and better
i use overbrushing to lay down a base colour of drybrushed colour down before shading with a wash, then i will redo the same colour with the proper drybrushing method, i will then shade again with same wash but with a little extra water added, this was easier to me to get more subtle shading that the harsh lined shading seemingly preferred by a lot of painters.
Cleaning drybrushes, always have 3 or 4 of similar type, every 10 minutes swap to the next brush and wash the brush in water, use clean paper towel to check if its free of pigment if it isnt, roll the brush in the corner of the water pot you are using, this will remove the remaining paint, having 3 brushes means you can have 20 minutes drying time between uses
All these amazing hobby products on display, all I can focus on is the giant shampoo with the pump! I need it! 😂
Those mould lines break my heart. Thanks for the tips!
cool guide. thanks for all the tips and cheers to the algorithm!
Cheers buddy! :)
the nightgaunt section was very informative !!
This video was fantastic. Thank you very much for showing us this painting technique.
Great detailed guide! Thank you!
Perfectly timed for everyone getting the Skaventide box at the weekend. Drybrushing is great for painting all the feathery gryph-creatures the Stormcast love!
Great advice on not to let the isopropyl alcohol seep up into the glue part of the brush! Now I know why my brushes fall apart so early...
Great video! Your tutorials are always the best for easy understanding
I use Make up brushes specifically for drybrushing really large surfaces. For example the first few colors on bases. Or my Chaos knight skeletons that I drybrushed with a dark silver for the metallic look. Usually the make up brushes are relatively big and it basically takes not even a minute laying the groundpainting with it. For everything that needs more "fine tuning" i use those flat drybrushes You showed here. Also thanks, as always really helpful even for people that paint for a longer time
Very useful video! This is going to be a vid I reference many times in the future for sure.
I'm still pretty new to drybrushing, but the metal highlights that its given my Ballistus Dread to simulate damaged and worn armor makes it one of my best looking minis. Wonderful technique.
Thanks i needed this
No problem matey!
Great video! Dry brushing is my favourite techniques. I find it can replace airbrushing a lot of the time - especially for someone who doesn’t have time to setup and clean an airbrush in my short nightly painting session.
The idea dry brushing is for beginners has always been funny to me - if painting competitions were about pure technical skill with a brush they would ban airbrushes which give you insanely smooth blends relatively easily - but aren’t they are about the skill using any technique to achieve the ‘best’ paint job.
Drybrushing is a great technique.
It has a low point of entry but a very high ceiling!
I forget where I learnt it from (probably Byron on Artist Opus) , but i remember hearing that for drybrushing you shouldn't move your wrist to paint but move your arm with your wrist locked in position to brush.
Also, holding the brush closer to the ferrule will have a heavier brush stroke, and holding it further back enables a lighter "feathery" stroke.
Great guide to dry brushing. Got turned on to cheap makeup brushes for dry brushing from Sonic Sledgehammer and Tabletop Minions. Use them along with my beat-up brushes for my core dry brush tools.
Great video, and love those Ravaged Star minis!
I really needed a video like this. I am currently dry brushing Votann models and I couldn't figure out a good way to transition with the chosen color. Thank you for reminding me of meshing colors together to create the shade Im looking for.
To quote vegeta
“Even professional never neglects the basics”
Good time to notice that drybrushing looks smoother the less white pigments are in your color, but mind the overall transparency of the color you want to use
9:27 😂 lost count of how many times I've seen that on Artis Opus (accompanied by the trademark 'Byron squeal' 😊) and he must be one of the best drybrushers out there. Fantastic video, Guy - I'm adding this to my painting playlist, I'm still trying to get repeatable results, especially at close detail, and there's plenty here to keep me busy practicing for a long time. Especially avoiding splodges!
PS I think I need to get myself some Ravaged Star minis 😍
My man. Ive been painting for over a decade now, but only been active in a painting communtiy for a few of those years. And i gotta say, id love it if youd do a full line of in depth fundamental technique videos. Youd have at least this view on it, of not multipme of this one.
I love MWM! So happy to watch every video and I am so sorry for all the worrying you have been doing.
Fantastic guide. Really well done.
Very helpful video. Keep up the good work.
Regarding the dry brush palette: I've made mine from small branches, tree bark, some broken bricks, rocks and foam that I had at home. The only piece from a kit was very old Tiger 1 frontal plate which zimmerite which was not used for said tank (normal front plate was used). So total cost of the pallete was the cost technically the cost of glue :D.
That vehicle looks amazing
This was amazing!
Nice video. Like how you explained everything you do. Smirks, can't wait to see that big bum of the great unclean one. Getting a thorough dry brushing. Thanks doe the video.
I'll have to watch this 37 times and then I think I'll get it. The hardest part for me is the step of removing paint from the brush. It's so hard to know when I've removed enough and not basically all of it
Great video. There are other great videos on dry brushing but I think this one will be a bit easier for newer people to understand.
I use the dry brush technique on everything from 1/35 armor to Gunpla. I've also used oil paints to great success
Finally an actual drybrushing video! I've been trying to encourage this to new players but there's literally no videos on the power of drybrushing/overbrushing.
I'd really love a video on achieving patina metal effects. Copper verdigris, rusted steel, tarnished brass, etc.
If you use something that isn’t absorbent to remove the excess paint the end of the bristles won’t be so dry and you’ll get a less dusty result. You were in the right direction with the texture pallet but the paper towel after is gonna dry the tips too much.
I think you’d really like this newer war game
Have you heard of quar from zombie smith games?
I was just looking at it today, funnily enough!
@@MidwinterMinis I genuinely think it’s gonna be the next big thing
It’ll hopefully be as big as bolt action or hail ceaser sometime
QUAR POSTING!
@@MidwinterMinisheck yeah totally give it a shout game community is small but growing fast
Excellent video and narration - great info, well presented.