If you need some tips on how to drybrush, this painting tutorial from Hellfire Hobbies has a lot of tips to help you master it!
Obviously, drybrushing is a big part of painting Warhammer minis, so you need to know how to do it! This tutorial guides you through the essential tips and ideas for completing it!
Let’s see how to do it.
Tips on How to Drybrush: Hellfire Hobbies Tutorial
To start, you’ll need a big and somewhat beat-up brush, a paper towel, and, most importantly, a mini with a lot of texture on it!
Step 1:
You want to start with a darker basecoat; whatever the color, your drybrush needs to be lighter than the basecoat. You need your brush to be dry because if it’s wet from cleaning it or whatever else, it will not work either.
He’s going over a black basecoat with Celestial Grey, but whatever color you’re painting over, just pick a lighter color. Then, be sure to wipe almost all the paint off your brush on the paper towel till you basically see no stripes on the paper towel.
Step 2:
Going against the grain is the best idea, as it will allow you to hit all the raised areas of the model. The two things that can ruin a drybrush are, having too much paint on your brush and having too wet of paint. GW’s dry paints are actually remarkable for this.
You can even use this method to slap-chop your minis. That’s it; just get a big brush, take almost all the paint off, use dryer paints, and go against the grain.
It’s that simple!
That does it for this one! If you want to see more, check out Hellfire Hobbies’ own tutorial by clicking this link.
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
