I was Dry brushing WRONG | Heres How To Fix It

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Dry brushing is one of the most basic skills when it comes to miniature painting. Whether you're doing painting raised texture or doing slapchop, these two new tricks will change how you miniature paint you warhammer army forever!
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@paulvanappeven3340 Жыл бұрын

In the 80’s we use flat brushes. And just A cloth to whipe the brush of. I see now the New skills and prints are so much better. It is al lot of fun now to paint. But it did get me gold medals in the 80’s. Greetings from Belgium. 👍🏻😉😃

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thats older than me!

@drbell26 Жыл бұрын

Love the painting the bottle top advice, color labels lie. I remodeled a bathroom so I use the back of old tiles as my texture board. Thanks

@BrickInTheHead Жыл бұрын

Blew my mind, A+ idea

@SnoddiesHobbies Жыл бұрын

That texture pallet is classy af

@magnusmillerwilson Жыл бұрын

Right?! That’s the highlight for me, too. The rest of the video is helpful and good, of course, just the tray is so unique and amazing.

@luketfer Жыл бұрын

For those wanting a cheaper version of the texture pallet, use pieces of pound/dollar store toys instead of miniatures or even bits of sprue. Texture pallets made of mini bits are great IF you have the bits already and don't mind them going spare, which means you've been in the hobby for a while and have those parts to spare, which is unlikely if you're just starting out. Also a lot of mini wargamers will likely hoard bits for any prospective conversions, meaning there isn't a lot going spare. However you can always pop down your FLGS and ask if they have 'bags of bits'. It's not common but some gaming stores will sell just mixed bags of miniature bits on the cheap.

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@clubjer Жыл бұрын

Remember, though, EVERYTHING has "texture" you don't need to go to your FLGS for bits when you have stones, sand, bark, sticks, bottle caps and a myriad of things just laying around the house you can use for a texture palette.

@tanukiworkshop Жыл бұрын

Could also be a good way to recycle 3d printing supports

@trisbane4086 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure his texture palette is just an mdf board, which I started using after a piece of my furniture came with one. But before I was using cardboard that I scored a bit, glued some bits to, and primed. Definitely tons of options for a texture palette.

@jasoncintron6033 3 күн бұрын

I love the texture pallet. Thanks for this guide. My dry brushing has improved immensely with just practicing this system. I was doing it so, so wrong. I love your spells you fantastic witch.

@LukeSteichen Жыл бұрын

Yay, the Kickstarter was a huge success and funded!! So glad I could back an awesome project like this! Congratulations!!!!! 💜

@Keltik0ne Жыл бұрын

My drybrushing changed totally after Byron started doing tutorials on Artist Opus, I'd mostly been an airbrush painter but you really can get fast and interesting results with a drybrush or makeup brush, with a little practice. Way less practice than an airbrush too. (Side note, the artist opus drybrushes are pretty good, they don't shed bristles and mine are still going after a year of misuse, though the results are the same with a nice makeup brush)

@adamholt5395 Жыл бұрын

I have the Artist Opus brushes and I really enjoy them. I find that I mostly use the 2nd largest brush the most. It makes drybrushing my minis so easy.

@HuntingHeresy Жыл бұрын

I got to see him demo in person at Adepticon. He barely dabs any paint onto the brush before hitting the texture pallet. Light touch on the mini with a swirling motion. It was great to see up close step-by-step.

@jorgemontero6384 Жыл бұрын

Note that you can get basically the exact same brushes from Rosemary and co (yes, same bristles, same everything) for half price

@MotoErgoSum Жыл бұрын

@@jorgemontero6384 I just checked the website. What is the name of the set? Rosemary has similar kolinsky prices to competitors. I don’t see any drybrushes on their website.

@DarkMiss 4 ай бұрын

I would definitely have to disagree with you that the results are the same with the Opus brushes versus a makeup brush. The Opus brushes are much finer and softer bristles and leave a much better application than just to makeup brush. Maybe some very high quality makeup brushes are akin to Opus but most people aren't going to be using those lol. For very very fine detail and delicate models Opus brushes really overpower the competition

@theChistu Жыл бұрын

This is the best idea I've seen in years; thank you for sharing! I've been using a clean, slightly damp kitchen sponge to drybrush and the results have only been OK. Definitely going to try your advice and make a texture palette of my own to experiment on. To the bits box!

@alphaleigpyne 2 ай бұрын

The drybrush pallet is a game changer for drybrushing. You've gave me an idea what to do with my left over bits of miniatures. Thank you Lyla and take care. For the hobby.

@SlicesnDices Жыл бұрын

Nice texture palette! And I love the idea of slapchopping the lids!

@Vimes839 Жыл бұрын

That last quick tip about painting the lids is huge! Definitely going to start doing that.

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Yay!

@Ali626AMM Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reminder on your Kickstarter. I had almost forgotten and would've been devastated if I'd missed the chance to support your minis. ❤ Also, I use dry brushing a lot so I'll have to try this method out. Love to you and the kitties. 🤗

@woolyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

You've inspired me, I'm making one of those trays immediately. Saw Dave over at MS Paints make one too but this one sold me.

@WylochsArmory Жыл бұрын

Sweet. Excited to try

@mattpernack6816 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a miniature painter. I learned dry brushing when I was a kid who used to paint ceramics close to 30 years ago. Instead of creating a texture pallet I was taught to use old blue jeans. paper towel was not tough enough to hold up to the "drying" of the brush for dry brushing. Now I use dry brushing to paint engines or any metal parts on my car models.

@azean84 Жыл бұрын

Ooh that texture palette is a great idea, definitely going to do that!

@ddesouz6 Жыл бұрын

I love the texture palette idea. I’m going to have to put one together. Thanks for the inspiration.

@lofiworkshop Жыл бұрын

Great tips, thanks for sharing. Glad to hear the Kickstarter has been successful!

@samprastherabbit Жыл бұрын

MS Paints was my first voice crying in the wilderness about the texture palette as opposed to a paper towel but for terrain. Great to see it revisited by you, Layla!

@tatankaiyotanka1 11 ай бұрын

I love the texture pallet, that is such a fantastic idea. This has totally changed they way I dry brush and also test out air brush paint thinning... :) :)

@ionminiatures Жыл бұрын

Your kitties didn’t have their say this time 😊😂 Yeah the texture pallet instead of paper towel is a bit of a game changer for dry brushing, unless you want a more chalky/dusty look (which you do for some things).

@JoshNoodleSoup Жыл бұрын

Love the idea of priming the palette.

@krzysztofmathews738 Жыл бұрын

Very clever work on creating the custom texture palette there!

@callumstuart9094 Жыл бұрын

Your mini sculpts are insane! SO GOOD.

@MrCarp69 Жыл бұрын

Ty love your vids! Recently shared your playlists with our new WH community. You're awesome!

@MrSussurrus Жыл бұрын

Some good tips in this video. I like to keep experimenting with big brushes. Vary the paint, moisture, brush pressure and direction to get all sorts of interesting effects. With so many variables, no two people have the same drybrushing technique.

@kennethphillips6006 Жыл бұрын

Love the slap-chopped lids. That’s brilliant!

@captnwinkle 2 ай бұрын

What is slap chopped?! I'm sure I've been dping it but not sure what it is. Painting some Storm Troopers and of course highlight was dusty...well, damn GW white airbrush made it all dusty to begin with :(

@erikvarela2045 Жыл бұрын

That texture pallet is a heck of a good idea!

@adamholt5395 Жыл бұрын

That homemade texter palette is such a cool idea. I will have to try that out. Thanks!

@johnbryant6690 Жыл бұрын

Good suggestions. I made my pallete from textured vinyl wallpaper. I may glue bits and sprue on it. I like the test palette idea. Excellent suggestion on the slapchoptop. Though I think a full prime of the lid is in order. The black and Grey tops that are so common will cause the paint to behave a bit differently than primer. Airbrush makes that pretty easy

@julianabson7870 Жыл бұрын

I liked your tip to slapchop the paint lids. Thanks Lyla.

@JEANPIXBN Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to support the miniature witch! Great content as usual! 🤘🏻💥

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jimihaze7085 Жыл бұрын

Another great video Lyla! Just got the artis opus dry brushes, can't wait to try these techniques!

@HairyNick Жыл бұрын

Such an awesome idea!

@JSeven Жыл бұрын

these are some amazing ideas. thank you

@S.A.S.H. Жыл бұрын

Yep, I love that texture pallet build-out.

@BocookGaming Жыл бұрын

Wow! These are some fantastic ideas! Slapchopping my Speedpaint caps would've never occurred to me!

@chickensandwich1589 Жыл бұрын

Definitely going to steal this 🥰

@bitzbox Жыл бұрын

Love the texture pallet idea!

@kaikuklik9748 Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say "Thanks a lot" 🤩 You really helped me to improve my painting skills 🤗

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ArtoftheCrowe Жыл бұрын

Really like that texture pallet and already backed that kickstarted it looks awesome

@stockade-5897 Жыл бұрын

wow that algorithm start to know me dangerously well. thanks, i had this problem yesterday ! just became a witchsong triber, i have no usage for the minis but that bloodborne vibe and 9 models for 1 dollars, i might print them just for kicks. awesome.

@bluesirija6742 Жыл бұрын

Amazing advice in the video. Yes please - simple to understand, visual, easy to adapt. Thank you!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Irishwhitewater257 2 ай бұрын

That trick for the lids! Im doing that to all my speed paints.

@eldraque4556 2 ай бұрын

love your texture pallet

@tomd.3342 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is a game changer!

@nucollector5597 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. Thanks for these great tips. Just subscribed 🤙🏽

@MS-xx3sd 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. This is great. While drybrushing i noticed all that dush coming from the brush. Except the dirt coming from that, i think the smaller dust parts might not be very good for your health. .... the tip with the paint bottle caps is amazing too.

@tonydiep6415 Жыл бұрын

This is freaking amazing!!! Love it!!!🙏

@MinisMyWay Жыл бұрын

Very good ideas, thanks! 👍

@HacksawsHobbyBunker Жыл бұрын

Wet my dry brush? SORCERY!! But now I finally understand the process along with the whole texture palette thing. Thanks!!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@customminiaturemaker Жыл бұрын

Amazing video Lyla! I need as much help as I can get when it comes to painting :P Between the Textured Pallet, and all of your tips and tricks, this could be a game changer for me..Thank You!!

@okham3881 Жыл бұрын

Finally a good use for all my bits!

@wannabeard Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks!

@hawkthetraveler6344 4 ай бұрын

slap chop the bottle tops is such a brilliant idea!

@toastmilke Жыл бұрын

Vince Venturella on his channel recommended using makeup brushes for drybushing to avoid the chalky appearance. Even the cheap makeup brushes have bristles that much softer than the dome brushes. Bought a small makeup at the grocery store and it looked so much smoother and even than I have ever had with a domed brush.

@Ali626AMM Жыл бұрын

Makeup brushes are all I use for dry brushing and with so many different kinds made you can always find one to suit. Wet 'n' wild from the dollar store are my personal fave, or they have one with rainbow crystals in the handle that is even denser and cleans a bit better. 👍 I want to look into nail art brushes because of their tiny size and see how they are for edging weapons, clothing, etc.

@Psych02K Жыл бұрын

I use some cheap make-up brushes my wife bought and didn't like. They're excellent for drybrushing. (And they have bad ass holographic mermaid tails)

@Ali626AMM Жыл бұрын

@@Psych02K Love mermaid tail brushes! A much better thing to do than just throwing them out. 😀 👍

@andreashuber5594 Жыл бұрын

You got something wrong/incomplete there. Makeup brushes are way better thantypical (GW) dry brushes that are usually flat and stiff bristled. Correct so far. BUT dedicated domed dry brushes frok army painter and especially artis opus are an enormus step up over makeup brushes. I would really strongly recommend using one of these (army painter if on a budget) over makeup brushes unless it is for terrain.

@MCDrB-wq8ed Жыл бұрын

@@andreashuber5594 I used the Army Pianter ones because they were cheap, about a quarter of the cost of the equivalent set of Artis Opus. And you can tell. I did my AoS buildings using the AP ones and they were destroyed after only 2 medium size buildings. I bit the bullet and shelled out for the Artis Opus ones and the difference in quality is night and day. The AO ones did the entire rest of the buildings, 6 or 7 buildings including 2 big ones plus scatter terrain, and you couldn't even tell they had been used. Like most things in life you get what you pay for.

@mikekelley2991 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!!!!

@isisnmagic1812 Жыл бұрын

That homemade texture palette is outstanding.

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@velveteenv76 Жыл бұрын

Congrats you finally mastered the skill :)

@rickj6348 Жыл бұрын

OMG! That texture palette is brilliant! Off to the dollar store!

@kevinfutter Жыл бұрын

Huh. As a scale modeller rather than a mini painter, this is the first time I've seen dry-brushing used as an actual painting technique. In my world, it's used almost exclusively for edge highlighting and bringing out raised details. Fascinating!

@monkeyseemonkeypaint726 Жыл бұрын

As a scale modeler lately come to miniatures, I'm with you. Plus, this is the only time I have seen anybody do that. Everybody else I've seen does it the way I expect it to be done more or less. Some times it's a bit heavier to provide volumes, but never as what appears here to be a base coat.

@goforitpainting Жыл бұрын

Cool as always.

@SedatedDreamer Жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Keep up the great work!!!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@roelandpellis3679 Жыл бұрын

now I want to make a textured pallet, that looks like a fun and great tool

@DaronSchmit Жыл бұрын

I think the texture palette is such a great tool. You can use it as a test palette for your primer too, which then resets it for the next time you want to dry brush

@lehannaallen Жыл бұрын

Dry pallet = game changer! THANK YOU!!!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@WayneCatlin Жыл бұрын

I used chopped up sprues for my pallet after previously trying sand paper 👍

@kevinhayes517 Жыл бұрын

GREAT tutorial!

@mackyd955 Жыл бұрын

great and simple tips!! TY much!

@bowvine5188 Жыл бұрын

those are some great tips

@boltgunmetal Жыл бұрын

I'll try this, I wasn't overly I pressed by the damp brush technique either. Texture pallete is genius!

@HeadHunterSix 3 ай бұрын

You have to do it correctly - Artis Opus has some great tutorials and you can't possibly argue with their results.

@RealJahzir Жыл бұрын

You are a Genius 🤯

@mralloc23 Жыл бұрын

What's funny is I've always drybrushed a bit too wet, and struggled to make that signature grainy contrast like when drybrushing basing sand. But then on the flip side I've used it to lazily highlight my models and had decent results since the paint was thin and still slightly wet, so it blended pretty easily.

@johnodinsson3635 Жыл бұрын

This is some brilliant shit, i love this channel...thank you for your contribution to the hobby. I had been using a paper towel for drybrushing...gonna have to switch it up now

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

@JoeFlamenco Жыл бұрын

Holy shit you’re brilliant. That texture palette is absolutely genius. I can get some use out of the crap bits I have, AND it lets me experiment accurately.

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Good!

@markgnepper5636 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@terrandfw4681 Жыл бұрын

You said short and sweet, but this was excellent content. The bit about the homemade pallet was very helpful

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@IIItiberius Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@adamgoode8997 Жыл бұрын

Okay. That had useful information. Thanks a lot.

@jerryvolpini7987 Жыл бұрын

Great tips (love the dry pallet), you're always helping progress the hobby. For me though, just no replacement for oils/enamels. A little smelly but great results without all the fuss. Thanks for the video!

@BrickInTheHead Жыл бұрын

Know any good KZfaqrs for oils/enamels aside from Marco? It's a sphere I've always been interested in but very few channels I frequent use them, it's all acrylics

@jerryvolpini7987 Жыл бұрын

@@BrickInTheHead I came from scale modelling and learned my technique there. Now, I'll occasionally come across a good video but nobody I really follow religiously. Lots of skilled painters in the scale modeling community but it will take some searching on your part. Marco is probably the best out there, his techniques and use of oils directly corelate to Wargaming and Fantasy figures. Sorry, wish I could be more help!

@VoltanIgnatio Жыл бұрын

This is fire 🔥 💪🎉

@1234kalmar Жыл бұрын

Well, seems like I need a domed brush! This will make base coating so much easier! Thanks!

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Domed brush changes everything!

@richardrussell7082 Жыл бұрын

1. Doesn't that contaminate the water in the sponge? How often do you change it? 2. Isn't your application (the red on the marine) more of an overbrush, than a highlight-picking drybrush?

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

I haven't had any problems with mixing colors or needing to replace the sponge. Ive used it on and off for several months. I did the technique in the space marine to show the texture from the technique. You can definitely do all these steps on texture areas!

@antongunther3977 Жыл бұрын

sponge - get a make up brush cleaner. They are very cheap and come with extra sponges. While you are getting them also pick up makeup brushes (make great cheap dry brushes). Also get some makeup sponges (great for removing excess oil washes without leaving behind fibers like a q tip does). Some of the best hobby materials aren't made for us guys!

@Psych02K Жыл бұрын

"test it out on an inconspicuous part" Yeah, that's my biggest problem.

@dkoz81 Жыл бұрын

Mrs. Witch, would you be willing to do a video on how to thin paints and the consistency your looking for both for airbrushing and brush application? Thanks for all the great videos.

@TheDickDeck Жыл бұрын

I mean, the dry rushing advice is nice, but that texture palette is the real hero. What a brilliant idea! Now I can stop priming and test painting and stripping cheap minis over and over. :)

@Jamie898930 Жыл бұрын

Ive always used the palm of my hand for drybrushing. skin is naturally water resistant. if i can highlight the tiny ridges on my palm then i know i have enough to transfer it to the model without getting a chalky texture.

@farpointgamingdirect Жыл бұрын

I glued skulls to the tops of my speed paint bottle caps then painted them as a color reference

@JoshNoodleSoup Жыл бұрын

I need to let go and dry brush some of my grey minis to just get some stuff done.

@polgarath 7 ай бұрын

You can also use cork (those square cork panels people put up on walls) or like the back of a drink coaster for example. There is also a product by Stamp Attack from michael's or joann's that can be a wet palette slash texture board I use that you should check out, works great and cheap too which no one really knows in the minis painting community

@DarthBoolean Жыл бұрын

Would love a video or short elaborating on the moisture levels of paint. My collection is mostly Reaper and ProAcryl so I'll confess I'm lacking a point of comparison. Is it related to how thin the paints are?

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

Right! Consider the "pooling test." Put paint on your palette: if it holds it's shape from the squirt from the container, that's a thicker paint. If it turns into a liquid pool, it's thin. You can make a thin paint "thicker" by letting it dry a little bit and putting it on a dry palette instead of a wet palette

@lucasclauson3779 Жыл бұрын

hmmm, the texture pallet is an interesting idea, sadly I don't really have the extra bits to make one! There's other ways to do it though, so I'll have to look into that. The real best tip to me was slap chopping the caps to the speed paints. That's freaking brilliant.

@LukeSteichen Жыл бұрын

MS Paints did a great video on building a texture box palette that mostly used "junk".

@lordofswarm538 Жыл бұрын

Bits of sprue(if you don't use it for terrain tec.) Pva/school/wood glue with sand/tiny pebbles and dollar store green army men/whatever broken toys you come across from your or other people's kids that you know (or really any old broken junk) will do a fine job to make one.

@wtfserpico Жыл бұрын

I actually prefer to test my drybrush against my fingernails. The texture is much more akin to the plastic I'm painting than my skin, and it gives a much better indication of how much paint will transfer and whether it will be chalky/dusty.

@LylaMev Жыл бұрын

I've never heard that!

@wtfserpico Жыл бұрын

@@LylaMev I want to specify that I meant vs the back of your hand, not your awesome drybrush palette (of which I've begun making my own based on this video, so thank you for that!)