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.
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.
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.
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. 👍🏻😉😃
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)
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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).
The best I have come to find out is to use the cut side of a 4 by 4 piece of wood. It's gotta be a kind of wood where the rings are really close together and the wood comes from a soft wood tree like fur. It's literally the best. It takes the perfect amount of paint off the brush so fast and easy but is still easy to control how much paint you want taken from the brush.
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.
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 :(
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?
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!
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
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!
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.
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?
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
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
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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. 🤗
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.
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!
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... :) :)
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!
I add a very small amount of retarder to the paint before drybrushing and it makes it very smooth. But you need to let it dry between colors longer so better for batch painting
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.
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.
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 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!)
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.
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
1:25 with too much moisture in the sponge, and getting paint off the wet palette, the results are not unexpected. At that point you've got so much moisture in the brush that it's not even really drybrushing.
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!
Know any good RU-vidrs 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
@@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!
Honestly the Drybrush-Palette is more useful for testing prime plus transparent paints. Because you never know what you really get until you applied the "tint" and let it flow into the recesses. Instant paints can be annoying without proper testing.
I used to do dry brushing but kind of abandoned it. Dry brushing lacks any amount of control and if you try to get rid of the paint the process just takes too long for me and is just cumbersome to me. What I do now is something in between dry brushing and "highlighting" with the side of a round brush so the paint doesn't get into the recesses. When trying to get rid of the paint I use a sponge / sponge cloth (which has a large enough area so I can use it the whole painting process) and it works I find the best, because it simply soaks in the excess water. I don't use a "dry brush palette", because that process doesn't make sense to me. What do you do when you used all the area? Dry brushing is great for terrain and has it's place, because you apply paint on the highest edges and don't fill the recesses, but I try to avoid it somehow, because it's cumbersome and not really reliable.
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
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.
