Guide: Dry Brushing

In this guide, I will be explaining the advantages of dry brushing and how to use it. Dry brushing can help you add that next level of detail to your models.

When to Use Dry Brushing

Dry brushing is best used to highlight detailed areas on a model. You can drybrush armor to give it a feeling of being worn, drybrush metal with flecks of silver to get a more natural shine or drybrush hair to highlight parts that jut out.

How to Dry Brush

Dry brushing is pretty simple. Add paint onto your brush then brush off the paint on a piece of paper until it no longer marks it. Then take large hard strokes over your mini and the small flecks of paint will stick to the pointy bits on your model. You can see this effect on the sword and cloak of this model.