I'm looking for the Best brush for dry brushing. I spent a lot of money on brushes for painting figures. In Bill Horan's book "Military Modeling Master Class" he recomends Winsor & Newton Series No. 7 Red Sable and they were worth the money...awesome!

I want a really great set of brushes. Any help would be great!

Don

Funny you mention best and those WN...
The best brush, in my opinion, for drybrushing is the oldest, stiffest brush you have.

Don:

The best luck I've had with drybrushing is a brush with short, firm bristles (nothing that is wispy), with the bristles cut at an angle (in other words when you look at the bristles when the brush lays flat, one side is longer than the other side). The width of the bristles on the entire brush is probably no more than a quarter inch.

If this helps, here is the id on the brush handle, 1/4 Americanpainter 4400 Angular Talon.

I've used this brush over and over with good results--ie good control, and with the bristles being relatively short and narrow you don't pick up a lot of paint to clean off before drybrushing. Its cheap, only a couple bucks.

Hope this helps.

Steve aka WeWillHold

I've been using those stiff brushes on smaller areas but to really cover the wider surfaces I thought maybe there would be a good brush that would lay a real consistant hint of paint,
Of course I may need to work a little harder on technique and not the tools.

Thanks for the input!

Don

I am the exact opposite. I drybrush with a soft #2 Sable. A few passes in a criss cross motion does the trick.

I like to use a 1/4" wide, "chisel" type brush... the brush needs to be nice and clean... and soft... that way... I can apply the drybrush effect without disturbing the photoetch, resin and other small details that are on the surface of the kit.

Later,
Tim

Hey Guys,
Thanks for all the replys. I open to all info because I love to experiment.

Don

Srgeant:
I've also heard you can use a small sponge brush for dry brushing.