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Artis Opus Herald The Rebirth Of Drybrushing With New Brushes
April 12, 2019 by brennon
Artis Opus are on Kickstarter right now with a new set of brushes, the Series D. These have been designed for those that want to take their drybrushing to the next level.
They might look like make-up brushes (and Lloyd has said that he has a good time drybrushing with those) but they are designed to make the process a lot easier.
- Smoother volumes and flat areas
- Perfect stippling, using the round head’s natural fade toward the edges
- ‘Edge highlighting’ with minimal paint transfer on surrounding areas
- More delicate dry-brushing, allowing for more subtlety, and looking after your models!
The rounded heads on the brushes are made so that you can achieve the desired effect in any direction you like rather than having to use straight motions. You can see some of the ways this technique has been applied across the example models on the Kickstarter.
Personally, for me, I think that drybrushing never went away! It might be sometimes lauded as a 'newbie' technique but it allows me to do a lot of highlighting and develop shading with very little problem. This is especially true for someone like me who doesn't have a very steady hand.
The set looks very bling and if you're one of those people who really enjoy getting stuck into their painting, especially on larger figures and busts, this might be the set for you to consider. Whether or not you could get the same results from make-up brushes I don't know, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts in the comments.
What do you think of this new brush set?
"...it would be interesting to hear your thoughts in the comments on these brushes"
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Ooooh i need to check these out. I am working on repainting a lot of minis and these might be what i need.
Very nice brushes any change of a link to the video so we can rewatch to see the methods again. Guy’s
I am very curious about this one but I’m a little hesitant. Dry brushes traditionally get the crap beaten out of them so spending a lot of money on a drybrush is a bit…scary?
I guess the technique they are proposing is less harsh on the brush?
I was thinking the same. There’s no way I would buy “premium” drybrushing brushes.
Hoping the bow team repost the video ? wet brushing sounds wrong but the effects look great. @ugleb
Similar concerns. Not sure how a set of expensive brushes (compared to average equivalents from hobby store) offer that much benefit.
There’s drybrushing and there’s drybrushing…
– coarse drybrushing of terrain pieces using any old large brush
– fine drybrushing of specific areas of a mini
providing the brush has a sturdy bristle and doesn’t pick up too much paint then as far as I’m concerned any brush meeting the criteria will do.
Just buy some cosmetic “brushes”…those are just the same…much cheaper though. And they last long because you use them very gently with much less paint and force…and they are super soft and flexible…so no “beating the crap out of them” 🙂