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Drybrushing with oils?

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  • Member since
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  • From: Meeeechigan!!!
Posted by STUG61 on Friday, February 18, 2005 2:01 AM
Just make sure you get almost all of the oils out of the brush. If the brush looks empty, it's probably just right.My 2 cents [2c]
Smile! It makes people nervous!! Andy
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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:50 PM
only the long working time of artist's oils will afford you the charactoristics that you speak of. good luck. later.
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:10 AM
Thanks for the tips. I didn't think to actually mix in the basecoat to the white. I really want to try this technique out, as the result looks absolutely spectacular. There are no hard edges, everything is blended in so nicely.
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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:10 PM
i dry brush with nothing else. along with what Josh said, i will take a drop of the enamel base coat and mix it in with the white to "soften" up the white just a hair, and do as normal, a light pass or 2 over the raised detail. i've even dry brushed the center of panels ever so slightly and it turnes out great. just have fun with it. later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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  • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Posted by maddafinga on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:51 PM
I do this all the time. If white is going to be too much, I usually mix some of my base with some white oils and a little mineral spirits. Usually I do use plain white though. Just drybrush normally, oils will have a long blending time, so you shouldn't get any streaking or anything like that. Sometimes when I'm done I take a big soft fluffy brush and really brush the hell out of the places that I've drybrushed. That kind of smooths the whole thing down and blends the oils into the base coat nicely. If I can get a good pic of my M-7 Priest, I'll post it. I did this to the whole gun assembly and it looks great.
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Drybrushing with oils?
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:19 PM
Hi all
I've seen some examples of modelers using oil paints for drybrushing, however using colours not akin to the basecoat, such as white. How is this done? The results looked very nice, as only the corners, edges, and raised parts were highlighted, but just barely.
I ask, as I'm in the middle of a Sd.Kfz 251 build that will be dark yellow, and I was unsure as to how to proceed with drybrushing.
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