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dry brushing flat black?

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  • Member since
    November 2005
dry brushing flat black?
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 9:25 PM
ive painted an engine flat black and was wondering what would be a good color to dry brush with...thank you
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 10:10 PM
A dark grey should do well, or I've also used a silver, washed with thinned flat black. It gives it a slightly used look.

demono69
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Monday, August 18, 2003 10:27 PM
You can also try a pale brown or light tan.
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    July 2003
  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:36 AM
I use chrome silver base paint and a wash of thinned flat black on engine. But if you have already painted it flat black it maybe ok to drybrush it with metallic grey with chrome silver to the highest edges.

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:12 AM
I've used #2 pencil lead to highlight the edges of flat colored objects. The graphite has a gloss appearance and will cause those edges to stand out. Also, used it on the cylinder heads on radial engines to highlight the cooling fins.

Rich
  • Member since
    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:23 AM
I'm going to go with Rich's suggestion. I think graphite would work very well in this instance. Not only does it highlight, but it gives a "heavy metal" look to the objects it is applied to.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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