Pushy Lawn Bug + Drybrushing

I'm not sure whether to be terrified or to laugh.
Probably a bit of both. A cute product, G-man!
And I like your Martian Walker too.

Does anyone have a good reference (FAQ, URL, etc) on drybrushing particularly?
It's the one aspect of painting I absolutely suck at and it seems the key to
getting the edges of uniforms, etc. right. I can do washes, I'm pretty careful
with colour edging, and I'm pretty good with colour schemes for camo and such.
But I just can't drybrush to save my life. Whenever I try, either no paint is
deposited, or too much and in the wrong places.

If I wasn't so busy (just flocked 24 guys for
Saturday morning and am in mid-painting of
terrain for Saturday night now.... and the weekend only gets busier!), I'd
have tried to sit in on Stu's painting clinic. Maybe I can bribe him with a
beer to give me the "ABCs" of
drybrushing. But any help/references from the
list would be welcome.

Tomb Raider Printing out scenario notes and returning to painting and packing
(I don't have to drive tomorrow, and maybe I can sleep through JP's verbal
strikes....).

> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:59:36AM -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:

> From Schoon's post, http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/drybrush.htm

Unfortunately the key to nice dry-brushing is patience and time.

To do the really nice soft blend effect it will take some time. When you did
it before and did not notice anything you were most likely doing it right. As
you drybrush the change is almost imperceptable but after a couple of minutes
stop, take a little break and then compare it to one you have not done yet.
You will be surprised.

the brush you use is also important. I have found sable brushes do not hold
the paint enough. Funny, but the cheaper brushes tend to work better
sometimes. Also make sure it is a nice thick brush. I like to use about a 5
for large areas and a 0 for small.

Good luck. For me it took lots and lots of practice.

> Thomas Barclay Wrote:

> I'm not sure whether to be terrified or to laugh.

I agree. The only suggestion I'd make is to make the teeth more triangular,
maybe a couple of them should be longer fangs.

2B^2