Scale Model Basics: How to drybrush scale models

Learn more about building, painting weathering, and finishing scale models at Welcome to FineScale Modeler magazine’s Scale Model Basics: How to drybrush scale models. Drybrushing is an essential technique for scale model builders, and allows you to quickly and easily highlight surface details. While there has always been a certain amount of mystique around drybrushing, really, nothing could be simpler. 00:12 What is drybrushing? 00:32 Flat-coat your model first 00:51 What kind of paint should you use for drybrushing? 01:48 How light should the paint mix be for drybrushing? 02:53 What kind of paintbrush do you want to use for drybrushing? (Also, wardrobe change!) 03:27 Drybrushing in action! 05:48 The results of drybrushing