Drybrushing Space Marines

THE SHORT VERSION

Dave Andrews demonstrates an alternative to time-consuming edge highlights. Very little paint and a dry, robust brush keep the technique controlled. Successive blues brushed downward establish the armour’s highlights quickly. The completed example shows how the method can produce a finished gaming model within a short painting session.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Kantor Blue↗Macragge Blue↗Alaitoc Blue↗?Calth Blue↗

The final drybrush colour is explicitly printed as Calth Blue. The source name is preserved because the article does not resolve which product was intended.

Back to the original

Find this article in White Dwarf 405, p. 110.

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