@@bengamingames5002 Another gem is ready-mixed wall filler. I've always used it as a key ingredient for my bases, but it's great for making texture for things like this too, and far cheaper than the texture paints you get from model suppliers.
@@bengamingames5002 Basically any hardware store or similar. I'm in the UK, and I usually get it from Wilkinson's; in the US, it's what's usually referred to as "spackle". Your mileage my vary. 😛
Absolutely love that you took a comment from your last video and went and tested and learnt and even more amazing shared your knowledge with us. Thanks mate, as inspiring as some of the best!
If you primed in black gesso and/or sealed it with some really hard varnish, I'm pretty sure you could wipe away paint with isopropyl alcohol when you're done to clean it. Then you don't get a lot of paint build up and you're back to black after each session. Now I'm gonna have to make one of these lol 🤔😄
It’s always the simplest ideas that blow my mind. We’ve all got off cuts and spare parts sat about and this is the best way to make sure they don’t get wasted. You’ve made my day! doing this the moment I get home!
I watched your last video last night, saw that comment about the texture palette. I thought to myself, I have to look into that for sure. Then wake up, search and realize you literally made a video about it already. That’s freaking awesome man! Totally doing this now, thanks!
Comment regarding brush movement while dry brushing. Circle movements are good for getting as much paint onto the surface as possilbe, leaving only the deepest of recesses. Back and forth movements limit paint on the surface which can be advantageous. Also dry brushing from one direction only can be useful to being even more selective in applying paint on the surface, like an example: zenithol lighting effect. Kind of like how you use an air brush. Also, as you said, the amount of paint on the brush controls the dry brush effect. But also the angle of the brush to the miniature will effect how paint is applied to the surface.
That is a great idea! I have a textured mat but this is a great alternative. Another thing a lot of people get wrong is actually using a DRY brush. Get yourself a moist sponge. You actually want a bit of moisture in the bristles which prevents the brush from pulling water out of the paint which then leaves you with the powdery looking finish on your model.
Really clever idea to make your own textured palette. It looks great, too. I love that it can be used as a testing ground for dry brushing and painting. Great stuff!
I paint the lid tops white first and then dip them in some paint from the respective pot. It gives better visibility to the more translucent paints and gives a better idea of what the paints will look like over your white drybrush.
I know what I'm going to be making this weekend! Such a great idea and a perfect use for all the spare bits that were destined live in the 'box of grey' forever, thanks for sharing!
It sure is good to see someone that is close to my age doing miniture hobby stuff. Im really enjoying the content your putting out as it really relates to my own experiences. Keep up the great work sir!!!
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Nice idea to make a palette! What I currently do: Have a wet paper towel and a very dry paper towel. After using the drybrush for a while I whipe it over the wet towel and then the dry towel to clean the drybrush without making it wet. That helps a lot with a slowly hardening drybrush due to dried and hardened paint.
one thing I always do when dry brushing like this is always painting with the down movement. It causes the paint to be left on the top surfaces where the light should be rather than the bottom ones
one thing I always did when I paint a mini was to start as far inside a=of the mini as I could and then work out and drybrusing on each lever with lighter colors, dark colors on the inside and lighter ones on the outside.
To stop the chalky texture, you need a small tub, sponge inside and a tiny amount of water. You dab the brush in before using paint to partually dampen the brush. It keeps the paint "wet" that stops it drying out and going chalky. Look up Artis Opus for the technique, it transcends drybrushing
Thank you for amplifying tips from other viewers! That's a great idea, I'll definitely put one together from parts like you have. I've had EXACTLY that problem - not rubbing off enough paint. I have a lot of dry brushing of terrain pieces coming up, and this will help a lot.
A bit of hardboard turned upside down ( so the textured side is up) and sprayed works fantatic and is cheaper and easier. The paint testing side is easily and imo better done with a random spare model.
Looks very effective, can tell the difference already. Would definitely suggest you try out emulating a zenithil light source (above only) with the white. It can give a more realistic shadow effect with slapchop. Also maybe be a bit lighter with the white brushing, catching just raised edges or top facing panels helps to emphasise the models shapes!
That is an absolute class (and totally logical) way to check before you dry brush. I'm not watching a film tonight now, I'm gonna make me one of these dry brush mega sets instead. Great tip 👊
I’m happy to hear you name drop green stuff world in their videos. They got some bad press a few years back, but they’re a great company and their products are always top notch in my experience. If you can think of it, they make it. It’s amazing
It was not just "bad press", not gonna go into the drama but they used legal loopholes to outright steal products from other people, the people from Tabletop Workshop did a video on this and why they will no longer work with them, with all the evidence, which is why i avoid them unless i have no better choice
For contrast paints, I primed the pot lids and then painted those, it gets the colour not the effect. I do the same for every single paint, including blacks, you won't believe the variation in black paints, silly I know. Textured pallet, I've been using a sheet of plastic that is developing ridges, but model parts, completely next level.
here's something you could do to make your paint storage even better at a glance... _slap chop_ the lids with the paint in the bottle they go to. Then you'll be able to look at the bottle and know almost immediately if you have the color you're looking for even before testing it on the palette.
Artis Opus sells excellent textured dry pallets (for those who'd rather not make their own). Also Have a small sponge around. You want to soak it in water and then squeeze it out to leave it just a little damp. Use the damp sponge to get a little moisture in the brush prior to loading it with paint. Makes the result so much smoother. Artis Opus have a great youtube channel with tons of dry brushing tutorials. Never know how deep dry brushing goes until I came about their channel.
I'd never keep my drybrush damp... Have very bad experience with it. Always created ugly stains on the mini and it always looked like there was way too much paint in the brush...
This is an incredible idea. I'm only starting to get into mini painting from just building foam terrain for D&D. It's great to start absorbing all the ideas I'm seeing online. Thanks for this.
1. After a while I guess you just spray prime it back to black?? 2. Wouldn't wiping of the white on contrast paint on the pallet pick up some of the paint? 3. Any issue with the little dirt glued on coming off? 4. Amazing idea and I want to make one too!
Here's a tip for keeping sand or some other basing material on your minis base, take some pva glue and mix it with water until the glue is somewhat more fluid, then apply it to the sand, let it dry for awhile (perhaps an hour if need be) and once it's dry, nothing should really come off of the base, hope that might be of use to you
Great to see these becoming better known, such a useful tool. I first heard about texture palettes from Artis Opus and first saw a homemade version with MS_Paints and immediately realised how I'd been told to drybrush was out-dated. Results are so much better with a slightly damp brush and swapping the paper towel for a textured surface.
I’m not too big into dry brushing, maybe for some metallics. I can see this type of a pallet being useful for a few different effects, or to also see how warmed up you are and want to try fine details, etc. also a good place to test washes, or color schemes. Might make a small one of these to have on hand
Oh my god!! I need to figure out something like this for my dnd mini's.. no extra parts to glue together.. but this dry brushing technique is super smart
I'm definitely going to make one of these. What a great idea and fun execution. I can see myself making a fantasy themed version with lots of stone work. Brilliant conversation piece too if you leave it out when people come over, haha.
This is a really good video, I came across your channel yesterday and saw that comment but didn't really quite understand what they were talking about. Here you are perfectly explaining it :) Thanks for making it and you have yourself a new subscriber.
This is a great video and well I can see several uses for these types of dry brushing palettes. I am getting back into painting again (painted like 140 plus miniatures but didn't need to do any major dry brushing) and it looks like I need to build one of these for me since I have been using extra miniatures for testing of paints and washes and this means not having to wait for them to come out of my paint removing dip. I have the perfect thing to build it in as well.
Great idea! I have kept some failed 3d prints knowing that I could them for something one day, probably as rubble but this is a great use for some of them also.
OMG I love the idea of create your own textured pallet!!!! Mind Blown 🤯 I just realised Star Wars had already released a textured pallet they just labeled it wrong.
I've never seen a textured palette made from actual parts! That's brilliant!
Agreed! I used hot glue to make a textured pallet, but only some hot glue. All the possibilities with this is wonderful!
@@bengamingames5002 Another gem is ready-mixed wall filler. I've always used it as a key ingredient for my bases, but it's great for making texture for things like this too, and far cheaper than the texture paints you get from model suppliers.
@@Brickerbrack Thanks for letting me know. Where do you purchase the wall filler?
@@bengamingames5002 Basically any hardware store or similar. I'm in the UK, and I usually get it from Wilkinson's; in the US, it's what's usually referred to as "spackle". Your mileage my vary. 😛
@@Brickerbrack Awesome advice, thank you!
Absolutely love that you took a comment from your last video and went and tested and learnt and even more amazing shared your knowledge with us. Thanks mate, as inspiring as some of the best!
If you primed in black gesso and/or sealed it with some really hard varnish, I'm pretty sure you could wipe away paint with isopropyl alcohol when you're done to clean it. Then you don't get a lot of paint build up and you're back to black after each session.
Now I'm gonna have to make one of these lol 🤔😄
I say this with all the love in my heart it’s so fun watching someone’s art grow before your eyes! You are doing wonderful! And it looks great!
It’s always the simplest ideas that blow my mind. We’ve all got off cuts and spare parts sat about and this is the best way to make sure they don’t get wasted. You’ve made my day! doing this the moment I get home!
That’s a brilliant idea. I actually really like the dry brushed palette as a piece of art to be honest. Looks incredible.
I watched your last video last night, saw that comment about the texture palette. I thought to myself, I have to look into that for sure. Then wake up, search and realize you literally made a video about it already. That’s freaking awesome man! Totally doing this now, thanks!
Comment regarding brush movement while dry brushing. Circle movements are good for getting as much paint onto the surface as possilbe, leaving only the deepest of recesses. Back and forth movements limit paint on the surface which can be advantageous. Also dry brushing from one direction only can be useful to being even more selective in applying paint on the surface, like an example: zenithol lighting effect. Kind of like how you use an air brush. Also, as you said, the amount of paint on the brush controls the dry brush effect. But also the angle of the brush to the miniature will effect how paint is applied to the surface.
Mind Blown! I knew there was a reason I was saving all those sprews and bits!
It's super satisfying too when you reprime it black ready for more painting!
if the pallette gets to dirty and causes some contamination you can simply just primer over it again, good as new!
I was looking for that info thanks
Fantastic! Now I have a use for all those bits I should have thrown away years ago.
Hoarding finally pays off!
That is a great idea! I have a textured mat but this is a great alternative. Another thing a lot of people get wrong is actually using a DRY brush. Get yourself a moist sponge. You actually want a bit of moisture in the bristles which prevents the brush from pulling water out of the paint which then leaves you with the powdery looking finish on your model.
This was something Artis Opus was saying in their video on the technique. Looking forward to trying it. Should come out less chalky, yeah?
@@thekkidd3d yep, exactly! Couldn’t figure out why that was happening for a long time until I saw that til from someone!
PURE GENIUS IDEA...I love it, I am so going to be making one of these myself.
Like you said. Thats why this community is the best. Always helping each other. Great tip im looking forward to implementing
Really clever idea to make your own textured palette. It looks great, too. I love that it can be used as a testing ground for dry brushing and painting. Great stuff!
Best painting video I've ever seen 🤯
Only ever heard of wet palette, that dry palette 🎨 for dry brushing is genius ❤
Dry palette is a normal dimple or tray palette. That's a drydry palette 😂
I paint the lid tops white first and then dip them in some paint from the respective pot.
It gives better visibility to the more translucent paints and gives a better idea of what the paints will look like over your white drybrush.
I know what I'm going to be making this weekend! Such a great idea and a perfect use for all the spare bits that were destined live in the 'box of grey' forever, thanks for sharing!
Awesome idea! Now I finally have something to do with all of those failed prints!
I love how enthusiastic you are when you discover new ways to do cool stuff :D
What an awesome idea. Man, that brilliant. I'm totally sold.
It sure is good to see someone that is close to my age doing miniture hobby stuff. Im really enjoying the content your putting out as it really relates to my own experiences. Keep up the great work sir!!!
Nice idea to make a palette!
What I currently do: Have a wet paper towel and a very dry paper towel. After using the drybrush for a while I whipe it over the wet towel and then the dry towel to clean the drybrush without making it wet. That helps a lot with a slowly hardening drybrush due to dried and hardened paint.
I have never heard of a textured dry palette either. Great. Now I have to make one.
Genius. An utterly brilliant idea and some fantastic tips to go along, as well. I'm building one of these today!
one thing I always do when dry brushing like this is always painting with the down movement. It causes the paint to be left on the top surfaces where the light should be rather than the bottom ones
This is FANTASTIC, I'm definitely going to dig through my bits box this week and build one of these.
This is actually quite smart. Thank you for sharing it
one thing I always did when I paint a mini was to start as far inside a=of the mini as I could and then work out and drybrusing on each lever with lighter colors, dark colors on the inside and lighter ones on the outside.
I might try this as I've made the mistake a few times thinking my brush was dry enough and it was in fact not that dry. Clever!
That dry brushing palette is an awesome idea, nothing ruins a model quicker then dry brushing wrong
To stop the chalky texture, you need a small tub, sponge inside and a tiny amount of water. You dab the brush in before using paint to partually dampen the brush. It keeps the paint "wet" that stops it drying out and going chalky. Look up Artis Opus for the technique, it transcends drybrushing
Thank you for amplifying tips from other viewers! That's a great idea, I'll definitely put one together from parts like you have. I've had EXACTLY that problem - not rubbing off enough paint. I have a lot of dry brushing of terrain pieces coming up, and this will help a lot.
P.S. Also, the dry brush pallette you've made looks really cool as a terrain pieace.
Damn! That is really smart! Time to print a box out and set that up!
Brill idea!! got loads of terrain sprues and bits n bobs, what an epic way to make use of stuff. Nice one dude! 👍🏻
Just made one. It's pretty awesome! Thanks for the tip!
That's awesome! I'll be making one right away!
I love your videos because you make everything seem very achievable for the hobbyist
That's a pretty awesome idea. I share your enthusiasm!
A bit of hardboard turned upside down ( so the textured side is up) and sprayed works fantatic and is cheaper and easier. The paint testing side is easily and imo better done with a random spare model.
Looks very effective, can tell the difference already. Would definitely suggest you try out emulating a zenithil light source (above only) with the white. It can give a more realistic shadow effect with slapchop. Also maybe be a bit lighter with the white brushing, catching just raised edges or top facing panels helps to emphasise the models shapes!
That is an absolute class (and totally logical) way to check before you dry brush. I'm not watching a film tonight now, I'm gonna make me one of these dry brush mega sets instead. Great tip 👊
This is awesome! Planing on getting back into the hobby after a few years off, and this will be my first "build"! Thanks for sharing! Really love it!
The round drybrushing technique is something Ive never tried, I need to.
DAmn.... This is awesome - I literally just started using this technique - and I think I'll make a textured dry pallet.... I just need parts now.
Never seen a dry palette like this before, it's brilliant! Thank you sharing this. Right, I'm now off to make a drybrsh palette!
Your texture palette ended up becoming unintentional art that's awesome!
Great idea to make a texture palette with bitz BTW, love that.
Definitely doing this . Used the oven to melt some spare bits to make bases . Now to make sprue goo to cast some parts for this
Hello, for my part, I use a slate presentation plate. Good texture, easy to wash. thank you for your videos.
This is awesome, something new to try and almost instant terrain.
Oh man - I love this. Doing this tomorrow. Thanks for the excellent video.
I’m happy to hear you name drop green stuff world in their videos.
They got some bad press a few years back, but they’re a great company and their products are always top notch in my experience. If you can think of it, they make it. It’s amazing
It was not just "bad press", not gonna go into the drama but they used legal loopholes to outright steal products from other people, the people from Tabletop Workshop did a video on this and why they will no longer work with them, with all the evidence, which is why i avoid them unless i have no better choice
Black - dry brush grey - dry brush white. Its really good for terrain like that. Its like ashy dry deathworld feeling
For contrast paints, I primed the pot lids and then painted those, it gets the colour not the effect. I do the same for every single paint, including blacks, you won't believe the variation in black paints, silly I know. Textured pallet, I've been using a sheet of plastic that is developing ridges, but model parts, completely next level.
the palette itself looks like a work of art :D
Pretty cool! I can see how this will indeed be helpful. Great vid.
This is awesome. A great idea that I will adopt!
here's something you could do to make your paint storage even better at a glance...
_slap chop_ the lids with the paint in the bottle they go to. Then you'll be able to look at the bottle and know almost immediately if you have the color you're looking for even before testing it on the palette.
Artis Opus sells excellent textured dry pallets (for those who'd rather not make their own). Also Have a small sponge around. You want to soak it in water and then squeeze it out to leave it just a little damp. Use the damp sponge to get a little moisture in the brush prior to loading it with paint. Makes the result so much smoother. Artis Opus have a great youtube channel with tons of dry brushing tutorials. Never know how deep dry brushing goes until I came about their channel.
I'd never keep my drybrush damp... Have very bad experience with it. Always created ugly stains on the mini and it always looked like there was way too much paint in the brush...
This is an incredible idea. I'm only starting to get into mini painting from just building foam terrain for D&D. It's great to start absorbing all the ideas I'm seeing online. Thanks for this.
This is a grand idea. Thank you for sharing.
1. After a while I guess you just spray prime it back to black??
2. Wouldn't wiping of the white on contrast paint on the pallet pick up some of the paint?
3. Any issue with the little dirt glued on coming off?
4. Amazing idea and I want to make one too!
Here's a tip for keeping sand or some other basing material on your minis base, take some pva glue and mix it with water until the glue is somewhat more fluid, then apply it to the sand, let it dry for awhile (perhaps an hour if need be) and once it's dry, nothing should really come off of the base, hope that might be of use to you
Absolutely doing this. Brilliant little trick
This is a great demonstration. Thank you!
Looks suitable for framing & putting up for display that pallet!😊
Love this! So much! Great video and your enthusiasm is infectious. I can't wait to make one of my own!
That's actually pretty impressive.
That's lovely. I've been painting for years and this is much better than what I do. I'll have to give it a go! Thanks!
Great to see these becoming better known, such a useful tool. I first heard about texture palettes from Artis Opus and first saw a homemade version with MS_Paints and immediately realised how I'd been told to drybrush was out-dated. Results are so much better with a slightly damp brush and swapping the paper towel for a textured surface.
I’m not too big into dry brushing, maybe for some metallics. I can see this type of a pallet being useful for a few different effects, or to also see how warmed up you are and want to try fine details, etc. also a good place to test washes, or color schemes. Might make a small one of these to have on hand
Oh my god!! I need to figure out something like this for my dnd mini's.. no extra parts to glue together.. but this dry brushing technique is super smart
Try using a slightly damp brush when dry brushing it helps prevent the "chalky" look
Thank you! That is a really neat idea!
Brilliant! Very clever and easy to do. Thanks for sharing.
This really will be game changing! I've always practised schemes and techniques on spare pieces left in the sprues but this is something else!
I’ve never heard of a dry pallet. Living in nowhere makes it hard to find out this stuff. Thank you for the info
Saw you picture of this earlier and was inspired to make my own...now I can watch the vid while I wait for the glue to dry!
I'm definitely going to make one of these. What a great idea and fun execution. I can see myself making a fantasy themed version with lots of stone work. Brilliant conversation piece too if you leave it out when people come over, haha.
I thought the exact same thing! xD
I have a 3d printed one i made but it has made my life so much easier!
I think I need to make one of these now, never would have thought to make a texture pallette
Yeah, seems reasonable. Good idea, i think i'll also make one for myself
This is a really good video, I came across your channel yesterday and saw that comment but didn't really quite understand what they were talking about. Here you are perfectly explaining it :) Thanks for making it and you have yourself a new subscriber.
Awesome idea. Totally stealing it!
Excellent tips. Thank you. Gives me an excuse to buy more armies just to get the spares for the palette
And if you don’t have the bits, glue ruff sand paper as an alternative. Great video btw.
Love it, I definately will be trying this!
That palette is genius.
This is a great video and well I can see several uses for these types of dry brushing palettes. I am getting back into painting again (painted like 140 plus miniatures but didn't need to do any major dry brushing) and it looks like I need to build one of these for me since I have been using extra miniatures for testing of paints and washes and this means not having to wait for them to come out of my paint removing dip. I have the perfect thing to build it in as well.
I've heard of using a textured pallete, but never thought to make one of my own like that... I'll be giving it a try
Great idea! I have kept some failed 3d prints knowing that I could them for something one day, probably as rubble but this is a great use for some of them also.
What do you do once it's full of paint ?
It's brilliant! Love it.
OMG I love the idea of create your own textured pallet!!!! Mind Blown 🤯
I just realised Star Wars had already released a textured pallet they just labeled it wrong.
The AT-ST wreck ;)
You Can use half of an old DVD box to make the palet then glue bits and square printed bases
Absolute genius....thank you for sharing.
This is fantastic, I'll definitely be having a go at making one of these
I'm gonna print something like that out with my fdm
Awesome idea