Dry brushing painting technique...my first shot...

This is my first attempt at the dry brushing technique. I tried to use a darker version of a particular color for the shadows but I don't know if this is correct or not. 5-13 Studios, D. Jennings, Jimbo, or any other figure painters who employ this technique, any tips would be greatly appreciated. Please holla at me with input. I apologize for the less than par pics, I need a better digital camera.

Also, Beenutt look for me to get in touch with you soon to get some decals made for the jersey names in light blue.





David C.

[5-13 Studios]

very cool! this is my personal favorite technique to use on figures. the only thing that i would question would be your choice of uniform yuuukkkkk!!! (kidding, kinda:rolleyes: ).
all kidding aside, i normally use 3 shades per color. a base, dark and highlight. the base is the actual color, the dark is the shadow and the highlight is, well, the highlight. the dark is usually a darker version of the base and the highlight is a much lighter version of the base, or just straight white. the only times when i do not use this combo is in some blues and most reds. the blue tends to look like a pastel, baby blue and the red tends to look pink. with those 2 colors, just use 3 different colors of red or blue to achieve the look.
now there are many different color combos which can achieve some pretty cool effects, but for the most part, the 3 shade technique is what i love.
i know of another technique called staining. it involves the use of ink being brushed solidly, like paint, over top of a white surface. the end result can have the ink settling into the cracks and crevices making darker shadows and running off of the high points creating the highlights. it sounds like it would be easy enough, but it can be really tricky to achieve a good looking finish.
that's a really good looking paintjob that you have done, i would like to see your whole team done in that fashion! thanks for posting the pics!

5-13,

Thanks for the insight, your post is extremely helpful! I actually didn't consider a third color for highlights but I'm definately going to try it on my next figure.

I always do a prototype first so this is him but I will be doing these Eagles using this technique, however I still haven't rounded up all of the figures I want to use which brings me to my next question. This was a baseball fig that I made into a football figure, I used epoxy sculpt for the first time to add some more crevises sp? (I had been using miliput). Do you do this so that you can get some good shadowed areas? Any tips on sculpting body parts?

I can't wait until E gridiron figs come out!

D "most ugly unis actually look good on MF figs"MC

[Michigan Joe]

Great job, thats a good looking figure!