Nobody made any advances in dry brushing for years, and then long after Artis Opus spent almost forever testing various types of brush and hair (I’ve seen their prototypes first-hand). TAP come out with incredibly similar brushes diameters an all) just several months later? The Army Painter Masterclass Drybrush set has 3 sizes, the Miniature, Moderate and Mighty. As a true fan of alliteration, I knew I was going to love working with these brushes! The Army Painter Masterclass Drybrush Set – Summary Whilst many people say they are “Expensive”. As you can see from the Rosemary and Co Brushes above, it’s a relativey standard price. Then when you look at the individual brush prices. They don’t cost that much more than the Smooshing Brush and will last several times longer than any synthetic make-up brush. So long as you take good care of them. If you need some drybrushes, you can’t go wrong with the new Masterclass: Drybrush set from the Army Painter-here’s our review.

They are to be fair, a good bit above anything ranked lower on this list. The domed shape alone leads to a softer blend than what you would get from coarser hair brushes. However, when compared to the options below, you can tell they are cheaper just by how light they are and how soft the bristle density is. Likely made in China, and these are still natural hair brushes. One last little tip, you can throw a penny in the corners of your wet palette to make it last longer. This acts as a Zinc anode and keeps your palette from getting gross, just replace the pennies when they get really bad looking. Painting With the Dry Brushes: Well, like other companies they’ve taken the style popularised by Artis opus, but in this case, they completely missed the mark in regard to what those brushes do and how they do it. But at least these do offer a viable alternative for those wanting to avoid natural hair.The Army painter Drybrushes are unfortunately some of the weaker Drybrushes offered. Both the Wargamer (white-handle) series and the cheaper Hobby (red-handled) series and just a little too stiff and coarse. The main important difference is that both the length and density of the bristles are lower than their competitors below. Meaning they are more likely to clump and streak, and won’t last as long. When you need to replace one of them, you can still only buy them as a set of 3. One of the biggest boons of this brush is the round, domed head. The rounded shape of the brush allows you to have complete control of where you want the paint to go. This also lends itself well to smooth transitions and feathering techniques. Suffice it to say I have little respect for Green Stuff World products of late, especially since they complained at us for reviewing their Average paints as Average. (Spoiler alert, they’re ok. ) Dry brushing has really taken off and thanks to the popularised Slapchop method of painting, is swiftly taking over as the go-to style for rapid results Army painters, it’s genuinely started taking over from Airbrushing. Due to its affordability, accessibility and almost paint-by-numbers approach.

Rob has used and cleaned all three, but they all look like new! It’s easy to see how well they have held up and how clean they still look. On top of that, they are still super soft and have maintained almost all the bristles.

Painting With the Dry Brushes:

Seeing the importance and impact of this amazing tool, the crew over at The Army Painter decided to get in the game with their own lineup. But it’s still a better shape and bristle density than other above 3. The Army Painter Masterclass Drybrush

I spent the first year of my hobby experience using the Games Workshop flat dry brushes, and I thought they were great… until I learned about these bad boys. Here is the mini Rob is going to be working with. He already had the wash and base coat on, for both of which he used Army Painter paints. This was coincidental, but he prefers their metallics over almost any other companies’. So most of his metallics are done with their stuff anyways. He does love the super matte Scale 75 Metallics for some projects too though. These are a decent amount bigger than their normal set of brushes. These aren’t really made for targeting detailing per ce, more of overall use to hit the whole mini. Masterclass Drybrush Set Bristles & Brush Cleaning:

Best Drybrushes For Miniatures: Army Painter Masterclass Review

Domed dry brushes are certainly the popular choice nowadays, Initially Designed by Artis Opus and released in 2021 The Army Painter lead the charge as the first official large brand Copycat. If you ask them they will say they were designing these for a long time before the AO release, and that fact that they are both the same shape with the same type of hair as Artis Opus is purely a coincidence… I’m just not buying it. The main disadvantage of the straight, flat brushes is the uneven application of paint, and the harsh lines left by the edge of the brush. I often complained about how difficult it was to get a natural gradient. One caveat, when using these brushes for straight edged buildings or terrains, it gives a crisp, saturated line. And I know for a fact that Drybrushing (with the right dry brushes) is taking over from Airbrushing for the majority of people, because FauxHammer.com has the top article for both “Best Airbrushes” and “Best Drybrushes”. We used to see 500 daily views on the former of those two articles and only a couple of hundred on this one. That has all but flipped on it’s head now with far more people looking for better drybrushes than airbrushes!