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Please use small words.

I've been told it's like drybrushing, except with a not-dry brush (but not too wet), and with more paint.

Is it like "heavy" drybrushing - lots of paint on the highest points, and progressively less down into the crevasses?

Not so much, well, not what i've referred to as overbrushing anyway.

It's like, say you're painting chainmail. There are the holes that represent the links, and then a surface. Overbrushing is brushing lightly enough, and with control, so that the paint ends up on the surface, without going down into the holes.

Also useful for painting chains, raised patterns and the like.

Redbeard is right.

when i over brush i use strokes like is am doing a very gentle light drybrushing like doing i fine edge but with more paint on the brush. like a sideways stroke so the tip of the brush can't deposit paint into the recesses.

So in other words, you're layering?

I wouldn't call it layering. To me, layering is painting another coat that is a slightly different shade. To me, overbrushing is like drybrushing, just with more paint on the brush.

The best way to describe it would be like.. say you were painting a belt of bullets that were being fed into a heavy bolter. Drybrushing the belt would highlight the top surface of the rounds and the belt, but with a rough finish, making the bullets look old or the belt look worn.

Overbrushing involves painting the same areas but with enough paint to make it look clean and crisp.

That's my take on it at least.

NannyNidNooNoo wrote:The best way to describe it would be like.. say you were painting a belt of bullets that were being fed into a heavy bolter. Drybrushing the belt would highlight the top surface of the rounds and the belt, but with a rough finish, making the bullets look old or the belt look worn.

Overbrushing involves painting the same areas but with enough paint to make it look clean and crisp.

That's my take on it at least.

Good description that is my take on it.

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NannyNidNooNoo wrote:The best way to describe it would be like.. say you were painting a belt of bullets that were being fed into a heavy bolter. Drybrushing the belt would highlight the top surface of the rounds and the belt, but with a rough finish, making the bullets look old or the belt look worn.

Overbrushing involves painting the same areas but with enough paint to make it look clean and crisp.

That's my take on it at least.

Thank you! Small words and everything.

Malfred - right us an article, Mr. Article Mod. We need good definitions of painting technique jargon.