Quick and dirty way to highlight black on a vehicle?

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**Super Newb**

So I am wondering if anyone else has painted any significant portions of their vehicles black. If so, do you highlight it? Drybrush it? With what? I'm looking for something pretty basic here, for the big black portions on my razorbacks and rhinos. So whatever you do, let me know. Thanks!

**Sledgio**

I play Iron Hands, and you can do line highlights as I started doing which is time consuming but effective, or if you have an airbrush, you can just highlight with a lighter spray at a 45 degree angle again using a grey. I have done both in the past.

**Super Newb**

Well I don't want to do line highlights if it is time consuming. And sadly I don't have an airbrush...

**Desubot**

How quick and how dirty?

The quickest one i know is edge highlighting using soft color pencils. takes like 3 seconds. use grey for the majority and white for the corners and center of long panels.

**Super Newb**

? Whoa. I've never heard of that before! Is that literally all there is to it?

**Desubot**

Use the sides of the pencil tip. but finding the right pencil is the only issue.

**Super Newb**

Does it rub off easily (does it have to be sealed somehow). Can you apply washes over it?

Are there any good tutorials for this? I found an old dakka thread which linked to a video but the video is no longer on YouTube :(

**Desubot**

You should seal it. after sealing washing should t be any issue

No tutorial from what i can tell. i just did mine by trial and error. i might post a picture later once i can.

Edit: Seal it first as well. and do it lightly it can remove paint by mistake.

**Clang**

Provided there's standard grey plastic underneath, there's an even easier way to highlight black - very gently scrape the black paint off the edges with a scalpel. Seriously, give it a try. It even works on marine armour.

**Super Newb**

Lol scraping, I guess that would be the fastest. Sounds scary though. Targeted dry brushing would probably be next fastest as I could skip the sealing steps that the colored pencil uses... Though penciling itself is likely faster than dry brushing ...

**stratassj**

I second the use of colored pencil. even with the two sealing coats it will be a better quick way of highlighting then the drybrush in my opinion.

**Super Newb**

Ok then I need advice on what spray sealant to use as I've never done that before! Lol.

**Todosi**

Testor's Dullcote is the best stuff out there for sealing models. That said, edge highlighting with a brush is pretty darned fast.

**Kilkrazy**

Drybrush with a dark grey, or a dark blue if you are going for a comic book style effect, or possibly with Payne's Grey, which is a dark bluish-grey.

**sing your life**

I would mix in a pink/skin colour, it makes black into a nice gray shade.

**commissarbob**

I would suggest exploring weathering powders, especially the gray and tan type colors often seen with urban dust. Check out dirty cars and construction equipment for real world examples.

**buckero0**

What are the brand names of these pencils? Or what are they exactly?