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Anyone able to help me out with this.

I have some citidel highlighting brushes but they seem a bit thick. I'm looking for something real fine so I can highlight with the edge of the bristles.

Thanks.

It's not the thickness, rather the quality and the point.... and the hand holding the brush.
I saw insanely good highlights done with a #1 brush (alas, not by me).
A good, pointy, kolinsky sable brush, steady hand, not too much colour on it and a good dilution... and much, much practice.

Edit:
as to what brushes get that are better than Citadel ones... I heard goos words about DaVinci brushes, and of course Winsor&Newton (series 7, not miniature ones, short bristles reduce the brush's capacity).

Mine just seem a bit thick at the tip. They do a good job, but I'm after better.

Ill keep scouting!

Winsor&Newton series 7. Take good care of them and they will last for a lot of time. They are worth every penny I gave for them.

 Kerrathyr wrote:
It's not the thickness, rather the quality and the point....

This !
It's definitely not the size that matters, rather the point.

 Kerrathyr wrote:
I saw insanely good highlights done with a #1 brush (alas, not by me).

Size 1 is the smallest brush I ever use. Most of my models are painted using size 2 and 4 brushes.

Meg Mapels did a fantastic article about brushes for her blog (she is a commission painter and was a staff painter for PP until a few months ago).

http://arcanepaintworks.blogspot.com/2013/12/all-about-brushes.html