Are You Using the Wrong Brush for Miniature Painting? KarambitKnives,com
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0:00 What’s your painting goal?
2:58 Synthetic brushes and what they can do
6:17 Downsides of synthetic brushes
7:35 Sponsor
8:49 Important brush properties
11:49 Pros & Cons of natural hair brushes & buying recommendations
15:57 How to clean brushes
Additional footage by @NerdalityCrafter
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DA VINCI NOVA 5570
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Series 33 (Kolinsky):
Series 8 (Kolinsky):
Series 99 (Red Sable):
Series 401 (Sable Blend):
WINDSOR & NEWTON Series 7:
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Great video! Suggest trying out the Rosemary & Co series 36, I have a size 0 and it holds an incredible amount of paint
The only thing I wish were different on the Raphaël 8404 is a slightly thicker handle, like the one on a W&N7. Possibly a minor detail, but it makes a lot of difference to me on how comfortable the brush is.
The best detailing brush I ever had was a 10/0 from Walmart. They stopped carrying it about 15 years ago, and I have never found one like it since.
Sometimes I noticed brushes are seemingly GLUED at the tip to give the appearance of a good tip, but then that quickly turns into a mess.
Bonjour
I was sitting here with my "Raphael 1 (8404)" in Hand starting the Video and thinking: "if he does not recommend this one i will have to write a comment." Now i´m writing it anyways.
I tried SO many High Quality Brands over the Years and without a doubt settled for the Raphael 1 as my "all purpose quality workhorse" – it keeps SUCH a sharp tip considering its size. Comparing it to a DaVinci 1 (i only use the 10 till now not the 76) it´s way bigger – even though i also keep that one at hand – also not a bad brush at all (maybe even one of the best) – but it does not have the versatility of the Raphael and looses it´s sharp tip faster. I also keep a Winsor Newton 00 around for very rare specific things – but noone "really" needs that tbh.
For cleaning and keeping it in good shape i "can" reccomend "Abteilung 502 – Magic Potion for Brushes" – it cleans out stuck paint pretty good (Like Isopropanol) but seems to have a lot more components to it that keep the hairs from drying out (the substance is a bit oily).
Btw: Don´t fall for "we are now making the best brushes" Kickstarter or other advertising – i backed the "Squidmar" Brushes back in the day – those were fabricated by DaVinci afaik – but they were WAY worse than their regular ones. Stick to you guns people!
And thanks Trovarion for recommending a product that is actually really really good and will help alot of painters that are stuck to worse brushes.
I guess I should ditch the camel hair brushes for something smoother.
Habe Jahrelang mit der alten w&n serie gemalt, nie probleme..habe dann durch ein Gewinnspiel 2 der neueren Pinsel bekommen, beide nach ein paar Malsessions schrott..
What about the 0 to 6/0 sizes? im just starting in the hobby and i get that they may not hold as much paint, but for details they seem a really good option aswell but i didn't hear you mention them
ye I got a windsor and newton thinking it was a good quality and barely lasted 2 sessions
For synthetics AND cheaper KS, you could do a lot worse than picking up the AIT art brushes on Amazon; the only issue I've ever had was some quality differences between brushes made in Germany vs made in China. Even under heavy use of metallics, contrast and even alcohol inks, these things hold up! The rigging/liner brushes do 99% of anything I do.
My brush advice is extactly the same as yours, about 8 years ago i gave raphael a try as i could get them about 30-40% cheaper than w&n series 7 and i found them to be a better brush, mostly becouse their brush hair length was a little longer and i found it easier to avoid getting paint up deep towards the head of the brush. I also use isopropyl and masters brush soap to clean my brush. Another trick i find to be great is if i make a mistake i can carefully remove the paint with isopropyl on a brush, it works like an eraser and saves me heaps of time fixing mistakes.
I started painting with a set of 10 brushes that cost me $2 and they lasted me nearly 2 years of painting once or twice a week and taking good care of the brushes.
There are a lot of techniques that don't rely on having fine brush tips but I got a Kolinsky for my next project to see how much a difference it makes.
Really good video! I try to use synthetics for base coating but often run into the issue that without a better tip I can't even do that, because nowadays especially GW models have so many small details and small spaces between things, beneath stuff and so on, that I can't get them even base coated properly without going to my better brush. Do you find that to be the same? Maybe I need better synthetics. Gonna give your recommendations a try.