terse sinew
I’m having trouble making fine lines in my highlighting, as you can see on this model, notably the gloves, pants, and boots here. I’m not sure if it’s the tools or my technique or both. It makes my highlights on things like cloth creases etc look amateurish and I’d like to fix it
manic lichen
I have by no means perfected this yet but I find a combination of just the right paint consistency (thinned but not running like a wash) and a veeeeeeeeerrrrry light touch get me my nice thin lines. This is inordinately hard some days and goes great others.
I find my fine brushes also dry paint on much faster, presumably due to some surface area/volumetric hoobajoob.
hollow topaz
As long as your brush comes to a sharp point it should be ok, no hairs splitting off or anything. Then as mentioned you need the paint thinned a bit, but not too runny. If you find it drying too fast sometimes to where you can only draw a bit of the edge highlight before the paint doesn't want to come off the brush, you can try adding retarder. I find it best to try to draw a line on a piece of plastic card/styrene, it becomes easier to tell when the paint isn't thinned enough or is over thinned. Some people like flow aid as well if it makes it easier.
Also another way to think of the highlights is that you want to apply them like you were glazing them on, so it's OK if you have to put one layer down then go back over them again for better coverage. The paint needs to be thinned enough to let the brush get back to its sharp point, so you can either roll the point after loading up paint, or wick a bit off on a paper towel.
terse sinew
I am beginning to think it’s my paint consistency. Judging from others reactions I use quality brushes, and it seems like I’ve got a steady hand I’m just not getting the flow I want and pushing to hard to get it, leading to blotchy lines. I’ll experiment some tomorrow.
terse sinew
Took the advice on paint consistency and got much better results this time around I think
opaque oyster
Try to hold the side of your brush to a toilet paper edge for a short time after loading it, to get rid of excess paint, before using the loaded brush on the miniature.