What\'s your favorite brush shape?

[Corvus]

Currently my favorite brush is a 0 flat brush. The tip is quite fine, so painting details isn\'t a real problem and it\'s great for larger surfaces. For very large surfaces I use a larger round brush, and for the really small details or fine lines a regular 00. I think I\'m using that flat 0 brush about 80% of the time...

So what about you guys? Do you prefer a round or a flat brush... I expect the first, but hey, flat already has a vote from me

 

[airhead]

Round for painting

Round for painting, but I like a flat brush for drybrushing.

 

[Chrispy]

I have to say round, as I don\'t reccomend drybrushing for much.

 

[mouse]

flat and round ...

normally, its round for painting.

flat and tapered for layering.

flat for dry-brushing.

Favourite, round.

 

[finn17]

What\'s your favourite brush shape?

Well I kinda like mine long and thin with bristles at one end and not at the other.
If there are any brush designers reading this however you could tempt me with Pamela Anderson shape:bouncy::flip:

 

[DELTADOG]

depends on what I want to do with...

... a round one for all paintingjobs on minis, a flat one for all paintjobs on terrain. Thats why I`m using ONLY drybrushing when painting terrain and for that technique a flat one is better.

 

[ejsaunders]

So long as its got a good point and more than two bristles I\'m easy to please I like the da Vinci Maestro 10 series intended for watercolourers as well as the Raphael series which are both replicaes of the W&N 7 series and are all pointy pointy tips. I\'m also a fan of \'spotter\' type brushes, but most of mine are \'round\' ended.

However... If I\'m drybrushing minis I got for a softer, \'rigger\' or \'round\' end, for terrain its a \'one stroke wash brush\' or I believe its called a \'flat\', usually in pig hair, or sometimes in soft hair for lighter pieces or less effect.

But to answer simply, most of mine are \'round\' or \'spotter\' type.

 

[Pellimore]

I use whatever I pick up first...

Actually, I\'ve been using round for practically everything as long as I\'ve been painting (a little over a year). I\'ve always used a flat one for tanks, and just recently I\'ve tried em with layering. I like the smoother look they give on layering, but I\'m still not use to them.

For drybrushing, I just use whatever brush I used to paint with. Once it gets ruined by regular painting I \"upgrade\" it to a drybrushing brush.

Have fun!
-Pellimore

 

[Flashman14]

heh . . me too Pellimore . . . all rotten brushes go to first to drybrushes and finally are used as paint mixers.

But, like Chrispy, I don\'t drybrush much at all - I will when I start doing more textured things like the fur on this huge Gnoll warband I\'ve assembled. But mostly on cloth and stuff like that I just layer . . .

But, ya, round brushes all the way . . . I have one flat brush that I\'ve had for many many years and it\'s still near perfect as I seem to be able to get the results I want with the rounds . . .

Maybe tanks or buildings it\'s good on . . or patterns that require a hard right angle . . . I dunno . . .

 

[Corvus]

Well, it appears I\'m still the only one who uses a flat brush for regular painting... although the brush I use isn\'t really a flat one, it\'s rather \"tapered\" like mouse said.