"Drybrushing with an Electric Drill" Topic

You know the old adage about drinking coffee:

With caffeine, you do stupid things, faster!

Well, it has reached our hobby techniques. LOL! I found this video on YouTube, and it made perfect sense to me, so I tried it…

And I like it!

You put a large make-up brush into the chuck of your electric hand drill, apply paint, wipe most of it off, per usual, then apply it to your models/terrain pieces, with the drill spinning the brush at relatively high speeds.

The concept is sooo simple of an idea, I am surprised modelers/gamers did not come up with it sooner. It is most effective for mass production situations: assembly-line figure painting and terrain pieces. As with any technique, practice will hone your skills, yielding better results as you gain experience. Use it, share it, or forget about it, as it suits you. Cheers!

Fun!

Yeah, that's very cool.

I am going to try this. Too easy and results look great.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

You could also use a battery-powered drill and a smaller brush, that might be easier to work with.

Ninjon is awesome!

Reminds me of when I took a rotary electric toothbrush and tried to make a tiny disc sander.

I thought the same thing as Bill, but with a Dremel-style hand tool. Especially, variable speed…

Doug

Edit: I should have watched the video first…

I don't find power tools provide enough fun to do this (and all I have is a honking big Makita corded drill), but thanks for the interesting suggestion.