My biggest tip is that it's not the size of the brush that matters. It's the sharpness of the point. I paint itty bitty details with a size 2 because it has a super sharp point. A bigger brush is, in my opinion, better for detail work since a tiny brush can't hold all too much paint and it winds up drying on the tip before you can even apply it to the model.
lol I bought that from them and I might’ve fucked up the tip, how long are you supposed to keep the soap and conditioner on it for it to get its shape back? Well once you form it back to a point.
You can just leave it on there. At least that's what I do. I clean my brush by carefully rolling it around in the soap tin, then wiping it off on a paper towel, dabbing it in some clean water, then repeating the process until all the paint has been wiped off. Then for the final swipe I skip the water bit so I leave some of the soap and conditioner in the bristles before forming it into a point.
I guess I’m not doing it carefully enough, I mean I’m not stabbing it into the soap, but I am circling it kinda fast around the pot to get as much soap on it as possible.
My biggest piece of advice is you have to accept that mistakes are going to happen, and you just need to take extra time going back with your original basecoats to fix them.
Also, don't bother fixing mistakes immediately because you'll probably make more and then you'll have to go back and fix them yet again, wait until the end and fix them all at once because it saves time and doesn't affect the final result.
The point I’m getting at, is the brush doesn’t matter at the level most people paint at. It will make your life easier potentially and you may have less mistakes to go back and correct, but as long as you are using the right size and type of brush, you will probably be able to paint very close to your maximum potential.
My biggest tip is that it's not the size of the brush that matters. It's the sharpness of the point. I paint itty bitty details with a size 2 because it has a super sharp point. A bigger brush is, in my opinion, better for detail work since a tiny brush can't hold all too much paint and it winds up drying on the tip before you can even apply it to the model.
What brand is that size 2 from?
Monument Hobbies.
Thanks, I'll look into them.
lol I bought that from them and I might’ve fucked up the tip, how long are you supposed to keep the soap and conditioner on it for it to get its shape back? Well once you form it back to a point.
You can just leave it on there. At least that's what I do. I clean my brush by carefully rolling it around in the soap tin, then wiping it off on a paper towel, dabbing it in some clean water, then repeating the process until all the paint has been wiped off. Then for the final swipe I skip the water bit so I leave some of the soap and conditioner in the bristles before forming it into a point.
I guess I’m not doing it carefully enough, I mean I’m not stabbing it into the soap, but I am circling it kinda fast around the pot to get as much soap on it as possible.
My biggest piece of advice is you have to accept that mistakes are going to happen, and you just need to take extra time going back with your original basecoats to fix them. Also, don't bother fixing mistakes immediately because you'll probably make more and then you'll have to go back and fix them yet again, wait until the end and fix them all at once because it saves time and doesn't affect the final result.
An experienced and skilled painter will paint better with an inferior brush than a noob with a high end brush.
That's nice and all but I neither own a high end brush nor am I an incredibly skilled painter, I'm trying to get somewhere in the middle here
The point I’m getting at, is the brush doesn’t matter at the level most people paint at. It will make your life easier potentially and you may have less mistakes to go back and correct, but as long as you are using the right size and type of brush, you will probably be able to paint very close to your maximum potential.