First of all, phrasing.
Secondly, it's mostly the angle. Try holding the brush at a 45 degree angle, so that the brush only contacts the very edge itself. It's fine (and actually, usually good) to get a bit extra onto the flat panel, too thin of an edge highlight can look strange.
In this case, things probably aren't being helped by the colour difference - it might be a bit too stark of a contrast to work as a highlight. You want to work your way up pretty gently, and in a pinch can layer multiple edge highlights to create a nice gradient. A common one for black is Black -> Dark Reaper -> Thunderhawk Blue (I think is what its called).
It the colour choice is definitely a significant issue for OP, id recommended mixing it down to a glaze with glaze medium to build up to the colour or get a midtone.
Either way, thinner colours would help.
Monster Hunter Now is pretty spicy.
https://preview.redd.it/495zy42423pc1.png?width=1585&format=png&auto=webp&s=34c59fc981d7c1d4d9fd6c0100fa15652a0c2c1c
*giggle* Practice.
Honestly though, you have to use the side of the tip and run the brush along the edge, rather than holding it like a pencil and using the tip itself.
Eh. Most people who are really good at edge highlights are doing “layers” of highlights of different thicknesses, and they actually are doing them with tip. In a lot of cases, there isn’t enough of a sharp edge to use the side of the brush.
You don't have to. I mean looking at talented eavy' metal style painters it comes down to skill in the end. They often kind of draw the lines, not using the side of the brush because that's not accurate enough where you want certain highlights placed.
Well, your paint is too thick and you have too much on your brush for starters, but that brush definitely isn't doing you any favors either. That tip is *way* too thin to be of any use.
Most of a good highlight is just practice and control, but frankly, your highlight is so much lighter than the color you're putting it over that it's magnifying any mistakes you do make. You can build up to that light of a color as a dot highlight if you want, but the bulk of your highlight should be much closer to your armor color than what you have.
If you want an "extreme" highlight like that, you build it up in several layers, each getting smaller than the last. For perspective, the studio scheme for Black Templar armor is *five* layers of highlights, even though on the finished model you only "see" one.
Depends on your budget... Windsor & Newton series 7 is sort of the go-to suggestion from most people, but pricey. I use a variety of brushes from Blick, and I think the Blick master series is a fantastic value for high quality brushes. Army painter's brushes are pretty good quality for the money too, their regiment brush is a great all 'rounder and their character brush would probably be a good fit for you for edge highlighting.
I'm working on improving my edge highlights and I feel like most of the battle is learning how to get the right level of thinning with your paints. Maybe one thing that can be a shortcut as you learn is buying airbrush paints, which tend to be a pretty good consistency to go on the model with little or no thinning.
Practise alot, simply start edging every day. Whenever you have some spare time, start edging. When at work and you're bored? Start edging. At school listening to a boring lecture? Start edging. At your inlaws, watching tv? Start edging. Sitting in the bus to work? Start edging.
Sikply edge a lot and you will get better
https://preview.redd.it/hmjwo48au0pc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cbbf5b1a1aa3654f8901f1d175e62089fe419f1
Also, practise. I just recently started and I feel your pain of trying to get it perfect, but just keep doing it and you'll get better.
Now I know what im calling it from now on, lol.
"I used to think edging was beyond me as a Warhammer fan, but the online community really showed me the ropes."
you're doing it wrong.
best advice would be to google/youtube search some videos on edge highlighting. here is a video from a creator i like: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_OL9FzZ0BvY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OL9FzZ0BvY)
it's also worth noting, there are multiple techniques ...or. 2 main techniques people often confuse or conflate as edge highlights. there is...actual edge highlighting, where you add a highlight to an exact edge of something. and then there is panel lining. where... you paint a line around something, or next to something. there can also be other terms, like compound/volumetric edge highlights. but... basically. not everything is an edge highlight. it's worthwhile to keep that in mind. what works for an edge. doesnt' work for a flat surface you're painting a line on. (the video above touches on this somewhat)
and while not exactly a concept or technique. there is a core principal of dark/midtone/highlight or even bracketing a dark tone, against a bright tone, to increase contrast even more.
edge highlighting, is basically a gimmick to ramp up contrast, so all the forms/shapes are defined, and are communicated in the paint job. ...so it's why, often there's a dark recessed panel lining, and then a bright edge highlight, that black/dark. followed by a light. really makes the "edge" pop. whether it's an actual edge. or a painted line "edge"
you typically want a brush with a fine tip. but a fat belly. tip to hit details/belly to hold paint. (this is shown in the above video)
my advice. is the classic "aim small miss small" or take easy wins. guns. protruding armor bits, things with hard edges or easy to attack panel lines/lined areas are what you should practice on. you don't need every single facet or angle edge highlighted. can get away with defining some basic/key areas. to really enhance a mini. ...and things that have geometric shapes anyway. guns, holsters, chain swords, shields, or like protrusions. offer easy edge highlighting targets.
when you get better and more comfortable. go HAM. some details really fucking sing with a little edge highlight, those vents in a space marine helm, or armor. eye slots. or like tiny details. some of these things, really add some contrast to boring and small areas of a model, really making details pop. ---but initially. focus on the easy shit. learn how to get at different areas. flip the model all kinds of ways. use different brushes.
second advice. would be don't neglect metallics. got a space marine boy... with shiny gold trim on his shoulders. well. take your game up a notch, but using silver, or maybe brass, to add highlight/tonal highlights to those trim bits. ...can edge highlight metallics with other metallics. or even pure white or other colors
and lastly. have an order of operations. if you're the sort of person who slathers on a wash layer. if you do that over edge highlights, congrats. you just fucked all your highlights up. and have muted/washed them all out. So... if you want the highlights to pop or be the "brightest bright" do them last. or be aware of the step/stage of your painting.
i would also say.... looking at the photo you provided. you stuck the mini, ass side down in some poster tack. this may not be the best, as it puts the mini in an awkward position to manipulate/get at the various angles. (again if you look at the above video. the model is pinned by the foot to a cork/wood plinth. --also in sub assembly, but that's not really necessary) ---but if your goal was to add edge highlight to those lower scalloped boot sections. that maaaaybe could be done with an edge technique, or might have to be panel lines/drawn. same with that upper calf area. i would imagine so of those edges are reachable with the side of a brush...to do a proper edge highlight. but... how you have the mini affixed to that holder. seems to be not really helping.
I am very impressed by your entirely unique use of ellipses and general disregard for syntax. There is good information in there, I think, but it is overshadowed by the truly bizarre sentence structure.
Try reverse edge highlighting. Rather than edge the models with a lighter colour, make the base coat that light colour, then paint the actual darker base over the top, stopping short of the edges. I’ve found that to be a bit easier than trying to do the edges afterwards
Can be frustrating and it still gets me sometimes. Normally the main factor is when the brush is too overloaded but you will get there will practice. Try brushing off some of the excess paint on your brush on a paper towel that's what I do and lightly go along the edges you wish to highlight.
Try less paint on the brush and maybe thinning a little more. I tend to do cleanup on my highlights with a darker shade, similar to the washed basecoat color. Go slow and remember you can add layers until you get exactly what you are looking for (provided the paint is thin enough)
Get another brush. Synthetics tend to curl at the end, but I also have a few synthetics that are perfectly straight after like 100 hours of use. And take a really good look at the bristles when you buy.
When it comes to edge highlighting and steady hands, there's no substitute for time. When I started a year ago I could only do it for short times before getting shaky hands, and my edges were a mess. I've got about 400 hours of painting time now, and I don't even think about triple edge highlighting all day.
Finally, you may want to get some magnifiers. It's actually thanks to painting warhammer that I realized my eyesight was deteriorating and now I have some pretty sharp glasses lol. But edges are small! There are tools available to make it easier.
Good luck.
edit: ALOT of people recommend using the side of the brush. I do think it's a good idea to practice highlighting from every angle. About 50% of my highlighting is directly from the tip in difficult spots.
1. The paint has to be thinned just right.
2. The brush needs to be wet enough for the paint to come off but not to wet to thin the paint anymore it already is
3. You have to either come at it from an angle to only catch the tip or use a tiny amount of paint
4. You will have to paint over your mistakes. Making corrections eventually becomes a skill too.
5. Practice practice practice.
If you want a way to practice and not mess up a model, then I suggest taking an empty sprue, gluing it to some cardboard, then priming the whole thing. Then, practice edge highlighting on the sprue. You can also use this as a palette for dry brushing as it is better to wipe off the excess paint here then on a paper towel as the paper towel take moisture away from the brush which gives the dry brushing a speckled, grainy effect.
People have offered some ok tips but they’ve missed something important: your brush is too damn dry. The fat part of the brush is your well, you use a syphon effect to draw paint from the well to the tip as the tip moves across the surface. That’s why you need to thin your paints and not just paint with a tiny amount on the tip of your brush. Your consistency will come from having that flow.
Real answer: If your edge highlights are too big, then just use your normal armor color to "push back" rhe highlight, make it thinner.
Fun answer: It comes with practice and helps if you and your partner have been together for a while.
Most importantly practice makes perfect but here’s some tips! When you load your brush with paint wick any excess paint off the brush while spinning into a fine point then lightly so when your brush catches the edge paint doesn’t blot out. look at it like a precision dry brush with a sharp brush, you’ll have to do multiple coats to get it where it’s nice and solid. Drop a tracer line on your first pass and clean it up after and you’ll get results like this
https://preview.redd.it/71987imnr0pc1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af9f147818ab3d8d3374595363e9a129fdf5269b
Your brush is over loaded with paint, probably a little too thick as well. Also, as others have said, you actually do it with the side of the brush, not the very tip. Let the geometry of the model guide you, and you shouldn't be applying much pressure at all.
Please if your gunna word it like that don’t look it up online
I struggle a bit with edge highlights too but what I’ve learned is thin the paint slightly then use the edge of the brush and gently try to put the paint onto the edges.
Water down your paint more. Your using quite dry paint and its sticking to the brush rather than flowing out and onto the model.
To compensate for the drier paint your loading up more paint and thats leaving a really thick layer and not blending properly with the layer beneath.
Source: Exactly what I used to do wrong, always -_-
Seriously though, water your paint down to a thinner consistency, it'll inevitably go to far the first few times, you dont want it to be watery but you do want it to be fluid. The paint should run onto the model as you draw your brush across it but not flow off and pool like water.
If you are using GW bottles of paint be aware how long you have then open for, they dry up over time and the problem gets worse as it goes. I've totally moved over to dropper bottles like Vallejo and its significantly easier to prevent. I also quite like using airbrush paints as they already come pretty thinned and are pretty good for edge highlighting with (though harder to get solid base colours out of with a brush).
Also using a wet pallette can also help prevent paint drying up on your pallette. If your batch painting a whole squad your paint isnt going to have the same consistency at model 20 that it did on model 1. Wet pallettes will reduce how often you need to add more water to your mix.
Finally, make sure your doing the edge highlights with layers. So black, then dark grey, then lighter grey etc. Dont go straight to a brighg colour because it will stand out badly, but it you do a darker colour fursy then a lighter one with less coverage it will form a natural transition that will make the whole thing look a lot better.
And one last thing is just practice. Keep at it, you'll find something that works. Getting disheartened and stopping is the only way to truly fail at this, if you keep trying different things eventually you'll find a method thag works for you :)
Yeah you gotta angle the brush and use the "side" , and make smooth motions running the brush along the edge.
This is just the first step man. Your edges look like that for the first few, the consistent thin lines come with practice, and learning how to hold the brush and the model together while doing it.
Use the edge of the brush not the tip.
Don’t load too much paint on the brush.
Gently move your brush back and forth without making contact and slowly bring your brush towards the model.
The side of the brush will gently make contact and pick out just the ridge with your desired colour.
You probably heard this a lot but thinning your paints is most important for edge highlighting.
1. Right paint consistency
2. swipe the excess off and
3. hold your brush at an angle so it only touches one point.
Here is one tip I never found as a complete newbie.
Keep your elbows locked on a hard surface and place the mini between your hands, edge highlight with the side of your brush by rotating the surface of the mini between your hands.
This is the way to avoid your hands shaking as stability improves with practise.
Your doing a lot here. Your using a dark blue so a light grey is appropriate but youre using too much paint. Same effect can be got via focused drybrushing too
I’m shit at it too, it is wicked hard. Takes lots of practice and hand control, even if you hold it at 45 degrees and blah blah blah. It’s just practice
One of the biggest game changers for getting thin, crisp edge highlights is wiping off the paint that is on your brush after getting paint on it on the side of your hand or some other surface. That way, when you use the side of your brush ny dragging it along the edge, only a little bit gets deposited on the edge instead of it running all over the edge because there is essentially a lot of paint outside the belly of your brush and it will look like the picture you included.
Try wiping paint off on your hand before. It looks like your brush is over saturated. I had the same issue as you my edging isn't 😍 c but less paint on the brush helped me.
Give up and come over to grimdark, we have streaking grime to cover all your sins 😅 I tried edge highlighting and it is not only punishing but i feel it also limits the actual color combinations due to contrast limits
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This, is unironical, one of the BEST images to explain HOW to do highlights to most things. Thanks
you are welcome
Who needs ai when humans can do this.
We just need i.
Whole bunch of A’s around.
Now I can edge so much better with this
Hey! Phrasing!
Yea, I never realized the trick was to stroke with the middle part
Phrasing!
I always stroke once or twice too much, and the whole edging thing is ruined...
PHRASING!
I, unwittingly, take the stroke too far for edging and mess up on the whole thing-this'll definitely help me take my edging to the next level!
Slaanesh approved method.
I sometimes edge too aggressively and end up making a mess everywhere
And then there's a goopy mess I have to clean up
Are there more of these types of tutorial? I would rather learn from this than a 20 minute youtube video. This is based.
Yeah when I manage to make more in MS paint lol.
Please do! This is just too awesome.
Cool edge highlight tutorial, now what about edging?
So you take your paintbrush handle side up
PHRASING
This is what we need. There will be some 20 minute YouTube video explaining this concept.
Godtier image
This was actually EXTREMELY helpful lol
Based tutorial.
This, plus they don't tell you it's a slow process.
Damit! You're giving out all the good secrets!
No gatekeeping here.
I should have put a /s
🫂 edit: non-mobile users, this is the :hug: emoji
First of all, phrasing. Secondly, it's mostly the angle. Try holding the brush at a 45 degree angle, so that the brush only contacts the very edge itself. It's fine (and actually, usually good) to get a bit extra onto the flat panel, too thin of an edge highlight can look strange. In this case, things probably aren't being helped by the colour difference - it might be a bit too stark of a contrast to work as a highlight. You want to work your way up pretty gently, and in a pinch can layer multiple edge highlights to create a nice gradient. A common one for black is Black -> Dark Reaper -> Thunderhawk Blue (I think is what its called).
We gotta get phrasing back in the rotation.
Are we not using phrasing anymore?
Seriously someone needs to tell me if we're not doing phrasing anymore
Said Ripley to the android Bishop.
Was that before or after he tried to shove a rolled up playboy down her throat?
That was Ash, not Bishop.
You're right got my androids mixed up
Erm... at the risk of sounding sn idiot... what's phrasing?... Seriously... I really don't know... Oh, wait... Is it this...lol
[Hey! Phrasing!](https://youtu.be/hyLWrKh2fB0)
No. We're edging. Read the title. Sheesh. Now get back to edging!!
Oh shieeeet! I've been phrasing all this time and I'm so close... Don't stop... Keep phrasing...
See, now you just ruined your fine point and there’s paint everywhere. And you must be punished. :P
I'm always ruining the tip! Too much drybrushing!
It the colour choice is definitely a significant issue for OP, id recommended mixing it down to a glaze with glaze medium to build up to the colour or get a midtone. Either way, thinner colours would help.
I’m pretty sure you mean edge highlighting, if not the NSFW sub reddits are that way —->
Maybe he's from the dark angels sub reddit
If not them then definitely Slaanesh
Over at r/EmperorsChildren we’ve been edging waiting for a Lucius or Noise Marines update since 2006!
Or the space wolves
NOW WERE YOU EDGING OR WERE YOU GOONING?
Isn't it the same thing?
Edging is slow, gooning is fast.
Does he know
Monster Hunter Now is pretty spicy. https://preview.redd.it/495zy42423pc1.png?width=1585&format=png&auto=webp&s=34c59fc981d7c1d4d9fd6c0100fa15652a0c2c1c
If you have any difficulties, then I recommend googling "edging" And clicking pictures to get a better idea at what you need to achieve
https://preview.redd.it/sewjnkroo0pc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c57fe782bbb3161ae7a81d846f1e611b94b44e25
RIP Sean Locke
God that was one of the most hilarious one lines ever spoken on television. Between that and carrot in a box.
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[Ah ok, getting the hammer ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wd8COKreL.jpg)
*giggle* Practice. Honestly though, you have to use the side of the tip and run the brush along the edge, rather than holding it like a pencil and using the tip itself.
Yeah it's the secret step (years of practice) that makes the difference.
The secret is to take regular breaks and take your time. You can’t rush it.
And water. You need lots of water on hand
For the painter or the paint?
Yes
Eh. Most people who are really good at edge highlights are doing “layers” of highlights of different thicknesses, and they actually are doing them with tip. In a lot of cases, there isn’t enough of a sharp edge to use the side of the brush.
You don't have to. I mean looking at talented eavy' metal style painters it comes down to skill in the end. They often kind of draw the lines, not using the side of the brush because that's not accurate enough where you want certain highlights placed.
https://preview.redd.it/uplz1yb9u0pc1.jpeg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e101450698cff5e9f1b94afba7260320100e480 Edging
OI LADS YEW EVER 'EAR OF EDGING I LEARNT IT FROM DA SPIKY BOYZ
Why do I read this with a british Orc voice😅
They aren’t British…?
I use a cock ring
Based
So I googled "edging"... I think that's heresy fren.. :(
Man… Don’t call edge highlighting edging, that’s just wrong. Also have difficulty doing those kinds of highlights
A very poor choice of words
*Joker laugh*
Gooning 101
Bro's onto something
It's mostly about keeping a consistent pace and communica......oh you meant edge HIGHLIGHTS. My bad
*I can feel your pain, I feel like it's better to do the white 1st then cover up with the black. Edging can be hard at times ;)
Edging can be REALLY hard at times
https://preview.redd.it/hod5j1sxa0pc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66a6e614988fa8ae3cf747be87908c5878c1b5f0
Now this guy is really good at edging I can see
15yrs so years of practice here xD Sorry I'll stop now n put an end to it -,- whoops
Edge Highlighting, please call it Edge Highlighting
Edging in high lighting
***phrasing***
Well, your paint is too thick and you have too much on your brush for starters, but that brush definitely isn't doing you any favors either. That tip is *way* too thin to be of any use. Most of a good highlight is just practice and control, but frankly, your highlight is so much lighter than the color you're putting it over that it's magnifying any mistakes you do make. You can build up to that light of a color as a dot highlight if you want, but the bulk of your highlight should be much closer to your armor color than what you have. If you want an "extreme" highlight like that, you build it up in several layers, each getting smaller than the last. For perspective, the studio scheme for Black Templar armor is *five* layers of highlights, even though on the finished model you only "see" one.
Thank you. How did it take so long to get to a comment that says thin you paints. Super obvious looking at brush
Do you have any suggestions for a better brush?
Depends on your budget... Windsor & Newton series 7 is sort of the go-to suggestion from most people, but pricey. I use a variety of brushes from Blick, and I think the Blick master series is a fantastic value for high quality brushes. Army painter's brushes are pretty good quality for the money too, their regiment brush is a great all 'rounder and their character brush would probably be a good fit for you for edge highlighting. I'm working on improving my edge highlights and I feel like most of the battle is learning how to get the right level of thinning with your paints. Maybe one thing that can be a shortcut as you learn is buying airbrush paints, which tend to be a pretty good consistency to go on the model with little or no thinning.
Practise alot, simply start edging every day. Whenever you have some spare time, start edging. When at work and you're bored? Start edging. At school listening to a boring lecture? Start edging. At your inlaws, watching tv? Start edging. Sitting in the bus to work? Start edging. Sikply edge a lot and you will get better
Thank you 🙏
please re phrase that 😭
https://preview.redd.it/hmjwo48au0pc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cbbf5b1a1aa3654f8901f1d175e62089fe419f1 Also, practise. I just recently started and I feel your pain of trying to get it perfect, but just keep doing it and you'll get better.
Now I know what im calling it from now on, lol. "I used to think edging was beyond me as a Warhammer fan, but the online community really showed me the ropes."
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make WHAT
you're doing it wrong. best advice would be to google/youtube search some videos on edge highlighting. here is a video from a creator i like: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_OL9FzZ0BvY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OL9FzZ0BvY) it's also worth noting, there are multiple techniques ...or. 2 main techniques people often confuse or conflate as edge highlights. there is...actual edge highlighting, where you add a highlight to an exact edge of something. and then there is panel lining. where... you paint a line around something, or next to something. there can also be other terms, like compound/volumetric edge highlights. but... basically. not everything is an edge highlight. it's worthwhile to keep that in mind. what works for an edge. doesnt' work for a flat surface you're painting a line on. (the video above touches on this somewhat) and while not exactly a concept or technique. there is a core principal of dark/midtone/highlight or even bracketing a dark tone, against a bright tone, to increase contrast even more. edge highlighting, is basically a gimmick to ramp up contrast, so all the forms/shapes are defined, and are communicated in the paint job. ...so it's why, often there's a dark recessed panel lining, and then a bright edge highlight, that black/dark. followed by a light. really makes the "edge" pop. whether it's an actual edge. or a painted line "edge" you typically want a brush with a fine tip. but a fat belly. tip to hit details/belly to hold paint. (this is shown in the above video) my advice. is the classic "aim small miss small" or take easy wins. guns. protruding armor bits, things with hard edges or easy to attack panel lines/lined areas are what you should practice on. you don't need every single facet or angle edge highlighted. can get away with defining some basic/key areas. to really enhance a mini. ...and things that have geometric shapes anyway. guns, holsters, chain swords, shields, or like protrusions. offer easy edge highlighting targets. when you get better and more comfortable. go HAM. some details really fucking sing with a little edge highlight, those vents in a space marine helm, or armor. eye slots. or like tiny details. some of these things, really add some contrast to boring and small areas of a model, really making details pop. ---but initially. focus on the easy shit. learn how to get at different areas. flip the model all kinds of ways. use different brushes. second advice. would be don't neglect metallics. got a space marine boy... with shiny gold trim on his shoulders. well. take your game up a notch, but using silver, or maybe brass, to add highlight/tonal highlights to those trim bits. ...can edge highlight metallics with other metallics. or even pure white or other colors and lastly. have an order of operations. if you're the sort of person who slathers on a wash layer. if you do that over edge highlights, congrats. you just fucked all your highlights up. and have muted/washed them all out. So... if you want the highlights to pop or be the "brightest bright" do them last. or be aware of the step/stage of your painting. i would also say.... looking at the photo you provided. you stuck the mini, ass side down in some poster tack. this may not be the best, as it puts the mini in an awkward position to manipulate/get at the various angles. (again if you look at the above video. the model is pinned by the foot to a cork/wood plinth. --also in sub assembly, but that's not really necessary) ---but if your goal was to add edge highlight to those lower scalloped boot sections. that maaaaybe could be done with an edge technique, or might have to be panel lines/drawn. same with that upper calf area. i would imagine so of those edges are reachable with the side of a brush...to do a proper edge highlight. but... how you have the mini affixed to that holder. seems to be not really helping.
Okay but what about edging?
Why the hell are you talking about painting? OP asked about edging
I am very impressed by your entirely unique use of ellipses and general disregard for syntax. There is good information in there, I think, but it is overshadowed by the truly bizarre sentence structure.
Do this but with asmr voice and I'm pretty much there
Because when you finally get to the payoff it’s AMAZING
Not sure what this means given the phrasing and context.. yeah, could go either way XD.
Phrasing
i love edging with my fellow spacemarines
🫡
It's not so hard, I'm edging right now. I mean, it's hard, but... Youtube videos honestly help me a lot still with painting
*Whips out 8 inch layer brush* Observe
Its all in the strokes. But i think your in the wrong sub😁
God the internet broke me…
Slaanesh would like to know your location
Wrong choice of words bruv
Make WHAT so easy?
Quality gooning material and a slow burn
Try reverse edge highlighting. Rather than edge the models with a lighter colour, make the base coat that light colour, then paint the actual darker base over the top, stopping short of the edges. I’ve found that to be a bit easier than trying to do the edges afterwards
Can be frustrating and it still gets me sometimes. Normally the main factor is when the brush is too overloaded but you will get there will practice. Try brushing off some of the excess paint on your brush on a paper towel that's what I do and lightly go along the edges you wish to highlight.
Whenever I take a tiny bit off I end up not having enough
Try less paint on the brush and maybe thinning a little more. I tend to do cleanup on my highlights with a darker shade, similar to the washed basecoat color. Go slow and remember you can add layers until you get exactly what you are looking for (provided the paint is thin enough)
Practice: I edge multiple hours a day
Just hold it all in, man, maybe think about something gross if your about to break
What an amazing mix of comments 😂
The title goes hard
Get another brush. Synthetics tend to curl at the end, but I also have a few synthetics that are perfectly straight after like 100 hours of use. And take a really good look at the bristles when you buy. When it comes to edge highlighting and steady hands, there's no substitute for time. When I started a year ago I could only do it for short times before getting shaky hands, and my edges were a mess. I've got about 400 hours of painting time now, and I don't even think about triple edge highlighting all day. Finally, you may want to get some magnifiers. It's actually thanks to painting warhammer that I realized my eyesight was deteriorating and now I have some pretty sharp glasses lol. But edges are small! There are tools available to make it easier. Good luck. edit: ALOT of people recommend using the side of the brush. I do think it's a good idea to practice highlighting from every angle. About 50% of my highlighting is directly from the tip in difficult spots.
Like the first time the music teacher mentions fingerings lol. For real though, practice. You got this!
Its just practice, I spend 40-45 minutes edging every day and it really helps. Breath control and taking nice slow strokes is important. 🫡
You're probably using the tip too much also, you should try working from the sides at an angle.
1. The paint has to be thinned just right. 2. The brush needs to be wet enough for the paint to come off but not to wet to thin the paint anymore it already is 3. You have to either come at it from an angle to only catch the tip or use a tiny amount of paint 4. You will have to paint over your mistakes. Making corrections eventually becomes a skill too. 5. Practice practice practice. If you want a way to practice and not mess up a model, then I suggest taking an empty sprue, gluing it to some cardboard, then priming the whole thing. Then, practice edge highlighting on the sprue. You can also use this as a palette for dry brushing as it is better to wipe off the excess paint here then on a paper towel as the paper towel take moisture away from the brush which gives the dry brushing a speckled, grainy effect.
Edging is old news. Gooning is the meta now
OP knew what they were doing, and by Slaanesh I approve
People have offered some ok tips but they’ve missed something important: your brush is too damn dry. The fat part of the brush is your well, you use a syphon effect to draw paint from the well to the tip as the tip moves across the surface. That’s why you need to thin your paints and not just paint with a tiny amount on the tip of your brush. Your consistency will come from having that flow.
I find edging incredible difficult
I thought that was a VERY different sentence in the title
Real answer: If your edge highlights are too big, then just use your normal armor color to "push back" rhe highlight, make it thinner. Fun answer: It comes with practice and helps if you and your partner have been together for a while.
Your painting partner, right?
Well yes but...
Depends on the paint. Got it.
Guess they're just watching the right videos
Did you say....edging?
Wrong subreddit for that title..
Don’t just edge by yourself
Way too much paint on that brush
Teeny tiny brushes, less paint on those bristles, slow & steady, with a soft barely there touch.
Most importantly practice makes perfect but here’s some tips! When you load your brush with paint wick any excess paint off the brush while spinning into a fine point then lightly so when your brush catches the edge paint doesn’t blot out. look at it like a precision dry brush with a sharp brush, you’ll have to do multiple coats to get it where it’s nice and solid. Drop a tracer line on your first pass and clean it up after and you’ll get results like this https://preview.redd.it/71987imnr0pc1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af9f147818ab3d8d3374595363e9a129fdf5269b
am i in the wrong reddit?? or is he?
Your brush is over loaded with paint, probably a little too thick as well. Also, as others have said, you actually do it with the side of the brush, not the very tip. Let the geometry of the model guide you, and you shouldn't be applying much pressure at all.
The comments are less Slaaneshi than I expected
I want to edge now
I can't get the technique right so just do a simple dry brush instead.
1. Years of practice 2. Very steady hand 3. perfect brush point Bonus tip: magnifying lens
PHRASING YOUNG MAN
I audibly laughed and had to do a double take on this, but practice lol
Please if your gunna word it like that don’t look it up online I struggle a bit with edge highlights too but what I’ve learned is thin the paint slightly then use the edge of the brush and gently try to put the paint onto the edges.
Water down your paint more. Your using quite dry paint and its sticking to the brush rather than flowing out and onto the model. To compensate for the drier paint your loading up more paint and thats leaving a really thick layer and not blending properly with the layer beneath. Source: Exactly what I used to do wrong, always -_- Seriously though, water your paint down to a thinner consistency, it'll inevitably go to far the first few times, you dont want it to be watery but you do want it to be fluid. The paint should run onto the model as you draw your brush across it but not flow off and pool like water. If you are using GW bottles of paint be aware how long you have then open for, they dry up over time and the problem gets worse as it goes. I've totally moved over to dropper bottles like Vallejo and its significantly easier to prevent. I also quite like using airbrush paints as they already come pretty thinned and are pretty good for edge highlighting with (though harder to get solid base colours out of with a brush). Also using a wet pallette can also help prevent paint drying up on your pallette. If your batch painting a whole squad your paint isnt going to have the same consistency at model 20 that it did on model 1. Wet pallettes will reduce how often you need to add more water to your mix. Finally, make sure your doing the edge highlights with layers. So black, then dark grey, then lighter grey etc. Dont go straight to a brighg colour because it will stand out badly, but it you do a darker colour fursy then a lighter one with less coverage it will form a natural transition that will make the whole thing look a lot better. And one last thing is just practice. Keep at it, you'll find something that works. Getting disheartened and stopping is the only way to truly fail at this, if you keep trying different things eventually you'll find a method thag works for you :)
Yeah you gotta angle the brush and use the "side" , and make smooth motions running the brush along the edge. This is just the first step man. Your edges look like that for the first few, the consistent thin lines come with practice, and learning how to hold the brush and the model together while doing it.
Use the edge of the brush not the tip. Don’t load too much paint on the brush. Gently move your brush back and forth without making contact and slowly bring your brush towards the model. The side of the brush will gently make contact and pick out just the ridge with your desired colour.
Damn, I had to reread that post, then double check the subreddit I am in. Then read it a third time.
You probably heard this a lot but thinning your paints is most important for edge highlighting. 1. Right paint consistency 2. swipe the excess off and 3. hold your brush at an angle so it only touches one point.
Here is one tip I never found as a complete newbie. Keep your elbows locked on a hard surface and place the mini between your hands, edge highlight with the side of your brush by rotating the surface of the mini between your hands. This is the way to avoid your hands shaking as stability improves with practise.
Your doing a lot here. Your using a dark blue so a light grey is appropriate but youre using too much paint. Same effect can be got via focused drybrushing too
It's all about practice. The first three months are the most difficult.
Just rub until you almost get there, and then back off, it’s not that hard.
Use dark blue for black rather then white
I’m shit at it too, it is wicked hard. Takes lots of practice and hand control, even if you hold it at 45 degrees and blah blah blah. It’s just practice
Search on Google for edging videos. You'll learn all you need to know about edging..
https://preview.redd.it/7fid0s3vv3pc1.jpeg?width=892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea17e9f051c61950ba7b0e1a650dd219284f553f
Stop edging, start cooming.
One of the biggest game changers for getting thin, crisp edge highlights is wiping off the paint that is on your brush after getting paint on it on the side of your hand or some other surface. That way, when you use the side of your brush ny dragging it along the edge, only a little bit gets deposited on the edge instead of it running all over the edge because there is essentially a lot of paint outside the belly of your brush and it will look like the picture you included.
It's easy just don't cum
HUH? https://preview.redd.it/yb2rpb3sb4pc1.jpeg?width=216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e73d50c78fa9c743839e95cc16082c722760cf
It's really a self control thing
Phrasing!!!!
Lol, I had to double-check where this was posted.
Well it’s all in the foreplay
Self control, discipline, its mostly a fetish thing though.... oh wait wait, you meant the painting.
Switch to gooning instead. You don’t seem equipped to join us edgers..
Oh!!!! That edging
*reads title*
Try wiping paint off on your hand before. It looks like your brush is over saturated. I had the same issue as you my edging isn't 😍 c but less paint on the brush helped me.
You need a new brush mate. Go to hobby lobby and get you a good brush
There are a bunch of vids on it. Just look on the hub
Give up and come over to grimdark, we have streaking grime to cover all your sins 😅 I tried edge highlighting and it is not only punishing but i feel it also limits the actual color combinations due to contrast limits
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Practice
I started off by doing dry brushing. It’ll catch all those elevated areas and gets the job done.
1. Decent brush 2. Paint consistency 3. Bracing to hold the model solidly 4. Go slow and more than anything else 5. Practice
When edging the first time, people will tend to follow instructions to do it right, so they can practice.
I usually try and get a little in here and there throughout the day. Can't edge all in one session, you'll smear and ruin it.
You got soft hands brother I edge 27 hours a day
https://preview.redd.it/p14nmnkqp0pc1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6f52634cecb7663c4878876477305b6a3adb3b0 edging?
Looks like Gun Jack/Jack 2
I’m the lord of edging
Make what look easy?? Jokes aside, thin paint, side of brush, and angles... It's a tough learning process though