washing before drybrunshing/blending or not ?

[meecham63]

Hi guys, I am painting tyranids and i would like to have your opinion concerning painting. I am not an advertised painter, and I would to know the steps you follow : do you apply your washes before drybrushing, or inverse ?

thanks for your help !

[MagickalMemories]

I think you'll find as many responses as you will responders.
Many people don't wash. Others don't drybrush.
Myself, it's totally situational. I occasionally drybrush and, if I am also using a wash, I wash it after. If I think I lost too much highlighting, though, I'll highlight or drybrush again, after.

Eric

[wookieegunner]

It depends on what you are wanting to do with your wash. I tend to do it last as I don't like the really start highlights (aka GW Painting Style) and the wash helps blend the colors together more. That said, a lot of people wash first and then do a two step highlight (heavy with base color and then lighter with the highlight).

[meecham63]

ŧhank you guys, I paint tyranids, and for the flesh I use bleached bone. I just wash to give details to the fig. If I dry brush before washing, the drybrushing will still be apparent, or it will desapear, that was the purpose of my question

[wookieegunner]

How close is the color between your baseline and your drybrush? Honestly, for Bleach Bone if you are going for a tabletop quality, I would wash with a brown wash (Devlan Mud or its equivalent) and then drybrush back with the bleached bone.

[meecham63]

Yesm it was my intention. I use Flesh Wash and a quick bleach bone after.

thanks !