anyone tried McVey's "damp brush" blending technique already

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anyone tried McVey's "damp brush" blending technique already

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Has anyone tried this technique yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw6QjE2a7A0&feature=plcp

It looks like a nice way to achieve a smooth blend but I'm sure it's a lot harder than it looks. It also looks quite slow...

Thank you for your input.
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it works like the feathering technic to me, and as you say all blendings are slow :(
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Pandadosmares wrote:it works like the feathering technic to me
what exactly do you understand by feathering?
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Corvus wrote:
Pandadosmares wrote:it works like the feathering technic to me
what exactly do you understand by feathering?
The use of two brushes one with paint the other damp used only to blend
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Ok so that's basically the same then :)

Another thought that occurred to me is that it is very hard to do on small surfaces... but I should give it a try on a similar surface as shown in the video....
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I tried once on the hand of my yellow dread to blend the blacks and it worked great.

I read somewhere a similar technic where they used 3 brushes 2 with the paints and the third damp just to blend them in the middle :lol: i dont know if this is wetblending, feathering or something else like stew ;)

as i recall someone here used feathering to blend and paint a Dark Eldar Reaver, dont remenbr who :doh:
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Pandadosmares wrote:as i recall someone here used feathering to blend and paint a Dark Eldar Reaver, dont remenbr who :doh:
Is that such a bike-like thing? I think Tomaz did so...
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Corvus wrote:
Pandadosmares wrote:as i recall someone here used feathering to blend and paint a Dark Eldar Reaver, dont remenbr who :doh:
Is that such a bike-like thing? I think Tomaz did so...
yes thats it :clap:
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=2128&start=380
hes the pro with that technic
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