Citadel Colour: Synthetic Drybrush Medium

Smoother Drybrushing, Better Results

Drybrushing is one of the most satisfying techniques in miniature painting — a quick, satisfying drag of a loaded brush across raised detail that makes scales, fur, armour plating, and stonework leap off the model. The challenge has always been consistency: too much paint and you get heavy, chalky smears; too little and you lose the effect entirely. Citadel Colour Synthetic Drybrush Medium changes that equation. Mixed into your chosen paint before drybrushing, it improves workability and extends the drying window, giving you more control over a technique that usually punishes hesitation.

What It Does

This is a technical medium, not a paint — it contains no pigment of its own. Instead, it modifies any Citadel paint (or compatible acrylic) to make it behave more predictably when applied with a drybrush. The result is smoother, more even highlights with less risk of muddy overloading. It is especially well-suited for use with Citadel's dedicated drybrush range, but works equally well with Base and Layer paints pulled from your existing collection. A small amount goes a long way — a drop or two on your palette, mixed into the paint before loading the brush, is all it takes.

Who It's For

New painters will find this medium makes drybrushing — already one of the most beginner-friendly techniques — even more forgiving. Experienced painters who rely on drybrushing for batch-painting basecoats, highlighting textured surfaces, or finishing basing materials will appreciate the consistency it adds to a workflow that can otherwise vary unpredictably with humidity and paint viscosity. It works across any miniature wargaming project, not just Warhammer — any plastic, resin, or metal model benefits from better-controlled drybrushing.

Specifications