A few weeks ago, I was sent a review copy of some hobby products from Notts Hobbies. This isn’t a company I’d head of before, so I was curious. I also was very aware that I wanted to try painting some terrain pieces, and had been planning to heavily rely on drybrushing to get them done. Handy, that! A review will follow in due course, but today we will have a look at the products received.
When the package arrived, it contained all the pieces of the Notts Hobbies Drybrushing and Weathering sets. Once I’d extracted them from their very protective packaging, here’s what the whole thing looked like:
I like this packaging. It’s simple. It’s not too busy. Just a nice, clear logo.
Naturally, I wasted little time in pulling all of that apart, though, opening up the various boxes to see what exactly dwelt therein…
So, as I mentioned, there are actually two different sets of products here. The first, and the more substantial, is the Drybrushing Set. This set includes:
- a small, medium and large Drybrush
- Texture Palette
- Dampening Sponge
- Brush Soap
- free dice bag
Now, as you can see from the picture above, I’ve actually gone ahead and repurposed the dice bag to store the sponges that are part of the Weathering Set, which we’ll come back to in a bit. First, let’s look at the products from the Drybrushing Set:
Okay, this is a cool little set. The brushes feel good, and quite different to both the cheap makeup brushes and the Army Painter drybrushes which I have previously used. One initial observation is that there’s not actually a huge difference in sizes between the small, medium, and large brushes. There is a difference, but perhaps not enough to make any particular brush better suited to specific jobs. I’m quite keen to see how the brush soap compared to my usual brand:
I definitely have some items on which I am keen to test the drybrushes!
Now, whilst drybrushing is something I am quite comfortable with, weathering is not. It’s new to me. I’m a bit nervous at the prospect, truth be told. Being sent this little set might prompt me to venture outside my comfort zone, though! The set consists of little cubical sponges, similar to makeup sponges, and a cool grabby device:
How cool is that? I’ve just been playing with it. Grabbing stuff. Picking stuff up. Putting stuff down. Hours of fun. That probably reflects oddly on me… It actually hurts when you grab your finger. Don’t do that.
Between work and some mild ill-health, I’ve not managed to get my review done yet. Being away next week, means I’m probably looking at getting it done the following week. I’m keen to do so, though, and I’ll be sharing some of the buildings I intend to paint in a WiP Wednesday this week.
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