Our own-brand goat-hair drybrush range. Soft natural bristle, purpose-built for controlled drybrushing on miniatures.
The Hobby Heaven Dry Brush range is our own-brand collection of natural goat-hair brushes, made for the drybrushing technique that miniature painters use constantly. We developed them because we watched customers wear out expensive painting brushes on drybrushing โ a job that wants a purpose-built tool, not a repurposed round. Goat hair is soft and holds its shape well, so it picks up pigment and releases it evenly across raised detail for smooth, controlled highlights rather than a harsh, scratchy stroke. The domed heads suit the everyday drybrushing tasks: catching highlights on raised edges, building texture on bases, and laying in weathering and pigment effects. Affordable enough to replace when they wear โ because every drybrush eventually does.
What makes this brush special
Soft natural goat hair โ gentle on raised detail, smooth and controlled rather than scratchy. Domed heads built for miniature drybrushing. Holds pigment and powder well for weathering effects. Affordable enough for regular replacement as the hair wears.
Medium compatibility
Acrylic
Best with properly thinned acrylics, especially for detail and glazing.
Miniature Paints
Works well with fluid hobby acrylics for detail, layering and controlled basecoating.
Great for
All drybrushing tasks on miniatures and terrain
Highlighting raised detail and texture
Weathering effects and controlled texture application
Saving your painting brushes from drybrushing wear
Technique & use
Drybrushing
Less ideal for
Any precision painting or detail work
Smooth blending or glazing
Watercolour or fine art applications
Painters who rarely drybrush
What's inside
Brush
Series
Size
Material
Shape
Dry Brush
Hobby Heaven
S
Goat Hair
Domed
Dry Brush
Hobby Heaven
M
Goat Hair
Domed
Dry Brush
Hobby Heaven
XL
Goat Hair
Domed
How to care for your brush
Clean after drybrushing sessions to prevent paint build-up. Brush soap helps maintain the fibre density. These are consumable tools โ replace when the fibres splay beyond usefulness. Proper cleaning extends life but all drybrushes eventually wear out.