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Post by paintdog on Oct 28, 2021 5:12:51 GMT
I've just finished painting 8 Hun archers & their mounts. My usual practice is to put paints away after a painting session but this time I didn't - amassing the several colours etc used to take them from bare metal to completion. So: 1 primer, 1 metallic, 6 washes, 29 hues. From Vallejo, Army Painter & Citadel. They weren't particularly "colourful" figures so I'm surprised. Do you use many colours? donald
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Post by lunch on Oct 28, 2021 5:39:30 GMT
No, I’m a very rudimentary painter and use the minimum of colors.
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Post by paintdog on Oct 28, 2021 7:04:33 GMT
I should acknowledge that the Huns- being Tribal- were all painted differently.So more colours than, say, WW2 Americans.
And, lunch, I'm not sure using lots of colours makes you a good painter & vice versa.
donald
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 8:52:51 GMT
Hi Donald.
I have one those MDF portable workstation things that I use. It can hold a container for water, many brushes & then something like 30-35 bottles of paint/primer etc. Also has 3 drawers under the paint rack for little items. I keep conversion parts, green stuff, scalpel blades etc in those.
I tend to always have the colours & primers I use consistently, left in the rack. So obviously black, white, flesh, metallics etc, but also as a Napoleonic fan, there will be the basic shades for British, French, Prussian, Russian, Austrian etc kept in the rack also. I will then swap around the existing room in the rack for the colours I need specifically for the regiment I am working on, or if painting horses, I will have various shades of brown, grey, beige etc on the go, not to mention colours needed for tack.
What is not required I keep in a compartmented fishing box, deep enough for Vallejo size bottles to stand up in, in that box I will then have my paints organised into specific colour shades.
So when painting I have everything to hand on the rack, but if I do need another colour I couldn't fit in the rack, the box is close to hand if needed.
On the work surface itself of the MDF paint rack, I have a few thin metal bars, plastic rods etc for blue-tacking the figures on if metal so can paint them, or if plastics on a sprue, I leave them on that, trimming off any joins apart from those connecting the base, & paint them that way.
It's a system that works for me, keeps things organised & helps when working on figures. Also means if I have back ache being at a desk, I can take the lot & relax on a sofa or bed & just carry on!!
What it does do, is show how many different bottles of paint I have collected!! Plus duplicates of those I use a lot of!! Certainly end up with an awful lot of paint in this hobby!!
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Post by paintdog on Oct 28, 2021 9:14:02 GMT
Roger, I can only envy your system.
I really should invest in a paint rack at least. "Keeping things organised" appeals to my (slightly?) OCD personality.
donald
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Post by davidmac on Oct 29, 2021 13:26:28 GMT
For a cheap paint rack, check out Dollar Tree. They have had 5" x 5" acrylic nail polish and lipstick holders. The lipstick holders are the right size for Vallejo paints (and similar sized), and hold 16 bottles in a stepped array (4x4 cells). The nail polish holders hold larger bottles, in a 3x3 array.
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