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Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes.

Im setting up my garage for painting minis, and I would love to see pics of other peoples workstations in action! Just throw up any old pic you have, especially if its in use. I have 2 filing cabinets with a stray door between them for a table, as well as a small workbench area, and I want dome ideas on how to make the most of this space.

Any pics, even messy ones (just more character amirite?) would be awesome. Also a chance to share your weird work habits with fellow dakka members.

Sadly this is just after a huge clean up.

its basically just a newspaper and a lamp

Yikes, awful close to that TV, lol.

Here's my sculpting and painting spot, yes, it's a closet.

When I setup a workspace, there are 2 rules: 1) Cheap, 2) convienent.

Here's my main workbench



Workshpace album in gallery:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-167-9984_Workshop.html

It looks messy and unorganized, but I know where everything is.

Stokleplinger wrote:Here's my sculpting and painting spot, yes, it's a closet.

Nothing wrong with that, but I would imagine it would get really stuffy. I would get massive headaches from the paint fumes, too.

And John, those trays your minis are on... I have the exact same ones laying around the house. too bad my parents use them for dinner parties and what not, they would be perfect for your modified purpose.

I prefer the term 'mancave' it means the wife doesnt moan at me because its a mess... we now have no room for a car in our 'Mancave' lol

ill put some pics up if i can.. organised chaos

I use an Imperial sector box as my Painting/Gluing/Spraying area

Keep those pics coming. I'm about to set up my garage for painting as well.


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Stokleplinger wrote:Yikes, awful close to that TV, lol.

Here's my sculpting and painting spot, yes, it's a closet.

Stokie what is that silver tool on the desktop? A heat lamp of some sort?

eoinmorgan wrote:I would imagine it would get really stuffy. I would get massive headaches from the paint fumes, too.

It's a pretty small closet but it doesn't close while I'm in it, so it doesn't get too bad. I have a few fans for when it gets too warm or when I'm messing with flame, fumes or stuff like that. Besides, the only paints I have are the cheapo acrylic ones from Michaels, so it's nothing with true fumes. 99% of the time in my closet is spent sculpting.

edit - missed a bracket on the quote....

I use either my kitchen table or my computer desktop.

*dons flat cap*

Workstation? I dream of a workstation! I have to make do with a cardboard box and the kitchen table. And I'm glad of it.

*takes off flat cap*

a point for anyone who gets the reference.

We have the rare honour to have an entire room taken up by the hobby, since both myself and my boyfriend enjoy it.

Here's a teaser:



And there's plenty more pictures in my Hobby Room gallery. (don't want to take over the thread with too many pictures). I would have had a bunch of explanation but when I uploaded the pictures, they were a bit slow loading up so I clicked "see pictures which haven't uploaded yet" and it wiped out everything I'd written.

Though a note, we now have a dremel clamped to our table next to our silver lamp, which helps a lot with any sanding down or other such things, as well as drilling. Still not fond of using it on plastics though, sometimes they melt...

mr badmek wrote:*dons flat cap*

Workstation? I dream of a workstation! I have to make do with a cardboard box and the kitchen table. And I'm glad of it.

*takes off flat cap*

a point for anyone who gets the reference.

A cardboard box!....A cardboard box You never had it so good.

I had to make do, with a piece of old newspaper that I used to pinch of my dad as he was asleep on his park bench.

loki old fart wrote:

A cardboard box!....A cardboard box You never had it so good.

I had to make do, with a piece of old newspaper that I used to pinch of my dad as he was asleep on his park bench.

A park bench! some folk don't know they're born I had to use a dead rat as a wet palette.

Rats you say, wont find any rats here.
The neighbors eaten them.
We were so poor,I painted blood angels with real blood.

brainwashed wrote:Stokie what is that silver tool on the desktop? A heat lamp of some sort?

If you're talking about the shiny thing that's on the bottom right of my desk, it's a pasta roller, lol. I mostly use it for blending and kneading hard clays but it makes a mean smooth sheet.

I am religated to whatever space i can take over before anyone notices and then everything gets packed away and stored in the dry non leaky section of the garage, hmmm i mean mancave

I love these threads... here is mine:

I'll get you a photo.

I'm rather lucky in I have a very large room, however, my large room is filled with about 4 tonnes of unused crap. [serious. as in, things I don't even want.]

I have a television across the room, I can see just fine, and I've jut a full work table to work on, and enough space to lay out all my paints [all 82 of them] and keep all three of my empty figurecases behind me.

I've got a grand total of four daylight globe lamps around me from different angles, and the areas pretty well venthilated.

still kinda clostraphobic, as There are like three alcoves of non-clutter.

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Here is my desk at my old house


I am currently moving in with the missus and have managed to comandeer the conservatory. The only thing that I really need in a painting space is lots of natural light. I will try to get a pick of my new space up after the weekend

my workstation

Well as everybody seems to have nice, tidy, orderly setups I'd better throw up my chaotic mek's cave to even the balance a little.

havent got a pic yet will get one but my area is a painting station on a low shelve the right hieght for me to sit at with my fouton. next to that i have a small chester draws which holds my paints, sculpting materila and my bits boz. even though they are there my painting station is still hidden beneth mess. the way i like it

brainwashed wrote:Keep those pics coming. I'm about to set up my garage for painting as well.


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Stokleplinger wrote:Yikes, awful close to that TV, lol.

Here's my sculpting and painting spot, yes, it's a closet.

Stokie what is that silver tool on the desktop? A heat lamp of some sort?

I was looking at that, too. Looks like a small slip roller. Or a pasta maker.

WOW gunzhard, little excessive on the paint? looks like a pay check and a half for me

i like stokies set up, just close the door and noone can see my toy factory!

Le Grognard wrote:It looks messy and unorganized, but I know where everything is.

I was expecting, you know, a monkey somewhere in there. Not even a stuffed one?

monkeytroll wrote:Well as everybody seems to have nice, tidy, orderly setups I'd better throw up my chaotic mek's cave to even the balance a little.

and you do your painting where?

You guys all have nice illumination, great spaces, lots of things. My workstation seems very poor compared to those: