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Does anyone use this thing? If so, what do you think of it?
Failing that, what kind of palette do Dakkaites use? I have been using a paper plate covered with tin foil but it seems to dry out my paints nearly instantaneously.
I fill a plastic container with wet paper towels then I place a piece of parchment paper on top. I imagine that product is nearly the same thing that I made for under a dollar.
Clthomps wrote:I fill a plastic container with wet paper towels then I place a piece of parchment paper on top. I imagine that product is nearly the same thing that I made for under a dollar.
This.
I use a plastic plate, ...with a piece of paper-towel and kitchen parchment paper on top.
I use a DIY wet palette. Just a small tin, relatively airtight, with some open-cell foam (a layer or two of blister pack foam would do you just fine) in the bottom. I pre-cut a bunch of sheets of paper (Reynolds Plastic Coated Freezer Paper) for it so I can swap out whenever I need to. It's a round tin, so I cut both the foam and paper with a small flat spot on one side, which gives me a place to view the water level and top it off without having to pull up my paper. For a rectangular container, I'd suggest just snipping a corner off.
I strongly recommend making yourself a wet palette. I had the same problem with paints drying (especially GW paints) before they made it to my models and the wet palette has helped, a lot. It doesn't magically thin and preserve your paint perfectly when in use, but it does increase their open-air lifespan, as well as allowing you to salvage some of yesterday's paint (you know, that perfectly premixed color?) if you sealed it up nicely before calling it a night. There's usually a bit of pigment separation, but they're kept in good enough condition to mix back into usable paint with little effort, right there on the palette.
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I do have this and swear by any wet pallette. If you can either make or buy one...DO IT! While painting it helps extend the life of your paints. I used to do the ceramic plate pallette and found that the special color I'd mixed up wouldn't last very long and I couldn't reproduce it again. Very frustrating. With a wet pallette my colors last longer and also help with the blending. Make or buy one today people.
Clthomps wrote:I fill a plastic container with wet paper towels then I place a piece of parchment paper on top. I imagine that product is nearly the same thing that I made for under a dollar.
This.
I use a plastic plate, ...with a piece of paper-towel and kitchen parchment paper on top.
+1. I only recently started using a wet pallet, exactly as Gunzhard describes. It keeps the paint from drying out while I'm working with it. It also makes blending colors easier, I've found.
This guy shows what a wet palette is,
And how easy it is to make one
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Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
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My palette is a basic piece of white tile. It works fantastic! you can cleen it real easily and keep using it. Cost maybe 45 cents at Home Depot or Lowes
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Every time I hear "in my opinion" or "just my opinion" makes me want to strangle a puppy. People use their opinions as a shield that other poeple can't critisize and that is bs.
If you can't defend or won't defend your opinion then that "opinion" is bs. Stop trying to tip-toe and defend what you believe in.
As a quick aside, make sure to add a drop of bleach or such to the water in your palette, asusming you're not using thinner or some such: Wet paper towels and parchment paper is a great recipe to start a mold farm.
Wet pallet is totally worth the time or expense. They DRASTICALLY increase the working time of your paint, which is incredibly important if you're using any sort of mixes. If you want to take your painting further, a wet pallet is almost as important as a good brush.
Well, I did end up buying this thing and it s absolutely worth it. Not only is painting much easier but it actually does keep paints wet over a long period of time. Left paint in it for over 24 hours and it is STILL wet. Definitely recommend.
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4250 points of Blood Angels goodness, sweet and silky 
1000 points of Teil-Shan (my own scheme) Eldar Craftworld in progress 
800 points of unassembled Urban themed Imperial Guard 
650 points of my do-it-yourself Tempest Guard 
675 points of Commoraghs finest! 