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Putting together a painting studio had been a dream of mine for years. Now that live by myself (unfortunately it's only a 1-bedroom apartment) and have a job that pays decently, I finally put myself together a room over the last few months. Here's a view into it.



Here's a picture from before the latest round of upgrades:



Much cleaner now with more efficient paint storage systems (these are nail polish racks, link at the end on how they were done):



On the side of the desk is the airbrush booth and material storage.



Game table and display cases. I tried asking my local GW manager where they got their tables from that the Realm of Battle tiles inserted into but he didn't know so I had GBS Woodworking in Austin make a custom one for me. At $450, it perfectly fits the Realm of Battle tiles and also has inserts for me to convert it to a regular table for board games or for dining (downside of living in a one bedroom apartment means that there is nowhere for guests to eat if I have a studio). One day I will play a game on it...



The other displays. I might swap this for 2 more glass cabines.



To take up the vertical space, I added the game boxes behind the miniatures. Cosplayer Nurse Baemax for scale.



Close up. Top shelf is for single miniatures or small sets and the bottom are for my big 1:48 scale Gundams.



Finally, the computer set up and photography booth. I play Korean/Japanese music at some clubs as a night job which explains all the posters.



I'm going to have to get a little more creative since I am out of space to display painted models. I have maybe a hundred figures in boxes that are painted with nowhere to go. Link to my blog that goes into more depth about how the paint station was put together:

http://www.senseiswag.com/blog/2015/10/31/wip-the-swag-shop-part-4

Yea... I wish I had a setup like that... desperately. Haha!

Great work! Love how organized it is, and also impressive amount of storage and display! I'm also jealous of your tabletop. One day, when my wife and I upgrade houses, she has already said that one of the rooms I can have to dedicate to gaming and painting (It'll be our joint hobby/fun room). Hopefully in the next couple of years we'll be there.

Thanks for sharing and great work! Color me envious of your setup, for sure!

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Damn....

I want it. All of it.

We're planning on building a house, if and when that happens, I am going to build the biggest man dolly cave and RUB IT IN YOUR FACE.

Seriously though, this is great