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Im about to move in with my girlfriend, and our space is going to be limited. When I lived alone, I had a relatively large office where I had a desk for my work stuff, and small desk for painting my 40k miniatures. But now that were moving in, we will both need office space and I don't think I will have room for a dedicated hobby table. Does anyone know of a tutorial or a showcase of a mobile / portable painting / modeling station?
Here is what I need: I need to be able to keep my paints there. I usually buy GW paint or P3 paint. I need to keep my paintbrushes, and water cups. I would also like to keep a few WIP miniatures. I will occasionally do conversions with plasticard and greenstuff, so having a place to store some tools and some plastic would be good too.
Im envisioning that I will keep the mobile painting station in the closet or somewhere under my desk. It would also be kind of cool to be able to take it to a gameshop and paint with people there.
If anyone has seen a thread or has a set up like that, please let me know!
I actually bought a tray from Target... its about an inch and a half deep so stuff shouldn't slide/roll off.
I haven't used it yet because I'm still trying to get used to the idea of not having a 'work space' anymore. I used to work in a small space on an older desk but once I got a bigger apartment and actually had room to set up a dedicated area its been hard for me to go back to painting on maybe 18in x 24in (or similar sized) area.
When I do plan to use it (most likely for painting; I have a bunch of primed stuff that's been waiting for some acrylic), I probably will just have on it maybe a unit I'm working on, and a couple colors for whatever part on the unit I'm painting, water, and palette. and when not in use everything will just go in the container I use.
I just use one of these with some cuts between compartments to fit brushes and stuff in it well. It was ten bucks and works fine. I would rather spend money on paints and models. I find it is hard to find a case that will fit any paint bottle I want right side up, but this one does. When I go to my local shop I just borrow a scrap of cardboard form their last shipment and a waterbottle from the recycling bin and I am ready to go.
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