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Hi there, as the title said I was thinking about getting a wet palette to improve my confort and quality of painting, as for the main colour of my Skitarii I use a mix of two shades of blue, it gets tricky to manage the right proportions and the right amount of thinning, and I always end up wasting paint because I need to put a lot on my palette so it doesn't dries out before I finish my model. So I heard about wet palettes and I understood that it keeps the paint moist like in its pot, is it true ? Does it thin the paint already or does it just keep it moist ? Can you "adjust"' the quantity of moisture that gets on the palette ?

Do you have a brand or model to recommend me ?

Thanks in advance guys !

Just make one.

I use a Ferrero Rocher box with a piece of cushion foam (sponge) in it as a wick, topped with baking parchment.

Yeah, no need to buy one.

Make your own with a (sealable) plastic container and either a sponge or some kitchen paper towels and a baking parchment on top.

Depending on the brand, individual bottle and the amout you put on the palette at once, you may need to thin your colours down a bit.

My advice: don't

it's so cheap and easy to make your own, it's literally wasted money to buy one.

I used tupperware/paper towel/parchment paper for a long time.
Then I bought a commercial wet palette.
They perform exactly the same, the only difference is that my new wet palette has better dimensions for me: it has a large surface area (about the size of an A4 sheet of paper), and is very shallow. Usually tupperware that big are pretty deep, making it harder to use.
It was worth the 10€ I paid for it, but it's definitely not a big upgrade on a home made one.

Big Ferrero Rocher box. Around 25x25cm, flat, shallow, square. And you get to eat a gak-ton of chocolate first.

Hope this helps. Start around 4:00 how to make. Then again, listen to the entire thing for thinking of buying one.




As for your question about it thinning your paints, no it doesn't do that. It just keeps it moist so it doesn't dry out. Actually listen to the entire video. He does a good job in explaining why as well. I learned a lot from this nice video.

Thanks for all your replies guys, you were a big help. I think I'll build my own but I feel like a Ferrero box will be too deep, I like to twist my brush a lot to remove the excess paint from my brush and so need space to have a really acute angle in doing so. I'll figure a way

 Aaranis wrote:
Thanks for all your replies guys, you were a big help. I think I'll build my own but I feel like a Ferrero box will be too deep, I like to twist my brush a lot to remove the excess paint from my brush and so need space to have a really acute angle in doing so. I'll figure a way

I don't like high edges around my palette either, so I use a plastic tub with a press-on lid. Except instead of the tub, I use the lid! It's nice and flat and the edges come up only just high enough to contain a folded piece of wet kitchen towel with the parchment on top.

Little update here, so I used the lid of the Ferrero box too, and used the recipe from that video, with paper towel and baking parchment, I had it all already. It works wonders, my paint is still wet as of now, after closing the box of course.

I use an empty GW static grass container

An empty blister pack with a bit of foam and a square of parchment paper works well. I use a blister from a Warmachine figure

I prefer wax paper to parchment paper for mine. It's a tupperware container with a thick sponge in it so the paint is close to the top edge.

Add something to the water to help keep it from getting funky. Or change the water/clean the sponge frequently.

Tupperware, sponge, kitchen roll and baking paper. Done

Keep it in the fridge between uses to avoid mould growing