I started organising my paints after 3D printing a few paint-stand-thingies. Well, it turns out that laying out your bottles in order is a very good idea. It turns out I have over 12 bottles of "brown" in various shades (not counting flesh paints) and only three shades of Red (counting Orange as Red). And some 15 bottles of Green. Perhaps I need to sit down and think of which shades I will actually need.
I wonder if anyone else suffers from the same sudden "ooh shiny" impulse when going paint shopping, combined with total amnesia regarding what one already has...
Cheers,
Aksu
Looks pretty normal to me, except for the level of organisation you've achieved :D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 04 April 2018, 01:12:38 PM
Looks pretty normal to me, except for the level of organisation you've achieved :D
I'd agree with that.
I got bored after counting 53 bottles/droppers etc in the immediate rear of my painting space. Next to it I have an overstocked vegetable box with at least a further150 paints iin it. Then there are the ones I haven't touched in donkeys like the artists acrylics and the oils. AND YET I CAN STILL RUN OUT OF SPECIFIC COLOURS/SHADES!!!!!
Quote from: Subedai on 04 April 2018, 03:30:32 PM
AND YET I CAN STILL RUN OUT OF SPECIFIC COLOURS/SHADES!!!!!
I know! And oddly both in oft used colours and stuff that seldom see's the light of day - I'm sure someone's syphoning out paint sometimes or hiding bottles :D
Too many.........but you never know.
Quote from: toxicpixie on 04 April 2018, 03:37:23 PM
I know! And oddly both in oft used colours and stuff that seldom see's the light of day - I'm sure someone's syphoning out paint sometimes or hiding bottles :D
It's the paint goblins who come along and drink it
Strangely enough, I have only one shade of yellow.
But three of purple. :-\
As someone with great interest in post 1900 in temperate climes, I have many, many shades of brown, green and browny green.
If you were someone who games exclusively pre-1900 then your colors may be unbalanced. Otherwise, you're fine.
I have over 100 bottles of paint in plain sight with at least 7 unopened Foundry triads in a stack nearby, 50+ paint bottles in drawer number 2 (drawer number 1 is for glues and stuff), 20+ bigger paint jars in drawer number 3 as well as three other drawers elsewhere with a few paint bottles in each.
Drawer number 5 has some tubes of artists acrylics but I don't use them much.
I only have one yellow too unless you count desert yellow.
I have way more paint brushes too.
I have a 50 bottle Vallejo paint stand that is full and three small sets of three draws about 5"x10" x 6" that hold approx. another 100 paints as my "ready use" paints. I then have an A4 box file full of with spares.
The problem is that to save painting time I buy the correct Vallejo colour rather than mixing it from the other paints.
I have a painting notebook that I write down what colours I have used for what project so I can add units or vehicles later
I've gone the other way, as limited a palette as I can get away with. A while back I counted 25 different paints on one Napoleonic cavalry figure, 20mm too. Enough is enough. Too many paints drying out with hardly a drop used.
I use plastic 'take away' containers to group my paints
There are 21 in the brown group and 14 in the grey group, I paint a lot of ships ;)
I have a lot, but also a lot of spares. I try to keep a 'reserve' pot of colours I use a lot. Like charred brown for example, or gunmetal, wich I both use for weapons.
I also impulse buy in the paint department. For example, I 'm running out of citadel mournfang brown. I use that colour on my bolt acction minis. Ordered a new pot yesterday, and to be on the safe side, I ordered the base paint set as well :D
And some silver, and another bone colour, and two pots of agrax earthshade..
In other words, a 3,30 purchase turned into a 60€ purchase pretty fast! Still I don't have everything I need ;D
I must add, it's the first time in years since i bought citadel paints, formerly only getting vallejo. I bought the 'dark vengeance' set from a local store, and got a citadel essential set for free with it. I really liked the paints in there, and they complimented my vallejo stuff really well. And i think agrax earthshade has completely banned vallejo umber shade from my painting. The results are so much better! I already had two pots in my stockpile, and just ordered two more, so i won't run out anytime soon!
I was really bummed when devlan mud went away and i was down to my last pot, so i won't let that happen again! (i ordered 5 pots of gryphonne sephia in those days, because i was painting an orc army with yellow tunics, and i really wanted everything to match :D )
I don't have a painting desk - I use the kitchen table - so everything has to be moveable on a 'rapid response' basis when the cry goes out, "Dinner will be served, in 10 minutes!'. This means I have very few paints in comparison to most of you guys (a shoebox full, with extra paints in another box) yet still I have some paints I have not opened for years. I suppose you could consider these unused paints as surplus to requirements and therefore I have "too much" paint but just the other day, I dug out the Oxford Blue for the first time in years, added some acrylic thinner and water and, hey presto, I was in business. Mind you I have five different types of flesh colour - I suppose that's too much!
I think I've three flesh tones...
I do still have some very old 80's era GW paints from my youth, they're still going well!
Quote from: toxicpixie on 05 April 2018, 09:59:40 AM
I think I've three flesh tones...
I do still have some very old 80's era GW paints from my youth, they're still going well!
Same here. Tentacle pink and blazing orange, and I think bronzed flesh as well. Although rotting flesh is drying out on me.
My Rotting Flesh ran out a couple of decades ago, sadly. It was too useful :D
The pink and Hobgoblin Orange are two of my hold outs - though the Orange has now died enough I had to buy a vaguely matching Vallejo this year :D
GW terracotta, I must have nurses that pot through 20 years!
Had nurses pot for 20 yrs Lemmy ?
>>I was really bummed when devlan mud went away....
I had a similar response when Badab Black was replaced as I use this all the time.
However, have a look at this site which tests a replacement :
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/devlan-mud-and-badab-black-wash.html (http://fromthewarp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/devlan-mud-and-badab-black-wash.html)
I was really pleased with the suggested replacement for Badab Black.
Worth a thought.
Phil
I have avoided citadel paints for many years as they were so overpriced. However I recently brought the new washes Agrax earthshade and Nuln oil (Black) and been really pleased with the results. They dry really quick too, so no waiting overnight after putting on a magic wash based on wndsor and newton inks
Still getting mileage out of my Rose gold powder, which I bought in 1968.
Snapped a pic of my 'paint box' while i was at it this afternoon!
(http://i.imgur.com/EbgihVB.jpg) (https://imgur.com/EbgihVB)
Still not that many i think :D
Looks pretty normal to me. After a four year hiatus from painting, I have actually made progress in the last month; I have some indeterminate number of browns.
A couple of queries/suggestions. Does anyone use cheap craft paints? The major "hobby" vendor locally (here in Darkest Arkansas) is the infamous Hobby Lobby; bought three bottles of the stuff last Friday, a (dark) Green, Blue ("fog") and Basic Black; US$1.77. And I am through with GW if possible, yes, I restored my "dwarf flesh" and Flesh Wash "survived" but so many of them dried beyond recovery, and the local store has no clue what the conversions to current range would be.
I think I have at least eight craft paint browns;
I use craft paints - but only for terrain/basing. I find it a bit thick out the bottle, but when diluted seems to lose its vibrancy.
I use the likes of Americana, Anita's and Crafter's. Some of them, particularly the reds, are a little on the thin side, but work ok over a white undercoat. The most useful I have found are Anita's Terracotta and Anita's Periwinkle, which is really good for early WWI Austrians.
I was brassed off when I found out that I could not get Anita paints anymore, but recently The Works have been flogging a large selection of similar sized placcy bottles from Crafter's Choice. I don't use them on figures but have found them to be perfect on buildings. At £1 a bottle I now have 20 of them.
WHEN WILL IT END???!!!