Paints and Paintstation pics

As promised, some pics of my intial setup, at this stage I’m ready to restart painting again. A fewthings are missing: my wet palette, normal mixing palette some older brushes, the epoxy putties and superglues and a few of my tools including the airbrush stuff.

The Paintstation

I still have to grab a few more things from Eckersleys and Dymocks, but for the most part I’m set. The unlabelled big white in right centre is White gesso, but as it’s an el cheapo pot, i may need to get some Liquitex white to avoid the lumpy finish commented on at Wee Toy Soldiers. There’s some Derivan  ink medium to the left of the Dullcote which i’m going to play around with at some point but I think I’ve got a decent selection of media to start with, even if some of it performs much the same function.

The Paints (& some tools)

Not as many Vallejos as I’d prefer but the real binge on them is at Christmas when I’ll be looking at starting the 28mm ACW stuff. The P3 stuff was bought for the particular hues and shades included in the two sets – very useful particularly if I go for the variant templar look on my Marines. Most of the older GW stuff on the right is a large amount of the various reds and yellows – I’ll decant them into new bottles shortly and that shoould clear some room nicely as well as help reduce wastage.

The Brushes

A good starting point – but a fair amount still to buy before I’ll be satisfied. Good Games Gosford brought in some more Vallejo synthetics and sables that I may pick up. I do like this wallet for storing my better quality brushes, though.

The Inks

Some oldies and goodies here – add in a couple of the newer washes and some FW inks, I may well be ready to work with glazes again. I’m glad I didn’t chuck the oranges away as I can definitely use them with my Tyranids, plus the old Flesh wash will be really useful for my 28mm work.

Conclusion

I’m pretty happy with the setup above – the only issue is that the Paint Station weighs a ton with everything on it and I will need to glue it together properly and add a sturdy carrying handle to the sides. I’ll add a proper cutting mat from Office Works next weekend and then no excuses will be sustainable.

Pete