Paint Area - Adventures in Organizing

[chaosscorpion]

So as promised

 

 

My wife finished this up while I was at ReaperCon and I loaded my paints into it last night.  Now to move other supplies around and get set to paint.

Edited May 6, 2015 by chaosscorpion

[Willen]

That is so awesome... what did your wife used, with the holes?

 

After failing at drilling so many holes I've been on the lookout for something to make a wall rack...

[chaosscorpion]

I had purchased fostner bits that were and 1/8" larger in diameter than a Reaper dropper bottle and your typical 2.0 oz. bottle of craft paint.  The holes are drilled through a 3/16" sheet of plywood.

[Willen]

That's a lot of work.

 

I miss my dad's drilling bench 

[Froggy the Great]

 

Where'd you get those paint racks?

Those where made by hand. Each "Step/Level" contains 3 rows (Triad) of 18 (3 * 18 = 54) with four steps making the single rack (4*54= 216) . Coincidentally, there are 216 paints in the Master Series Line   

The left side is all the HD and Vampire and Kickstarter sets with some Vallejo Model game Air Paints and inks.

I found the pattern at http://www.dndlead.com/Painting/Paints.htm

 

 

Ohh and to add if you have a Drill press it only cost me at most $20 to make. I added the shelving to make space between the levels so I can put the labels of the paint on the front as a quick reference

 

21" long though, that's a LOT of desk real-estate.

[Thrym]

Break it into 18 bottle groups (3x6)  Then you can stack them up however you want and grab sections and go back to your desk if you haven't the real estate.

[MissMelons]

That shelf would be perfect if it were long instead of tall.

 

/no short people love

[chaosscorpion]

Being over 6' I find there is far less love for tall people.  For me it darn near perfect.  My wife is only 5' 5', and looked at me and said, "You may need a step to reach the top shelf".  I then picked up the cans of spray paint, and set them on the top shelf, stating "The only way the boys could get there hands on them now; would be to stand on the top of my paint desk".  My wife looked at me, shook her head, and said it wasn't right that I could reach that shelf.  

 

I'm sure if you ask Talespinner he'll tell you that there is no tall people love out there.  If you are smaller than avg you will still fit inside the space provided. If you are taller than average, your head will be brushing the ceiling, have to have a hole cut for your head to stick out of, or you curl up as much as you can and wind up with a crick in your neck.  

Edited May 6, 2015 by chaosscorpion

[miniaddict]

 

 

Where'd you get those paint racks?

Those where made by hand. Each "Step/Level" contains 3 rows (Triad) of 18 (3 * 18 = 54) with four steps making the single rack (4*54= 216) . Coincidentally, there are 216 paints in the Master Series Line   

The left side is all the HD and Vampire and Kickstarter sets with some Vallejo Model game Air Paints and inks.

I found the pattern at http://www.dndlead.com/Painting/Paints.htm

 

 

Ohh and to add if you have a Drill press it only cost me at most $20 to make. I added the shelving to make space between the levels so I can put the labels of the paint on the front as a quick reference

 

21" long though, that's a LOT of desk real-estate.

 

Yes, but you can always cut it down to fit your needs. Without the extra height added for labels you could get away with a total space of W 21" x D 14" H 6". Like I said I built this to hold the entire set. But if your looking for smaller you could always reduce to size. Its the best way I have found to get the most paints in a single area without taking up more space. 

 

As a Side note, when compared to what TGJ had at the show I had more space per cubic inch then what they had. 

[Maglok]

It's been a while since I've seen this thread. I see that since then I have seriously upgraded my workstation with shelves above it.

 

So here is a new picture!

 

Mess before

 

Mess after

[KruleBear]

 

Where'd you get those paint racks?

 

Those where made by hand. Each "Step/Level" contains 3 rows (Triad) of 18 (3 * 18 = 54) with four steps making the single rack (4*54= 216) . Coincidentally, there are 216 paints in the Master Series Line   

The left side is all the HD and Vampire and Kickstarter sets with some Vallejo Model game Air Paints and inks.

I found the pattern at http://www.dndlead.com/Painting/Paints.htm

 

 

Ohh and to add if you have a Drill press it only cost me at most $20 to make. I added the shelving to make space between the levels so I can put the labels of the paint on the front as a quick reference

I made something similar a couple of years ago mounted as a caddy for a portable paint station. So why wasn't i brilliant enough to drill the holes to different depths to be able to tier the paints...such a simple udea it is brilliant.

 

On one of my racks i did make a shallow hole that would fit bigger diameter GW paints and then drilled a deeper smaller hole in the middle for dropper bottles to give me flexibility as i use up the GW and P3 paints.

[joesk]

 Just starting back to painting so its not elaborate and small, but figured since y'all showing what ya have I figured I would put up a pic of my little cubby hole. Its in my hallway, as I live in a small apt.

 

The door goes to my utility closet which I only go into once a year or so.

 

 Small but it works. Got the idea for the peg board from one of you guy's previous post. Good idea and frees up some table space.

[Chargeit]

My painting area.

 

 

 

My paints (sorry, Army painter with supporting products from Reaper, GW, and Vallejo)

 

 

 

And a "panoramic" view of my entire room. Mostly poorly lit. Before I got back into painting, it served solely as my computer room. 

 

 

 

My setup is a nerds delight. =D

 

*There's a reason any picture I'll take will involve some kind of wiring. 

Edited May 11, 2015 by Chargeit

[Maglok]

I love having the computer right there at my painting station, means I grab the brushes more often. :) See you also have it there, good choice mon!

[Hex]

Ah yes, neat and tidy. More meaningless man-word gibberish.

 

This is how a goblin does it!

 

 

table002.jpg

 

 

ETA: If you look at the larger image, to the right between the popcorn tub and the villains boxe set . . . you can see Takhisis chilling out waiting for more work.

I have to ask. Is that "popcorn" container for basing materials? I am literally using the exact same one.

 

Oh wow. I really necro'ed this one. Didn't realize it was that old. 

Edited May 11, 2015 by Hex