Fellow painters, if you haven't tried the wet palette technique, I highly recommend it. It adds a bit of time to "setup" but it's soooooo nice. http://www.fullborerminiatures.com/articles/wetpalette.html

I was lining some interceptors last night, one in blue-grey, one in red, and when I was done with the red, my blue-grey (one drop) still had not dried out. It makes the paint a lot easier to work with without thinning it too much. Then all you have to do is occasionally wet your brush to keep it from drying.

I hate you and all of your Humidity.


A Wet Pallete here... Makes a minimum of difference. Once you're off the wet pallete, you're still drying on the brush between pallete and model...



... I miss humidity.

I hate you and all of your Humidity.

A Wet Pallete here... Makes a minimum of difference. Once you're off the wet pallete, you're still drying on the brush between pallete and model...

... I miss humidity.

Pretty much, a few strokes, a dip in water, repeat.

Thanks for posting this.

-looks around- mine's actually a damp sponge in a Tupperware container with a piece of parchment paper on the top. Love it.

-looks around- mine's actually a damp sponge in a Tupperware container with a piece of parchment paper on the top. Love it.

Pfft, mine used to be made out of a squadron pack, with a sponge and regular paper .

In all seriousness the actual wet palette paper is great, as it is much more durable than anything else used. You can take a palette knife to it without damaging it. I don't recommend printer paper, it breaks up mixing sometimes. Lessons learned.

I've been doing this for years and it works great. You can save the load by wrapping the bin in cellophane.

Cheap Tupperware container, sponge, parchment paper, makes a great wet palette.

Does the sponge really add anything over the paper towel? I find it's awfully nice to just toss everything out when a project is complete and start over. Helps avoid mildew, too.

It works better for me if I'm going to be a day or two between sessions. I can put water in the Tupperware (I just use a disposable plastic container), and cover it, and come back the next day and continue.

5 hours ago, housecaldwell said:

Does the sponge really add anything over the paper towel? I find it's awfully nice to just toss everything out when a project is complete and start over. Helps avoid mildew, too.

I've never tried the sponge, only paper towel. I think the guy who posted the link says a sponge will work but by its nature, parts of the sponge won't be in contact with the parchment, i.e. there will be pockets of air that may cause uneven wetness … but I've never tried it. I've found that it only takes me about 5 minutes absolute max to get it completely ready and most of that time is waiting on the parchment to lay down completely. That's usually the time it takes me to grab a paint bottle or two, shake them and generally prep. I've also found that you can reuse the same paper towel and parchment several times before chucking them.