Comet-ed

[Andy T]

Why thank you Andy, very much appreciated!

Just for you I'll try not to hide too much of the deck under stowage then :smiling5:

[Andy T]

A couple more lambs for the slaughter.

All primed up and will give them another check over before proceeding to paint. Their boots have proved the trickiest to clean up, I can maybe see some mud in the future...

I doubt the painting will get started today though as we're fast approaching 30°C in the shed so may relocate to the house and do them in the evenings.



For someone that's not great at diorama figures, 10 is pushing it a bit! :smiling5:

[Andy T]

I keep forgetting to paint the mantlet covers so I've rectified that. I'm not sure if the colour is correct but as always I'm not particularly bothered. I am quite happy with the effect though.

[Mini Me]

Looks good from this angle Andy! :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Excellent work mate.

[Guest]

we're fast approaching 30°C in the shed

I wish it was that cool in my attic modelling room, I might actually go there and do something, then

[Andy T]

I wish it was that cool in my attic modelling room, I might actually go there and do something, then :smiling3:

I complain when it's too cold, then complain when it's too warm :smiling5:

I'm sure you well know that it's not just a comfort thing either. Our paints, glues, even some materials perform so differently when outside their "standard" range.

[Andy T]

Thanks again Rick & Paul.

I know I'll never match some of the stellar modellers we have on here but I'm trying to do each element to the best of my abilities and crossing my fingers that it will show in the end result.

[Guest]

I complain when it's too cold, then complain when it's too warm :smiling5:

With building models in the shed, too cold is of course more of a problem than it is in the attic. Too hot, I guess both of us will have to live with

I'm sure you well know that it's not just a comfort thing either. Our paints, glues, even some materials perform so differently when outside their "standard" range.

That’s my main advantage: no risk of anything getting too cold

[outrunner]

Looking good Andy, I know how you feel with the heat as my attic building space has been too hot for more than a week.

Andy.

[Andy T]

Sorry Andy, I completely missed your reply!

Thanks, and yes it's still warm here too. I'm having paint dry up on my wet palette in a matter of minutes. That can't be good :smiling5:

On the plus side, the oil washes should dry fairly well!

[Tim Marlow]

Sorry Andy, I completely missed your reply!

Thanks, and yes it's still warm here too. I'm having paint dry up on my wet palette in a matter of minutes. That can't be good :smiling5:

On the plus side, the oil washes should dry fairly well!

Never used this myself, but painters in hot countries sometimes set their wet palette up using ice cubes and water. The cool surface of the wet palette then keeps the paint from drying up.

[Andy T]

We have a chilled water dispenser which might be a good shout. It's my own fault really for having a fan blowing to keep me a bit cooler. I'll try and set up some kind of baffle so it doesn't blow over the palette.

A miniature painter I follow isn't a fan of wet palettes but uses a ceramic tile sat on ice.

[Tim Marlow]

We have a chilled water dispenser which might be a good shout. It's my own fault really for having a fan blowing to keep me a bit cooler. I'll try and set up some kind of baffle so it doesn't blow over the palette.

A miniature painter I follow isn't a fan of wet palettes but uses a ceramic tile sat on ice.

Yep, airflow over the palette will dry the paint more quickly…..never come across a cold dry palette before, but would think the paint would flow over the surface too quickly on a flat tile. Who is the painter?
I used a dry palette (daisy petal style) for years, but would never go back to it. There is just so much more control using a wet palette. It is so easy to adjust liquidity and transparency, and the paint stays as you set it up. On a dry palette the paint changes fluidity quickly, but you don’t control it. All you can do is mix up a fair quantity to reduce the impact of evaporation. You use far less paint on a wet palette as well…..

[Andy T]

Yep, airflow over the palette will dry the paint more quickly…..never come across a cold dry palette before, but would think the paint would flow over the surface too quickly on a flat tile. Who is the painter?

Doctor Faust.

It's not something I'm interested in trying myself as I'm getting along well with the wet palette (although I'm considering a larger one) but here's a link to his video on it: