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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Hammers on February 26, 2021, 01:52:39 PM
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I know this topic has been discussed before but I'd like to hear the latest ideas on how to rig your paint bottles and jars of different brands and sizes for easy overview and access, taking in account limited space.
I am sick and tired of my paints cramming the table and I'd would like somehow to have them on the wall before me, organized in basic color groups independent of jar/bottle type. Perhaps with the most-used paint closest at hand.
Both ready made and DIY solutions are of interest.
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I've got a couple of these for Scalecolor/Vallejo/Reaper paints: https://www.sleepingdragonhobbyshop.co.uk/product/large-round-vallejo-paint-rack/ mounted on cake spinners so they turn easily.
I *try* to keep each segment separate - reds in one, blues in another et cetera but after a while it is just muscle memory remembering where certain colours are.
CdA/Foundry/P3 are in a 3 drawer box I got from Smiths years back (sadly no longer available.
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I've cut one from 3mm acrylic for my GW paints and will do others when we've moved.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/50/2619-260221143325-50549811.jpeg)
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I've cut one from 3mm acrylic for my GW paints and will do others when we've moved.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/50/2619-260221143325-50549811.jpeg)
Why aren’t you fancy? Suppose I could do the dame in mdf. Do you use Citadel exclusively? I nurture a hope to find a system which work for different paints in one section, if you catch my drift.
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Fancy pants ;D
(can’t stand the smell of burnt mdf and the clear ones look smaller/appear to take up less room).
My Foundry paints are in an older IKEA drawer thingy but I’ll do a clear rack for those as well as the inks and craft paints I’ve got eventually. The IKEA thingy is quite bulky.
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Maybe try looking into nail polish (nail varnish?) racks, on Amazon/Ebay/the usual places?
They typically come vertical styles and stepped ones, although carousel and other types are available too.
They normally have a lip at the front of each shelf to keep all the bottles on them, and are made from clear or black plastic. Strong, lightweight, and cheap, they also accept a variety of bottle sizes too (in case you have different brands of paint).
Some examples here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07W7JXN3M/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DZS0J3ZXF8A4PGWEV5PG), here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/OCDAY-Display-Acrylic-organizer-Mounted/dp/B08QJ1M518/ref=sr_1_36?dchild=1&keywords=Polish+Rack&qid=1614355831&sr=8-36), and here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/JACKCUBE-DESIGN-Rotating-Essential-Organiser/dp/B07ZJ4Z3P1/ref=sr_1_34?dchild=1&keywords=Polish+Rack&qid=1614355831&sr=8-34).
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I use two of these: TTCombat Citadel Mega Paint Rack 72 (https://www.waylandgames.co.uk/ttcombat-paint-stations-racks/57412-citadel-mega-paint-rack-72)
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Thanks for the ideas, peeps.
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Most of my paints are Foundry and I have tribune-style mdf racks for those. Stepping into WW2 I bought some Vallejo paints and didn,t have the space to store them. I have 3D printed some holders and used two sided tape to stick them on the side of a closet (also have some for the size of Foundry pots).
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/q2Jk0o.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poq2Jk0oj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/PVErzu.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnPVErzuj)
DJ
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After storing my paints in several drawers for almost a decade, when I moved rooms with my hobby desk, I bit the bullet and not only built a new desk, but I also ordered a full desk's worth of HobbyZone modules:
(http://www.d1-games.com/ForumPics/Room/Room15.jpg)
And even though they take a bit of assembly and initial getting used to, I am extremely happy with them now. The paint racks on top are great, because I can now finally take in all tints of a particular colour at a glance, well lit by my overhead LED lights, where I often had to swing out my desk light to properly pick out a colour in the previous setup.
I use 4 racks that hold Vallejo bottles (plus two triangular home made filler pieces for the gaps next to the center one), plus one plain one for all divergent bottles.
But I've also taken to using a couple of the HZ drawers for more paints (they're to the right of the WIP case); I still have a handful of GW paints (that I didn't want to buy a rack for) in two, and I have doubles of some bottles in the racks that are almost empty, in another.
Oh, and these were CNCed, so no burnt odour or blackened edges either!
Great stuff, these HZ modules. Not expensive individually, but when you need a full setup, things do add up quickly...
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I use 7 tier nailpolish racks.
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Hmmm. I have a lot of ,oils,enamels et cetera. The excess gets stored in cases(sorted into types),and what’s on my bench is what is needed at the moment. Needless to say it only partially works... :)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/45QvSazVQJLR/540.jpg)
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I've got a "craft cart" thing that I found at the store which is basically a set of drawers on wheels...it fits my paints, inks, larger glues, and similar things in it. Adds a bit of space with the metal piece on top and the sides that I can add things with magnets to.
Sure, it's the bright colors of a kids art class, but it works and the thing seems nigh indestructible...including to the dog knocking it over and I just had to move a few things back into place inside the drawers.
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Most of my paints are Foundry and I have tribune-style mdf racks for those. Stepping into WW2 I bought some Vallejo paints and didn,t have the space to store them. I have 3D printed some holders and used two sided tape to stick them on the side of a closet (also have some for the size of Foundry pots).
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/q2Jk0o.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poq2Jk0oj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/PVErzu.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnPVErzuj)
DJ
That is extremely tidy! That tribune rack looks like its been made by a professional, correct?
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Hmmm. I have a lot of ,oils,enamels et cetera. The excess gets stored in cases(sorted into types),and what’s on my bench is what is needed at the moment. Needless to say it only partially works... :)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/45QvSazVQJLR/540.jpg)
lol A genius at work, obviously.
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That is extremely tidy! That tribune rack looks like its been made by a professional, correct?
Correct! Bought them some 10 to 12 years ago from Miniaturicum but I can't find them anymore, they are a very basic construction
edit: a bit more explanation; first photo paintrack from miniaturicum; second photo how I made my workbench so the paint racks will fit; third photo paint drawer out; fourth photo intersection (drawer for paints I use regularly).
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/922/qWICJC.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmqWICJCj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/924/9qXo3e.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po9qXo3ej)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/924/GIC3ds.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poGIC3dsj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/320x240q90/923/tpc1IN.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pntpc1INj)
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lol In reply to Hammers :)
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I second Balckwolf's idea. Tried, tested and used by the majority of gamers and painters alike.
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lol In reply to Beefcake,indeed mate. Indeed :)
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Drunkendwarf, that is an excellent layout.
I have 2 of the Miniaturicum 120 bottle Foundry/Coat d’Arms racks that flank 6 of the Warbases 45 Vallejo/Reaper dropper bottle wall racks.
A couple more Warbases racks are in the post to go in a Ikea Helmer 6 drawer unit.
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This is what I use. I am also converting the Foundry bottles over to needle nose droppers and 33% more on the racks!
https://i.imgur.com/ob8BFgs.jpg
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This is what I use. I am also converting the Foundry bottles over to needle nose droppers and 33% more on the racks!
https://i.imgur.com/ob8BFgs.jpg
Ambitious!
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Ambitious!
Indeed! Those old CdA bottles just kill paint, the rims are magnets for drips amd they are a paint to close and clean over time.
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Bigger bottles (airbrush, craft and GW) on turntable holders I bought long ago. The foundry and Vallejo are in RUB's. Keeps the desk fairly organized when I actually remember to put things away.
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I made my own rack in a drawer near to my painting table.
(https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/81481046_184335419415908_9041860933604868096_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_eui2=AeEuU9Rbyn0AjkyPsVhZTbBKarf2j-Ng-W1qt_aP42D5bUuPi7VnkJtZxiCQWcAbma0N0sZB2-qXhAwmoh5OqrAj&_nc_ohc=tdfjI8HxbJUAX9wZwFV&_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-1.xx&oh=0e8a13e114ea32d3d3bf6405b0ba7388&oe=60677DB3)
The actual rack is made of plastic window ledges (the right word?) look here: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B072PSPP23/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2X0RFZ9ESZCZ4&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B072PSPP23/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2X0RFZ9ESZCZ4&psc=1)
and plastic corner strips look here:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00ZXPR0EG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00ZXPR0EG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Works perfectly well.
And as the paints are stord in drawers and the table is a drawer as well, my man cave can be cleaned up easily.
Cheers
GS
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I have one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iris-Ohyama-135695-Shelving-transparent/dp/B0719Q95SB with wheels on it. I 3D printed a bunch of holders to store them upside down after years of putting paint on the lids. Either way worked great and they fit vallejo paints like a glove. I have 4 drawers full of paint and 2 drawers for various tools. Being on wheels makes it ideal to move where it's needed or use it as a table away from the desk. If you only have a desk to work on or even less it's not taking up space on it like a lot of the solutions here, which it right for my set up.