GW Paint Station

[joroas]

Anyone bought the new one?  Any thoughts? 

[snitcythedog]

Anyone bought the new one?  Any thoughts? 

For what it is, it is too expensive.  If you are looking for something that you can plop down on a table and start working painting in, it works.  But so does a breakfast tray and they cost half as much.
Snitchy sends.   

[joroas]

Thanks, I have those, but I was hoping that it would be a little more secure for an old klutz like me. 

[fastolfrus]

Warlord do one now too.

[Galland]

I actually liked the old version of the painting station, the one in wood. The plastic one is absolutely adequate as well.

[G2]

Anyone bought the new one?

There is a new one? Oh, I am off to have a look at it online. I probably will not buy one, but I am curious as to what it is.

update: I am back, and I think it is nice-ish. Is it really that much money?

[joroas]

I have the old one, I didn't know whether this one was lighter and more secure.

[joroas]

Well, cleared my old one off, but, and it is a big but, even with nothing on it, I found the back was so heavy it tipped back when sat on your knees.

[Darren]

The problem with the new GW paint station is that it's designed for people to use it on their laps.  It means people will be hunched over whilst painting - or painting with the model so far away from their eyes that they can't see it.  GW's own advertising pics show it doing this :



It can be used on a table - but the old paint station was perfect for this already.

It just seems like a poor design - and for £20 it's expensive too.

[joroas]

Thanks. I had not noticed that, might just try the old one on a TV table................. 

The new one looks much handier, so i'll look for a cheap one to test, too.

[joroas]

Well..... Looked at it in GW today, nice but tiny, so gone back to mark 1 and happier.

[G2]

The Mark 1 does look more pratical. I think they are marketing the new one to a different market - it is for people who don't own any tables.

[FramFramson]

Ah yes, the dumpster-domiciled hobo wargamer. The inevitable result of purchasing too many GW minis.  

[zizi666]

Ah yes, the dumpster-domiciled hobo wargamer. The inevitable result of purchasing too many GW minis.  

true !

[syrinx0]

I like the MK1 GW paint station.  Solid and easily portable, though I must admit mine never looks as organized as yours.