• took the plunge and ordered myself an airbrush kit and one of those portable spraying/extraction booths so I can finally tackle the ~1,000 odd minis I probably have across my big mini based board games.

    i bought 3 rattle cans of citadel primer a few weeks ago and every time i've been free to get out in the garden to spray some stuff it's ended up being too damp or too cold. I just got fed up of that being the main reason I never get started on painting anything. I'll use them still in the summer i'm sure but happy to be a bit more flexible with when i can paint.

    mostly going to be using it to zenithal the minis in black/grey/white and do basic base colours on top which is enough for most things where I'm playing solo then I'll fill in details and apply washes by brush later on but I'm not looking for perfection.

    spent today rearranging my work area (still not perfect but useable for now) just waiting on a slightly longer hose for the extraction port so it reaches the window and the cleaner/thinning fluids to arrive so i can put some paint through and start having a play.

  • Lack of spraying area/conditions is definitely an issue, I suffer from this too. It was also a problem when I raced radio control cars and was trying to paint a body shell every week.

    I really need to clear my work area so I have a proper painting/building space too. At the moment I have the kitchen surface which means getting all my modelling stuff out and putting it away again for each session. As a result I hardly do anything.

  • it's a bit spenny but frontier wargaming have a case meant for people who travel a lot or don't have a permanent hobby space to have something that's easy and quick to pop up/put away https://frontierwargaming.com/product/paint-case

    I used to have a little tray I made from cardboard that I set everything up in that lived in a drawer and worked ok, but I definitely do a lot more, and enjoy it more now that I have a dedicated hobby desk.

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