How do you keep track of what paints you have?
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freakinacage
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They are in a massive box. I have most of what I want though I have bought duplicates in the past when I had forgotten about them!
I don't.
Yep I've ended up with duplicates which occasionally turns out handy, but I've bought scads of paints which are supposed to live in a cabinet draw, but spend 99% of their time on the painting table.
90% of my paints are VMC which I've gradually bought over the last 8-10 years and it's most of the range.
Of course my painting room has a unique filing system called IITS! (It's In There Somewhere)
Have too agree, not the same amount of paints but they are sorted in one big pile in a box... just look and pic what I need... no clue what are in there or not.
On the other hand I do write down what colours i used for which part on a figure, atleast most of the time.
Figure xxx cape
base light blue
shading 1 little dark blue added to light blue 2 parts water
Shadin 2 More darkblue added 3 parts water
Shadow glaze some dark purple glase and cold blur black colour 6 parts water
Higlight lighter blue
higliht glaze warm colour xxx if needed in some areas...
And so on, that gives me some control that if I want to recreate something I have a general idea how I should do it.
what to buy in the future, that is more of I am in a shop and that colour looked nice, or that I want to try...
kathrynloch
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Tommie Soule
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Good ole memory power (or lack of) for me.
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Current plans for 'things to do in the next X months' for myself and my SO:
40k Death Korps of Krieg army
Tyranids
3-4 different Infinity forces.
2-3 Malifaux gangs
40k table, probably urban/city-fight in style.
2 infinity tables. Likely 1 clean urban, one more industrial with different buildings, vehicles, scenery for both.
Add in a discount offer good for one order and I'd rather save 20% on paints in one go than get them piecemeal and end up spending more in the long run. The downside of this is needing to plan what paints will be needed in advance, hence seeing how people go about planning and tracking what they have.
While that's great for you, it doesn't actually address my original query. Bloodhowl suggested printing out the list of ranges and checking off what's owned, which I've done, am still uncertain about planning what paints are needed for future projects other than, for example, getting swathes of colours to then work from (e.g. 4-5 reds to test and find which ones work best for a scheme etc.)
In short, how does a novice painter plan what they'll need?
A novice painter, start to read informations about colour theory and perhaps a book like this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Color-Cours...2193/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331198777&sr=8-4
And after that you will not need so many cans of colour to get the one colour you need, that is what Einion want´s too say, I believe.
To plan what colours are needed you should write every figure of the ones that you want to paint. Look at them and write down what colour you want on each part of them. To do it even more seriously motivate why you have choosen a certain colour for that specific piece and how it works togheter with the other choices you have made. In the begining you can do as I did and find a figure with a nice colour combination that you like and then PM the painter and ask what basic colours he used for it and then buy thoose ones.
Hope this will help you.
/Kretcher
And after that you will not need so many cans of colour to get the one colour you need, that is what Einion want´s too say, I believe.
To plan what colours are needed you should write every figure of the ones that you want to paint. Look at them and write down what colour you want on each part of them. To do it even more seriously motivate why you have choosen a certain colour for that specific piece and how it works togheter with the other choices you have made. In the begining you can do as I did and find a figure with a nice colour combination that you like and then PM the painter and ask what basic colours he used for it and then buy thoose ones.
Hope this will help you.
/Kretcher
Einion
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:time-out: Yeah I realise that, just sayin'.PST said:
I thought from what you said last (post #10) that the problem was ensuring a sufficient amount of paint, but from your last post it's that you think you need more colours, so I refer you back to my first post
All joshing aside - a good end goal would be to build a core palette that will do everything you need. You don't have to get ridiculous and just paint with a handful of colours (although this is perfectly doable) but if your current line-up of colours isn't enough then more paints might not actually be the best solution.
Unless you're seeking to do no mixing, to make production-line painting as fast as possible? I'd still have thought more than 60 paints would be enough though.
Einion
HeadHunter67
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Same here. I typically paint all the same sort of figures (for instance, a Space Wolves army, a Goliath gang for Necromunda, or a Skaven team for Blood Bowl), and when I embark upon the project and decide what the paint scheme will be, I consult my paint box. I know I've got nearly all the colors I'll need (nearly a full set of AV Game Color as well as the necessary Citadel Foundations and washes). If a technique calls for a particular color I don't have, then I'll buy it - but that happens very seldom.
Windage and Elevation.
Sometimes you have to make guesses based around what you want to achieve.
Take as an example you want a strong, but not bright, red using VMC colours; you'd aim for VMC Red as the main colour, add in either VMC Burnt Cadmium Red or VMC Hull Red as dark tones (Or Both) and VMC Flat Flesh to use as the highlight add in. You could also pick up VMC Violet Red as an opposing colour to add to the shadows.
t77mackie
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I use a piece of thin, white cardboard to make a color chip reference sheet of all the paints I own. I draw as many 3/4" by 1/2" squares on the cardboard as will fit. I dip a toothpick into a pot of paint and then I lay the paint down into one of the squares on my reference sheet. I try to get the layer of paint thick on one side of the square and progressively thinner as I swatch it across. This will help you to know how well the particular paint covers and how it'll work when blending.
An added bonus of using this is that you'll get to see exactly what the paint is actually going to look like when it is dry. And you can take your color chip sheet to the hobby store with you so you don't buy any duplicates.
Happy Painting!
An added bonus of using this is that you'll get to see exactly what the paint is actually going to look like when it is dry. And you can take your color chip sheet to the hobby store with you so you don't buy any duplicates.
Happy Painting!
