Strange palette technique

[hakoMike]

I\'m painting about 100 models for a friend right now, and out of the need to use the same color for a looooong time I have started doing something.... strange.

I put some paint on the palette, then put a few drops of my water/flow enhancer/medium on top of the paint. It makes a little bubble of clear liquid over the paint. I then pull a little bit of the paint out through the side of the bubble, which makes a sort of vein of thinned paint to work with. If the vein gets too thin, I just delve a little deeper into the paint with the brush as I pull paint out of the submerged paint supply. The end result is that I can paint for a long time (or walk away for a couple minutes) without getting that \"pudding skin\" on top of my paint.

I don\'t paint with a lot of people, so I don\'t know if this is a common technique or not. Does anyone else do this?

 

[freakinacage]

i don\'t, i use a wet palette

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Dont use it but hey, whatever works...........especially when doing a hundered mini\'s.

 

[GreenOne]

I sometime don\'t mix and try to get the right proportion of both (Paint and goop.) on my brush, I think when I unload on the cloth, it kind of mix itself and that seems to work.

 

[demonherald]

Careful about unloading on your cloth green one ....could get a bit messy lol

If I\'m painting a large lot of minis I will mix up paint in seperate paints then it doesn\'t matter if paint dries just reach for higlight number 2 pot...

 

[mickc22]

nope, new one on me HM, ingenious!

If I know I\'ll need a paint to stay \"open\" I use a wet palette

 

[GreenOne]

Careful about unloading on your cloth green one ....could get a bit messy

Foot in the mouth again lol

 

[Ogrebane]

Interesting Idea. I use both the wet pallette and the mixing up a batch in a pot technique. If I have to make a color I make more than enough the first time otherwise I can never get the mix right again.

 

[No Such Agency]

Interesting technique... I\'ve kept tube paint fresh on the palette by putting a water soaked sponge on the palette and covering it with an inverted tupperware container. The humidity inside the container becomes saturated and protects the paint from \"skinning\". But it doesn\'t protect it WHILE you\'re using it!