What kind of lamp?

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chakae

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What kind of lamp do you use when you are painting?
Actually I use a normal icandescent lamp with the icandescant light bulb blue to get the white light, but it get very warm. I saw some photos of people painting miniatures with fluorescent lamps but it not disturb the colours???
Sorry for my english
 
Hendarion

Hendarion

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I'm using 2 50Watt halogen bulbs (GU10 - high voltage reflector lamp) focused on my spot from about 70cm away (from the left back of myself in order not to shadow the mini with my brush-hand - this ones) along with a normal halogen room lighting. I consider switching to natural spectrum lamps though and its on my Christmas list :D

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No way to touch these, hot like the sun and can burn materials in a distance of 8cm after a while.
 
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Chrome

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I'm using two 65W industrial white 1460mm flourescent lamps, not quite daylight but darn close (5000k-ish). After several hours of being lit it is still possible to touch the lamps.
 
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chakae

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thanks for the answers, the lamp that yo use Tidoco2222 is the kind of lamp that I was talking about
but I don't know if this kind of lamp give you the same light that the icandescent gives, or if it change a bit the preceptions of the colours
 
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tidoco2222

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Not to my knowledge, it doesn't give me any problems with colour. It is also an excellent lamp for using for taking pictures of minis. The flourescent tube gives an even spread of light and I can take decent pictures using only one lamp.
 
Wyrmypops

Wyrmypops

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I rely on a couple of those lamps in the link too. Positioned to the side and a touch behind me, extended just so their light comes in from a about 12" above each shoulder. That's as much down to me having an issue with available space.

I can attest to the quality of light being good. Years ago I'd painted under regular old bulbs and the yellow light plainly affected the perception of paints and tones. I switched to the modern energy savings bulbs and that abated, but still needed more focused light hence the desk lamps which worked a treat. Big thumbs up recomendation from me.
 
scottjames

scottjames

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I also use one of those lamps. They throw clear white light, the long bulb shape prevents shadows and they are great for photography (assuming one considers my gallery photos to be well take ofcourse).

I highly recommend those lamps. For the price they are brilliant.
 
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Mercius

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I use the COSTCO equivilent to an OTTLite, the bulb is wonderful, doesn't get hot to the touch and really pulls the details out of my paint for me to see them....plus it costs only $25.00 instead of $60.00. I have compared the two and can't tell any difference honestly.
 
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DaRat

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Fluorescent bulbs can give close approximations to daylight (which is ideal), but you have to look for bulbs that say "daylight" or "natural light" or "full spectrum" bulbs.

The OttLite brand is probably the most famous of the "natural light" bulbs/lamps, but, at least in the States, most hardware stores have cheap "daylight" fluorescent bulbs that are good enough.
 
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Mourner

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i'd actualy recommend buying a simple halogen desk light.

It's cheap

and it makes your mini look worse than it will in daylight, a bit demotivational when painting, but very rewarding when viewed in daylight...
 
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