Used one, didn't get on with it. Or other types of magnification. But I've heard from plenty who do. It's all relative.

Mate,

I have used something similar that clip onto my glasses. They are fantastic at seeing the level of detail on a model and have greatly improved my painting performance. The ones with the various magnification are the best.

Cheers
Aaron

Yup; I have clip-ons too. They have given my detail level a good boost.

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Had one when I was younger, and it was annoying as hell. Spent more time having to adjust the distance between the brush and my eyes to be able to see clearly than I did painting! I prefer my specs!

Perhaps someone in your friendly local gaming group uses them and will let you lend some?

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I've thought about getting some sort of magnifying device. My problem is in the opposite. I take my glasses off to paint. Clip-ons would do me no good.

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<sigh> Sadly, I've developed the same problem. (Curse you, time!)

I make do with one of these, which I find works much better than a visor.



-S'Cipio

I haven't used any visor type devices before, so can't comment, but I can highly recommend this magnifier lamp that I bought last year from Argos. I also wear my reading glasses at the same time, and the resulting magnification works for me. I use it for all my painting, 6mm up to 28mm. The integral light is very good too.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 671231.htm

Or it'll give you the joy of making things look really amazing (o:

I use simple clip-ons, like these


and I love them to bitz.

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I haven't noticed that happening.

When I did first start using my magnifying lamp, though, I did have to retrain myself to account for differences in scale between what I was seeing with my eyes and what I was kinesthetically feeling with my fingers. A tiny motion with my brush looked huge under the glass.

-S'Cipio

Like S'Cipio, the depth perception thing has never been an issue for me. I found that I quickly got used to using the magnifier, and hand-eye co-ordination has never been a problem. Also, not wearing a visor means that it's easier to reach for everything else on the workbench for which I don't need the magnifier - ie. paint pots, water pot, palette, paper towels etc.

One thing I did have to adjust to, however, was avoiding the temptation to paint far more detail than is really necessary. There's probably not much point in painting something that looks great under the glass if you can't see it with the naked (or spectacled) eye. But that's only a minor issue, and I think you'd get used to knowing instinctively when you're going to far. All in all, find the magnifier speeds my painting up rather than slowing it down. In fact, without it I couldn't do any painting since my close range eyesight is so bad these days.