Hi Guys,

Does anyone use wet palettes and if yes, where is the best place to get them from? (UK based)

Also, is there anything I can add to my paint that stops it drying so quickly (this becomes a problem when I am layering) - I understand GW do something?

Many thanks for any help.

Bob

Add retarder to slow the drying. You can make the wet palette easy. Here is one helpful link
http://www.fullborerminiatures.com/arti ... lette.html

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Since you're in the UK, this should make sense:-

A wet pallet will cout you around £8 for a good one.

Thats the price of a great Crispy Chilli beef around here at least.

Eat the Chilli Beef (or chinese dish of your choice... its a necerssary evil... hard life) and clean the plastic dish and lid.

Layer in a little blister foam, or half a dozen layers of J cloth.

Wet the foam /cloth layer. It will take practice and trials to find the right dampness depending on the paint and foam you're using.

Cut a piece of greaseproof paper to the size of your pot, and lay that on top of the wet foam / cloth.

Good to go.

If you're leaving your pallet for a little while, wet the foam a little more and put the lid on the pot. It'll keep for up to about 3 days like that!


I've got a P3 wet pallet I bought off ebay too. Cost me £7 delivered, but I flip between that and my homebrew one depending on what comes to hand easily - there's no great difference eccept I ate Chinese to make one of them

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Thanks Guys

TuffSkull - Great excuse to eat chinese.

I made my own wet palette out of a tupperware container, a household sponge, and sheets of parchment paper. I couldn't find a decently-priced one locally and didn't want to blow a lot of cash on something that I wasn't sure would be my thing. Once you use one you will never go back!
My cheap-O deluxe:

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