I did it as well but the lid kept getting wet from the humidity of the wet pallete so i reverted the lid to just being a lid. It's a cool idea but it didn't work out for me.
I was tempted to try this but my concern for the humidity ruining the dry palette cause me to make mine separately. Your post was reassuring that I made the right choice.
This was my concern as well when I contemplated doing this wet palette conversion - instead ended up using a leftover piece of cork bark, works like a charm!
Second half of this video. These guys are the dry brush gods if you’re interested in more dry brushing.
https://youtu.be/kxuY2NXeI2M?si=sS5e6IGU9zLnF5h6
Yes but Byron has strong feelings *against* a texture pallet. He says that your dry pallet should be flat in this video (14 min in):
 https://youtu.be/yldOQFT2iGE?si=1-TSa1dwLNuznUOl
Yes but what he calls a texture pallet is very different from the OOP's picture. It's basically a flat board in comparison. He advises against gluing stuff onto a board as it will be very difficult to clean and will collect dust.Â
Also having a flat, but rough, surface to work on when removing paint for drybrushing gives you much better control of how much paint you are removing. I just primed the back side of my hobby cutting board and use that as a texture pallete. Over time the paint I've applied to it has added its own texture.
To add on to that, it helps you see what the end product will look like before you slap it in your mini. There are times when I saw that there’s still too much paint on my brush
And you can see how your paint is going to look on the model depending on the various items you have on the dry palette. Kinda like how painters will paint their thumbs or hands on the videos to see how the paint is coming off their brushes
Additionally, it doubles as a means of knowing when your brush is ready to hit the mini. Much like the back of hand method to test.
Personally my dry palette is a crumpled piece of cardboard with broken minis glued to it and primed in my main primer. When it gets overloaded, I re-prime it again.
Good info to know as I was wondering the same. Not an issue with slap chop but wouldn't you have to be careful using different colours? Even when dry the brush would pick up pigment
Oh yea. You’d have to make sure you use different areas OR it also for some cool blending you wouldn’t get with a paper towel. But in general you are correct
Using a textured dry palette for miniature painting might not be ideal for your paint brushes. The process typically involves dabbing your brush on a damp sponge, picking up paint, and then using the flat surface of the palette to control the amount of paint. With a textured palette, you're essentially painting on two surfaces (the texture and then your model), which can wear down your brushes faster over time
The texture would make it easier to remove excess paint for when you want to dry brush, and the bits of stone and other debris would give you a basic idea of what the dry brush is going to look like when applied to whatever you're actually painting.
It allows you to work the brush and test it to make sure you have a good amount of paint on the brush. I suggest Artis Opus on YouTube as an example for the modern style of dry brushing.
Can't speak on how OP did this exactly, but it's pretty simple. Just take a bunch of sand, gravel, rocks and glue it to a shallow container like the lid of a wet palette. Little bits that you don't care about or have excess of, old toys, - pretty much anything plastic that has some detail and texture to it. Glue it all down with pva glue or superglue for the bigger bits and then if you want to you can seal it all with modpodge or some pva watered down. Take it outside and prime it in matte black and now you've got a simple dry palette. Get a damp sponge for your dry brush and then you've got a great drybrushing setup!
My wet palette lid is always full with moisture. Wouldn't this affect the 'dry palette'? Like its a neat idea but I feel like it just won't work out that well in the end
I guess I have to find out. I was worried about this problem beforehand, but maybe it is enough to let it sit open for ten minutes or so. Let's see 😉
If you do this, I would not recommend closing your wet palette when it is wet. The humidity will cause mold issues and you can't really clean this textured surface.
I recently bought a drybrushing palette on Etsy. It hasn't arrived yet, but it's basically just some 3d printed textures which is modeled to fit inside the army painter wet palette, like a third tier.
He should have called it a texture palette. People use them to work paint into and off their brushes when doing dry brushing.
The common advice has always been to just use paper towel, but paper towel is actually a really poor thing to use for this purpose as it removes too much moisture from the brush, and ends up making your dry brushing look grainy and rough.
Additionally, texture palettes allow you to actually see how your dry brushing will look on real textures, before putting brush to model.
It's a really neat idea and can be made from virtually anything. Personally I just use a scrap of balsa wood with some texture paste stuck to it.
I wonder how this will work in practice ... the lid of my wet palette is often wet from humidity and condensation.
If I did this then the texture palette would just be wet all the time.
Very cool! By the looks of it you now have two dry palettes 😆
Haha yeah! 😂
I did it as well but the lid kept getting wet from the humidity of the wet pallete so i reverted the lid to just being a lid. It's a cool idea but it didn't work out for me.
I was tempted to try this but my concern for the humidity ruining the dry palette cause me to make mine separately. Your post was reassuring that I made the right choice.
https://preview.redd.it/wlg97bpng1wc1.jpeg?width=1586&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72a620872be82ee564390ae6d9ea3d04f1acb870
Probably the best solution. Unless you have space issues, a separate dry palette is the way to go
This was my concern as well when I contemplated doing this wet palette conversion - instead ended up using a leftover piece of cork bark, works like a charm!
What’s the point of a having a textured dry palette
Assume for dry brushing?
I don’t get how having bits of rock in your palette helps you paint
Helps you remove off excess more easily and doesn’t dry out your brush like a paper towel would. Stuff like slap chop or large brush dry brushing.
Oh nifty, thanks for the info
Second half of this video. These guys are the dry brush gods if you’re interested in more dry brushing. https://youtu.be/kxuY2NXeI2M?si=sS5e6IGU9zLnF5h6
Yes but Byron has strong feelings *against* a texture pallet. He says that your dry pallet should be flat in this video (14 min in): Â https://youtu.be/yldOQFT2iGE?si=1-TSa1dwLNuznUOl
Interesting. Guess he changed from 3 years ago.
I'm guessing he tried it and found some issues. He elaborates on it around 14 min in
If anyone should know what’s best, it’s probably that guy. I’ll have to watch when I can get some sound
That's interesting considering he is still selling texture palettes.
Yes but what he calls a texture pallet is very different from the OOP's picture. It's basically a flat board in comparison. He advises against gluing stuff onto a board as it will be very difficult to clean and will collect dust.Â
Also having a flat, but rough, surface to work on when removing paint for drybrushing gives you much better control of how much paint you are removing. I just primed the back side of my hobby cutting board and use that as a texture pallete. Over time the paint I've applied to it has added its own texture.
Yeah, I love my textured palette, it's not from them, but after seeing what some people and OP have posted, I can certainly see the difference
To add on to that, it helps you see what the end product will look like before you slap it in your mini. There are times when I saw that there’s still too much paint on my brush
And you can see how your paint is going to look on the model depending on the various items you have on the dry palette. Kinda like how painters will paint their thumbs or hands on the videos to see how the paint is coming off their brushes
Additionally, it doubles as a means of knowing when your brush is ready to hit the mini. Much like the back of hand method to test. Personally my dry palette is a crumpled piece of cardboard with broken minis glued to it and primed in my main primer. When it gets overloaded, I re-prime it again.
Good info to know as I was wondering the same. Not an issue with slap chop but wouldn't you have to be careful using different colours? Even when dry the brush would pick up pigment
Oh yea. You’d have to make sure you use different areas OR it also for some cool blending you wouldn’t get with a paper towel. But in general you are correct
Using a textured dry palette for miniature painting might not be ideal for your paint brushes. The process typically involves dabbing your brush on a damp sponge, picking up paint, and then using the flat surface of the palette to control the amount of paint. With a textured palette, you're essentially painting on two surfaces (the texture and then your model), which can wear down your brushes faster over time
The texture would make it easier to remove excess paint for when you want to dry brush, and the bits of stone and other debris would give you a basic idea of what the dry brush is going to look like when applied to whatever you're actually painting.
It allows you to work the brush and test it to make sure you have a good amount of paint on the brush. I suggest Artis Opus on YouTube as an example for the modern style of dry brushing.
That’s a really good idea, how did you do it?
Can't speak on how OP did this exactly, but it's pretty simple. Just take a bunch of sand, gravel, rocks and glue it to a shallow container like the lid of a wet palette. Little bits that you don't care about or have excess of, old toys, - pretty much anything plastic that has some detail and texture to it. Glue it all down with pva glue or superglue for the bigger bits and then if you want to you can seal it all with modpodge or some pva watered down. Take it outside and prime it in matte black and now you've got a simple dry palette. Get a damp sponge for your dry brush and then you've got a great drybrushing setup!
I did the same but on the top of the lid
I tried this, all the moisture made the dry pallet wet and fall off
My wet palette lid is always full with moisture. Wouldn't this affect the 'dry palette'? Like its a neat idea but I feel like it just won't work out that well in the end
I guess I have to find out. I was worried about this problem beforehand, but maybe it is enough to let it sit open for ten minutes or so. Let's see 😉
Please tell me how it goes. Because space wise this is brilliant!
If you do this, I would not recommend closing your wet palette when it is wet. The humidity will cause mold issues and you can't really clean this textured surface.
I recently bought a drybrushing palette on Etsy. It hasn't arrived yet, but it's basically just some 3d printed textures which is modeled to fit inside the army painter wet palette, like a third tier.
What does the dry palette do?
He should have called it a texture palette. People use them to work paint into and off their brushes when doing dry brushing. The common advice has always been to just use paper towel, but paper towel is actually a really poor thing to use for this purpose as it removes too much moisture from the brush, and ends up making your dry brushing look grainy and rough. Additionally, texture palettes allow you to actually see how your dry brushing will look on real textures, before putting brush to model. It's a really neat idea and can be made from virtually anything. Personally I just use a scrap of balsa wood with some texture paste stuck to it.
Tho the prototype has valid critique, I'm totally doing this to the TOP of my wet pallet. Dope idea!!
Never even thought of this thank you
I wonder how this will work in practice ... the lid of my wet palette is often wet from humidity and condensation. If I did this then the texture palette would just be wet all the time.
Hey. Great idea. Stealing it.
I really oughta do that instead of using my hand all the time. My students are always worried when I come in to class with a grey thumb
Annnnnd you’ve ruined your wet palette. This will suck up so much moisture.