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To paint miniatures, you will need the must-have miniature painting tool – a wet palette. Traditionally, people used dry palettes.
One of the aspects of a dry palette is that you can mix your acrylic colours and dilute them to your preference. Once you get the perfect mix, you might want to keep it usable for a while in order to finish, for instance, your miniature’s skin. It will dry out quite fast on the dry palette. You will have to find the right amount of water and paint to recreate the exact amount of paint which is really difficult! If you paint a lot of miniatures, your dry palette will fill up with dried paint in the bottom of the wells quickly!
A wet palette solves these problems!
A wet palette is a palette that is wet….well, I guess that seems obvious! But in fact, your paint stays wet and fresh thanks to the hydration system that is beneath the white paper (which replaces your white palette). The white paper sheet, a.k.a hydration paper becomes your palette: you put the paint on it and you can start mixing.
You’ll need multiple coats to cover your miniature! You will paint quicker because the paint doesn’t dry on the palette so you won’t need to re-mix that perfect shade and you don’t lose any amount of paint in vain. Every drop of your paint will be used in that way. The wet palette can save paint and time.
With the wet palette, you can paint in any environment (even if it’s hot!) because your paint will stay moist and won’t dry.
You can as well lay out the colours on the wet palette to see all the different shades that you have before painting the miniature. Since you took time to find the right amount of paint for your dilution, the wet palette keeps it wet and useful.
Great painters like Angel Giraldez, Roman Lappat and David Arroba, use a wet palette because it is very convenient to use! It is the must-have miniature painting tool that every painter needs. When you will begin to use it, you won’t stop using it!
If you are interested, you can check how we made the perfect wet palette here.
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