Starting the year we've got something different. I'm pretty sure I've said this before here, but I love building tools, especially if they're going to get a lot of usage. I'd built a paint holder when I started mini painting for realz about a year and a half ago. That's like a million years in game developer time. Since then I've picked up some additional paint racks and quite a lot of additional paints to the point that the storage I have is overflowing. Furthermore, none of my racks can hold large ink bottles like these.
Basic construction is double thickness cardboard and medium weight chipboard--basically the same stuff I built my old tiles out of. It took about a day to cut everything and jam it together with hot glue and PVA. Then everything got a couple coats of random hardware store rattle can paint that I once thought I could use for minis. Note: Reaper Bones are very particular about primers.Overall, it fits its purpose--it holds paint. The brush holders on top didn't work and I'll probably rip those off. They're too far back to reach easily so I don't think revisiting them is going to be useful. The basic rack parts are also pretty tight because I didn't account for the width of the chipboard when planning it out. I made the same mistake on the old one but that was like a million years ago. I'm not helped by the fact that Pro Acryl bottles are slightly larger than Army Painter droppers.
edit: this guy didn't want to publish for some reason.
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