Sounds like the bigger tip here is organizing, and having everything with in arms reach. I glad you found a system that works for you. I bought a bunch of the hobby zone modular workshop stuff. The modules in that are about 6x6x 12 inches and they have magnets so you can snap fit them together. I got draws for bits, tool holders and chubby for sanding sticks, even a display self with plexi covering. It was not cheap and does not store every thing I need it was a worth while investment.
Videos like these that just make my hobbying that much more enjoyable and easier to partake in feel kinda rare so gems like these are always amazing! Just the smallest things that whittle down the wasted hobby time that every now and them make me think "I'm so glad I got that". Like I've always had the pin cushion so I didn't even think about how annoying it would be to struggle finding a needle or pin!
probably since they seen a dip since the covid boost of their revenue, and people who got into warhammer just because ''what other is there to do?'' (during covid) got out once society returned to normal and these people could return doing whatever they did before. so now GW do these regular increases to ''keep'' the renvenue at the same high but with less customers. (just my couch economics, fyi)
Hey Jay. Been watching you a while and this is the first time I have commented. Love your channel. Love your humor. Love 40k/AOS and painting minis. Duces.
omg I love these tool tip videos! please make more! lol. I'm always down for new little tools or hacks that make hobbying just a little more fun or easier
Lighter, for cleaning my glue needle, when a normal needle won't clear it. A little bit of fire and it's clear. A candle for stretching out sprue's to long tin wires, cut off the thickness you need and... Yes, plastic wires, that's what you then get, perfect for thin details.
I'm an early hobbyist and want my stuff compact and quickly accessible for quick jobbies when inspiration strikes. Been rubberbanding the main tools I use together for different tasks (snippers/sandstick/razor for building from kits, 3 sized paint brushes/washcup/painttray for painting.
My 3 tips. 1. Nail clippers that look like pliers. They have a long, curved, pointy tip which is perfect for cutting bits of a sprew or cleaning up the nibs and flash. 2. T-7000 (black) or CP-0001 (transparent) glue. It's advertised as shoe glue but they also use it to glue a screen to a mobile phone. It's rubbery so models are more bump resistant. It's sticky but has a long drying time so you can position several bits at the same time. It doesn't melt plastic so you can twist off a bit and try again without breaking it. 3. A studio light that hangs over the desk. It's obvious but I never see it mentioned.
If you need any motivation to get all the bits off the sprues, try making sprue bricks. I had a lot of sprue laying around and an old 3rd edition Lictor, and I wanted him to be camoflaging. So I trimmed all the sprues down to about the same size, and built a wall out of sprue bricks at about chest height for my Lictor, with some even smaller sprue chunks laid next to the wall like destroyed wall chunks. I cleared up some space in my buckets, and I made most of my lictor's paint scheme a very simple grey.
I use a paper piercer for my bottle unclogging needs. Has a handle like an x-acto, so i don't have to worry about keeping track of it like pins. And for pinning I use jewelry pins; they're around a dollar for a bag at the craft store, but they're uniformly sized and straight, unlike paper clips. No fuss model pinning.
This isn’t for painting technically, but I got myself a mini storage container with 9 slots and I store my bits in it. The little drawers are clear plastic and can be pulled out instead of moving around the entire container.
