Show me your racks

[grantinvanman 5721xp 0]

IKEA has all kinds of goodness for hobby. I use their cork trivets for project holders – they hold nails easily for parts to spray, and are indestructible. Not sure when I got the idea for the paint racks – they fit 4 bottles (AK/Vallejo) deep, though, so are pretty storage friendly for how little space they take up on a wall.

[limburger 22066xp 1]

these would be the picture ledges to look for:
https://www.ikea.com/sg/en/cat/picture-ledges-16305/

Between Amazon and Ikea there’s loads of stuff to be found that’s useful for storage, but it does require thinking outside of the box a bit. (soo not sorry for that pun 😉 )

[grantinvanman 5721xp 1]

I was going to post direct links to the ones I used, but a spamguard stopped me.

[gorram 2665xp 2]

You didn’t need to, the name was enough to make it easy to find 🙂

I’m still not sure I want to stick with open shelving vs moving to a drawer system but a trip to Ikea after next pay day will be in order.

[horati0nosebl0wer 19799xp 5]

Since Onlyfans is as popular as this I guess to make the big money I need to show mine as well. Here’s my petite rack and a peek at my tightly packed box. Litko was the rack source and Sterilite made the two layer box.

I’ve cut back my collection to focus on Monument and Cuttlefish Colors for the majority of it. I have some Army Painter Speedpaint, washes and some Reaper paints. In the top I have a few AK paint pens and I picked up a couple of their contrasts.

The rack has more experimental purchases with TurboDork, some great ols P3 and a lot of inks. The Golden bottle is for a huge model and a future army with a special focus.

Dialing in what you find works best in paint keeps the collection manageable. Different companies=different formulas and performance.

[limburger 22066xp 2]

@gorram maybe 50/50 ?
The rack for paints to use in your active project and drawers for paints that have no immediate use and/or extras?

Having some kind of visual reference for paint colours would help picking colours easier and more intuitive I think.
I think Warren said something similar when he showed his rack with painted skulls for his dropper bottle collection.

[onlyonepinman 18108xp 4]

I have three shelves mounted above my desk, lighting installed on the underside and MDF racks on top.  I then have a shelf unit immediately next to the desk area for tools, glues and basing materials. I will be expanding the MDF paint racks to cover the bottom two shelves

[grantinvanman 5721xp 0]

@onlyonepinman that is quite the set up! Why two chairs?

[onlyonepinman 18108xp 0]

@grantinvanman erm, so two people can sit at the desk…

The desk is really quite long, around 2m, it’s almost like having 2 desks, so that’s what I did.  It means my daugher has a desk that she can use too and we have one drawer of the desk each. It’s quite nice when we are both sat at the desk, even if we’re doing different thinks (she’s only 8 and she’s usually colouring or drawing).

[grantinvanman 5721xp 1]

@onepinman – that’s super cool, good on you. 👍

Again, KILLER set up. Love it. Next house, I’ll aspire to something that nicely done.

[gorram 2665xp 2]

Great set up @onlyonepinman bonus points for having space for your kiddo to join in with hobby time.

At this point in time you’ve all largely convinced me I need a new desk 😀

[onlyonepinman 18108xp 5]

Thanks for the comments on the hobby space, it’s a really important part of my life.  In fact when I was buying the property,  even though I was deliberately looking for something small and ideally a flat/apartment, one of the criteria was that it had to have enough space to create a hobby area, it didn’t have to be big enough for two, but the fact that it is, is definitely a bonus.

For anyone struggling with motivation, one of the biggest changes you can make is having some kind of hobby set up that reduces, or ideally removes completely, any setup and take down time.  Having to set up the space to paint is, for many, many people, one of the biggest blockers to painting.  This applies to almost any hobby.  If you have to invest additional effort in order to do something,  you will be less likely to do it.

[limburger 22066xp 1]

I most definitely agree, which is kind of why I’m putting as much effort into finishing my hobby room as well.
Being able to just sit down and do hobby has to help motivation quite a bit.

[limburger 22066xp 2]

While brainstorming ideas for my hobby room with Google’s Gemini it mentioned another storage solution : french cleats

https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Build-a-French-Cleat-Organizing-System/

I’m still working out the details (with the help of the LLM).

[Lazagram 48xp 2]

Finally managed to get that bit of Skadis from Ikea up on the wall, pretty impressed with its stability and the quality of construction. First Citadel Paint pot-sized print design failed on the hooks, but second try, I tried a model set with separate hooks and main body. Hooks did not want to fit without some hammering, so I will likely scale them down a bit for the next set, but the pot holder itself printed perfectly. Feels super stable when attached to the Skadis pinboard, even with large full paint pots. Definitely going to be printing these on repeat for a few days. Likely try to print some Skadis extension board, see how that turns out. So far would recommend it for a racking base for sure, definitely if you don’t mind printing your own other parts.

 

The Files – Skadis Display Holder Citadel Paint Pots

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