 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 Dec 2016 1:15 p.m. PST |
What are your lighting requirements when painting? * any lighting will do
* natural sunlight
* daylight lamps
etc. |
| Rich Bliss | 07 Dec 2016 1:38 p.m. PST |
desk lamp 1000 lumens minimum 5500 Kelvin color |
| 14Bore | 07 Dec 2016 1:50 p.m. PST |
All summer was painting with a desk light and in a afternoon sun facing window. But my space is unheated so a few weeks ago moved to basement with a overhead light and my desk light. |
| bc1745 | 07 Dec 2016 1:55 p.m. PST |
Candle……. Light it if it has been a good day totting….. |
| The Beast Rampant | 07 Dec 2016 1:56 p.m. PST |
A daylight lamp. A birthday present from my mother years ago. Although in the past, I've painted many a miniature under natural AND flourescent lighting. I can't work with natural light alone. |
 Flashman14  | 07 Dec 2016 1:59 p.m. PST |
I thought natural sunlight would be a good idea so I went pool side one day. Terrible. Shadows of the brush were so distracting I quit after a minute or two. Must have been 1984? |
| Frederick | 07 Dec 2016 2:00 p.m. PST |
Used to paint to fairly dim overhead lights Our neighbour gave us a really nice bright desk lamp which is what I use now In the summer, natural light on the patio |
 Saber6 | 07 Dec 2016 2:05 p.m. PST |
OTT light. I've been using one since @ 2000 |
| Thomas O | 07 Dec 2016 2:22 p.m. PST |
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| durecell | 07 Dec 2016 3:23 p.m. PST |
I was given two daylight lamps, a big stand and a desklamp. They're a great improvement on the normal lamps I was using before especially during these winter months. |
| robert piepenbrink | 07 Dec 2016 3:36 p.m. PST |
All the florescent light I can get, but florescent light. I've never played a (miniature) wargame outdoors in good natural light yet, and don't expect to start. |
| rustymusket | 07 Dec 2016 3:40 p.m. PST |
I paint at our kitchen table that has a ceiling light with regular incandescent bulbs in it and I use a desk lamp. I just bought a new LED desk lamp with a goose-neck so I can adjust the light onto the figure. I just turned 66 and I wear bi-focals and use an OptiVisor. It seems to work OK. |
| Who asked this joker | 07 Dec 2016 4:46 p.m. PST |
Daylight bulb is preferred but a lot of light is more important. I use a desk lamp on my kitchen table. |
| Joes Shop | 07 Dec 2016 5:15 p.m. PST |
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 Doctor X | 07 Dec 2016 6:54 p.m. PST |
Lots of 5000+ Kelvin daylight. |
| jeffreyw3 | 07 Dec 2016 6:55 p.m. PST |
OTT lamp + LED--the mix works well. Plenty of light from the windows, as well. |
| FusilierDan | 07 Dec 2016 7:20 p.m. PST |
250 watt daylight bulb, surronded by flouresent bulb plus overhead flouresents behind me. |
| Grelber | 07 Dec 2016 8:55 p.m. PST |
Daylight bulbs. Two lamps, one over each shoulder to cancel out shadows. Grelber |
| Syrinx0 | 07 Dec 2016 9:09 p.m. PST |
OTT Light on the table with a generic daylight bulb in the overhead fixture. |
| ZULUPAUL | 08 Dec 2016 3:17 a.m. PST |
Ott light, I can see better, just can't paint any better! |
 etotheipi  | 08 Dec 2016 7:49 a.m. PST |
Whatever light is in the room at the time. When light from outside is dim, we turn on the overhead light. When it's dark out of if the drapes are closed, I may use a nearby desk lamp. |
| Dashetal | 08 Dec 2016 3:23 p.m. PST |
Ott Light combined with natural daylight |
| steamingdave47 | 09 Dec 2016 11:55 a.m. PST |
Another vote for 5000k. I have an LED light over my painting area, with additional halogen lighting. |
| Zargon | 09 Dec 2016 2:52 p.m. PST |
Natural light only from 9 am to 4,30 pm most days my desk faces a big window with a beautiful wild garden outside, on sunless days I get a smaller window of paint time but then I'm painting most days so I'm prepping figures on dull days and no time is wasted (unless I'm being lazy:) |
 DWilliams | 10 Dec 2016 1:27 p.m. PST |
Magnifying lamp is absolutely essential … supplemented with spotlight and an ordinary desk lamp.
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