The new PaintPal Studio 3D printable desktop hobby system will help keep your entire deck organized and simplify your hobbying!
If you have a printer and your desk is starting to look a little bit like a disaster, this might be the perfect solution for you! Even if your desk is already organized, this will make it even easier to keep everything set up and safe.
This is a follow-up on their successful PaintPal Travel Hobby System Kickstarter, so even if you jumped on that one, this has so much more and can expand it quickly. Let’s take a closer look at the project!
3D Printable Desktop Hobby System: PaintPal Studio
Let’s hear from them more about the project:
PaintPal Studio consists of stackable and configurable 3D printable storage racks that clip together using the popular OpenLOCK clipping system. Each core rack is made up of five paint pot modules that clip into the structural frames. The paint modules are designed both flip-top and dropper bottles and cover a wide range of popular brands. Best of all, the racks can be raised by attaching a pair of riser drawer frames which allow the original PaintPal Travel Hobby System trays to slide in and work as storage trays.
The core rack uses 2 main components – a set of two triangular structural frames and a selection of paint pot modules. You can add a pair of drawer risers to the triangular structural frames to allow for storage trays and also a set of rear structural frames with a variety of tray options but these aren’t essential to the functionality of the core rack.
It’s extremely modular and customisable to your needs. It’s easy to mix and match your brands and paint types. Each core paint module is made up of three slots, but larger options are supplied, which can take 18ml flip-top pots, 17ml dropper bottles and 22ml dropper bottles. The main support frames also have a built-in slot to hold smaller dropper bottles too allowing you to utilise all the space in a given rack.
Here’s everything you get in the set:
- Triangular Structural Frame
- Paint Pot Modules (size 3, 4, 5)
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Single Left
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Single Right
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Double
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Double with 2x Tray Slot
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Single Left with 2x Tray Slot
- Riser Frame Drawer Side Single Right with 2x Tray Slot
- Riser Tray 38mm x 119mm
- Riser Tray 57mm x 35mm Long
- Riser Tray 59mm x 76mm
- Riser Tray 76mm x 119mm
- Rear Extension Strut Frame
- Rear Extension Tray 25mm Model
- Rear Extension Tray 32mm Model
- Rear Extension Tray 40mm Model
- Rear Extension Tray Dropper Bottle x8
- Rear Extension Tray FW Ink Bottle
- Rear Extension Tray Square Glue Bottle Holder
- Rear Extension Tray Tool Holder
- Rear Extension Tray Vallejo Primer Bottle
What Paints Will it Hold?
Most major brands of miniature paints will fit in the core modules, including:
- Citadel
- Vallejo
- The Army Painter
- AK Interactive
- ProAcryl
- P3
- Scale 75
- Green Stuff World
- Two Thin Coats
Stretch Goals:
From the preview we were provided, they have hit all of these stretch goals now, so all of these are included and more!
Click Here to Get the 3D Printable Desktop Hobby System!
About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
Socials: @paschbass
About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
