A wet palette keeps acrylic paint usable for hours instead of minutes by feeding it moisture from below through a membrane. For anyone painting in long sittings it is the cheapest quality improvement available, provided it is looked after.
It changes how you mix, not just how long paint lasts
Because the paint stays workable, you can mix a transition of five tones and come back to them. That makes blending practical in a way it is not on a dry palette, which is the real benefit rather than the saving on paint.
Mould is the failure mode
A sealed damp box left for a week will grow mould, and it will contaminate paint. Rinse the sponge and dry the palette between sessions, or keep it in the fridge if you are returning to the same paints within a day or two.
Membrane choice affects flow
A more permeable paper lets more water through and thins the paint faster. If your paint keeps becoming watery, that is the variable to change before adjusting anything else.
What we have on the shelf for this
Everything below is in the Airbrush and Palettes section at Spart Craft right now, listed newest price first. Stock moves, so the page is the authority.
- Gocheer Airbrush Kit with Air Compressor, 40 48 PSI High Pressure Air Brush Non-Clogging wit — $66.99
- golden maple Wet Pallet for Painting Miniatures 2 in 1 Dry and Wet Palette with Lid — $48.99
- Smallbudi 20 Colors Model Paint Set (20ml/0.6oz) — $32.99
- Model Painting Stand Base, 12PCS Bendable Alligator Clip Sticks and Brush Set Modeling Tools — $11.99
What it costs
Across airbrush and palettes at Spart Craft prices currently run from $11.99 to $66.99. In airbrush and palettes that spread is mostly build quality and pack size rather than brand name: the cheapest option on this shelf is a reasonable place to start, and the dearest earns the difference in daily use rather than on the specification sheet.
Questions we get at the counter
Which brush size should I start with?
For most 28mm work a size 1 and a size 0 cover almost everything. The finer sizes are for eyes and edge highlights. Ask at the counter and we will show you both.
Do you sell miniatures?
No. We stock the brushes, paints, palettes and basing materials used to paint them.
Related parts of the shop
If this was not quite what you were looking for, the neighbouring sections are Basing and Handles, Brush Sets, Detail Brushes, Miniature Paints. They are all listed on the shop page.
Buying from Spart Craft
United States orders of $40 and over ship free, and a flat $6.50 applies below that. Everything is packed at 84-26 37th Ave in Jackson Heights and we ship within the United States only. Spart Craft takes returns for 30 days from delivery on unused items in their original packaging, and the full terms are on the Spart Craft return policy page. If a specification you need is missing from a product page, call +1 718-406-9444 during opening hours — Mon-Sat: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Sun: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM — and we will check the item physically rather than guess.
Side by side
The table below pulls the published figures off the 4 airbrush and palettes listings above so they can be compared without opening six tabs. A dash means the manufacturer of that airbrush and palette did not state the figure, not that the item lacks it, because Spart Craft does not fill those gaps with estimates. Where a number matters to your decision and the table shows a dash, call +1 718-406-9444 and we will measure the item at the 84-26 37th Ave counter in about a minute.
| Item | Price | Quantity | Size | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gocheer Airbrush Kit with Air Compressor, 40 48 PSI High P | $66.99 | – | – | – |
| golden maple Wet Pallet for Painting Miniatures 2 in 1 Dry | $48.99 | – | 2 in | – |
| Smallbudi 20 Colors Model Paint Set (20ml/0.6oz) | $32.99 | 20 colors | – | – |
| Model Painting Stand Base, 12PCS Bendable Alligator Clip S | $11.99 | 12 pcs | – | – |
How the rest of the shop is laid out
Spart Craft keeps a deliberately narrow miniature painting supplies range, split into the sections below. The counts and price bands are read from the live spartcraft.shop catalogue at the moment this page was built, so they show the actual shape of the Jackson Heights shelf rather than a marketing summary of it. If a section looks small, that is because Spart Craft would rather stock a few things we can answer questions about than list everything a distributor offers.
| Section | Items | Price range |
|---|---|---|
| Airbrush and Palettes | 4 | $11.99 – $66.99 |
| Basing and Handles | 3 | $15.99 – $33.99 |
| Brush Sets | 4 | $2.99 – $45.99 |
| Detail Brushes | 10 | $6.01 – $32.99 |
| Miniature Paints | 5 | $7.99 – $30.99 |
Reading a product page here
Every listing on spartcraft.shop is written from the manufacturer specification, and where the manufacturer is silent Spart Craft leaves the field out rather than fill the gap, which is why some miniature painting supplies pages are shorter than others. The details block on each page carries the figures that were actually published — pack quantity, size, material and compatibility — and the paragraph underneath says which part of the Jackson Heights shelf the item belongs to. Anything not covered there is a question for +1 718-406-9444, and Spart Craft would rather answer it before an order than process a return afterwards. Stock counts come from the same records the counter uses, so an item showing as available is an item on the shelf at 84-26 37th Ave.
