freakinacage
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i am short sighted so i take my glasses off to paint/sculpt!
eye or magnify
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Einion
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Mine is \'worse\'
It took a bit of negotiation but I have my prescription slightly underpowered, to bias my vision for close-up work while sacrificing good long-range focussing... one step removed from having varifocals! Next thing you know I\'ll be window-shopping for a cane ROFL
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generulpoleaxe
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after recently having to have an eye test as the entire model was getting blurry after an hour so painting i have found out that i\'m extremely long sighted.
can\'t wait till i pick up the magic goggles as painting will be so much easier being able to see the miniature clearly.
and then i can wack on the optivisor for super tiny stuff (yay, i\'ll be able to do my 1mm tall freehand patterns for around tunics hems again)
eyesight is soooooooo underated till it starts to go.
can\'t wait till i pick up the magic goggles as painting will be so much easier being able to see the miniature clearly.
and then i can wack on the optivisor for super tiny stuff (yay, i\'ll be able to do my 1mm tall freehand patterns for around tunics hems again)
eyesight is soooooooo underated till it starts to go.
DarkStar
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I paint miniatures with an optivisor on almost the entire time. When I first started I used my eyes but since then I\'ve become accustomed to seeing and working at miniature scale at the level of magnification the optivisor gives.
I\'ll say one thing, it slows me down while painting speedwise, since something that looks decent to the naked eye might look sloppy up close under magnification...so I end up painting it all precise at a high level of magnification. The end result is very sharp to the naked eye but it takes more time.
My thought is that if a detail can withstand scrutiny up close under those conditions it will really shine and look sharp to the naked eye.
Hell I even use the optivisor when doing prep-work to get everything cleaned up lol. I\'m a very slow painter because of this though haha. Just my personal preference to use a nice high powered magnifier under really bright lights. It has it\'s drawbacks sometimes when you over-do a detail that nobody would ever be able to discern with the naked-eye, that\'s just lost time in essence.
A mini comes to mind that I did a couple years ago...this one here...
Sophie
Where on the cowskull on the ground, you can kind of see some paint marks and whatnot, but if you were to look at it under a magnifying glass, you\'d see that I painted a silhouette of a buffalo standing in circle with a sunset behind him. Probably spent an hour or two on that detail, but it would probably never be noticed at a glance or under observation without a magnifier. Ah well.
I\'ll say one thing, it slows me down while painting speedwise, since something that looks decent to the naked eye might look sloppy up close under magnification...so I end up painting it all precise at a high level of magnification. The end result is very sharp to the naked eye but it takes more time.
My thought is that if a detail can withstand scrutiny up close under those conditions it will really shine and look sharp to the naked eye.
Hell I even use the optivisor when doing prep-work to get everything cleaned up lol. I\'m a very slow painter because of this though haha. Just my personal preference to use a nice high powered magnifier under really bright lights. It has it\'s drawbacks sometimes when you over-do a detail that nobody would ever be able to discern with the naked-eye, that\'s just lost time in essence.
A mini comes to mind that I did a couple years ago...this one here...
Sophie
Where on the cowskull on the ground, you can kind of see some paint marks and whatnot, but if you were to look at it under a magnifying glass, you\'d see that I painted a silhouette of a buffalo standing in circle with a sunset behind him. Probably spent an hour or two on that detail, but it would probably never be noticed at a glance or under observation without a magnifier. Ah well.
palinmoonstride
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War Griffon
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Like anything else these days if you are doing a lot of mini painting/close up work it will eventually have an effect on your eyesight for the worse I have always been short sited but over the last few years I noticed a decline in my close up vision and started using an optivisor, This year I have had to go for 2 sets of glasses 1 for distance and one for close up (didn\'t want bi/vari focles) I could never get on with any other type of magnifyer i.e. clip on, work lamp magnifier or goggles as it messed my vision up completely when putting more paint on the brush.
The optiviser allows me to focus on the mini through whichever strengh magnifier I stick on it and I can position it so that I can still look about and put paint on the brush without my eyes going do lally. One bit of advise though...don\'t go for the optivisor with a light on it you are waisting your time and money as the light is utter crap and gets in the way more than anything else as well as not lasting very long before the batteries are flat.
I have always been short sited but over the last few years I noticed a decline in my close up vision and started using an optivisor, This year I have had to go for 2 sets of glasses 1 for distance and one for close up (didn\'t want bi/vari focles) I could never get on with any other type of magnifyer i.e. clip on, work lamp magnifier or goggles as it messed my vision up completely when putting more paint on the brush.The optiviser allows me to focus on the mini through whichever strengh magnifier I stick on it and I can position it so that I can still look about and put paint on the brush without my eyes going do lally. One bit of advise though...don\'t go for the optivisor with a light on it you are waisting your time and money as the light is utter crap and gets in the way more than anything else as well as not lasting very long before the batteries are flat.
tidoco2222
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I used to paint everything bye eye for years and as War Griffon has said it takes its toll. I noticed this about a year back when I couldn\'t see the tip of the brush against the parts of some minis I was painting at the time. Several ruined minis and trips to the opticians later I now have to wear glasses for mini painting. Maybe if I had used a magnifier sooner I could have put off the the deterioration a bit longer.
I paint mostly by eye, but will use my optivisor whenever I need to do something particularly detailed (like painting the veins & other details of an eyeball). I can only wear the optivisor for at most 30 minutes before it drives me crazy. Otherwise I just wear my reading glasses.
I have bad nearsightedness, for starters (-8.5/-9.0)
When I first started, I tried pulling off my glasses and bringing the mini close. However, I am developing presbyopia as I age , and this doesn\'t work so well. Optivisors made me nuts.
My husband recently came up with a cooler (if more expensive) solution; the surgical loupe. In addition to saving some eye strain, it helps keep me from hunching over my mini and killing my neck and back (he was afraid I\'d end up as the Hunchback of Orlando lol ).
I\'m still adjusting to mine, but I can hold the mini at table length and see the eyes of a 28mm mini. Of course, that\'s what I tried first with the loupes; I think I\'ll follow the advice and practice on a larger area.
We got ours from Ebay
When I first started, I tried pulling off my glasses and bringing the mini close. However, I am developing presbyopia as I age
, and this doesn\'t work so well. Optivisors made me nuts.My husband recently came up with a cooler (if more expensive) solution; the surgical loupe. In addition to saving some eye strain, it helps keep me from hunching over my mini and killing my neck and back (he was afraid I\'d end up as the Hunchback of Orlando lol ).
I\'m still adjusting to mine, but I can hold the mini at table length and see the eyes of a 28mm mini. Of course, that\'s what I tried first with the loupes; I think I\'ll follow the advice and practice on a larger area.
We got ours from Ebay
