Lighting

[Judging_Jester]

Hello,

I tend to do most of my painting in the evening, which means under artificial light. I've just been using a standard desk lamp to add extra illumination this isn't exactly ideal. Can anyone in the UK recommend a decent bulb / lamp combo? I don't want to be paying the earth so the more cost effective the better.

thanks

 

[dogfacedboy uk1]

I have a standard angle poise lamp and a daylight bulb in it. It has worked fine for me, but I havent tried a variety of methods so whether it is the best option I couldn't tell you!!

dfb

 

[Judging_Jester]

I have a standard angle poise lamp and a daylight bulb in it. It has worked fine for me, but I havent tried a variety of methods so whether it is the best option I couldn't tell you!!

dfb

My lamp is a ses fitting and I can't find a daylight bulb with that fitting. Perhaps it's time to get a new lamp with bulb. HobbyCraft have a few for around £30ish I might invest in one of them

 

[Avelorn]

Fluorescent lighting. Most around here are marked with a three digit number like 841, first stand for CRI which is color rendering index. Higher is better. Next two stand for the temperature/color of the light ie. the "warmth". Higher is cooler which is more like daylight. I have 841 at the moment because better is not available to the 11W socket I use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent-lamp_formats

 

[Judging_Jester]

Fluorescent lighting. Most around here are marked with a three digit number like 841, first stand for CRI which is color rendering index. Higher is better. Next two stand for the temperature/color of the light ie. the "warmth". Higher is cooler which is more like daylight. I have 841 at the moment because better is not available to the 11W socket I use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent-lamp_formats

Thanks, i'll look into that. Where do you buy your bulbs from?

 

[skraaal]

This is probably the single best lamp for painting with: http://uk.daylightcompany.com/product/daylight-triple-bright-lamp-32500/ Lots of miniature painters world wide use it. I was silly enough to pay full price for it, but if you look around and use Google, then you can find it for anyone from £70.00-£90.00

Hope that helps!

 

[Judging_Jester]

This is probably the single best lamp for painting with: http://uk.daylightcompany.com/product/daylight-triple-bright-lamp-32500/ Lots of miniature painters world wide use it. I was silly enough to pay full price for it, but if you look around and use Google, then you can find it for anyone from £70.00-£90.00

Hope that helps!

thanks for this. I'll start saving my pennies... And not tell the wife how much one costs!

 

[Judging_Jester]

After looking around on the net I've found a number of reasonably priced daylight lamps from Hobbycraft. They're a UK store and if you register for their newsletter you'll be given a 15% off code. Don't register unless you plan to purchase as the code is only valid for 2 weeks.

I hope this is of help.

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk