Parchment Paper

[mellow quail]

So I'm looking for parchment paper to use as a pallete for oils (allow some of the oil to seep through into the board behind it), same way you'd use it for a wet pallete.

My issue is that I'm hitting a language barrier in my country, and I can't just go out and get it, there's many different types, and I haven't been able to find the right one.

What exactly am I looking for? Everything seems to be single or double sided silicone resin pressed oil resistant.
I'm in Japan if anyone has local knowledge.

Thanks for any advice!

[oblique aspen]

I don't have local knowledge but I recall being gifted once a Japanese calligraphy set that included a roll of very thin and almost translucent "rice paper". Might be worth checking out

[toxic dagger]

To remove excessive oils, you don't need parchment paper. You need cardboard. Just cut any cardboard box, let it seep the oil. If you remove too much oil from the paint, it will create another problem. Just put some paints over it, wait for 30-60 seconds, that will do.

To use as a regular palette, any plastic palette, glass, or there is specialize paper palette for oils. Parchment paper can do the job, but it's better to use glass or coated paper for this. Never use waxed paper for oil paints.

Looks like this will do for the palette (Never used this, just found from searching): https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Artec-158016-Palette-Sheets-inches/dp/B004X35H2G/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2JBSS19UHGZ23&keywords=ペーパーパレット%2Bグレー&qid=1666849160&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjE2IiwicXNhIjoiMS41NiIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTIifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=grey%2Bpaper%2Bpalette%2Caps%2C48&sr=8-5&th=1

Depending on the paint brand, you may not need to remove oils from the paint. Removing excessive oils only needed if your paint contains too much oils.

[mellow quail]

I saw James Wapple does the cardboard thing as it removes a bit if oil and he can keep the paints in it while painting. Moving the paints from cardboard to a pallete sounds like it could get messy, my workspace is very tight.
I'm currently just using a pallete like the one you linked, it works fine, but a couple of the paints seem a bit oily.

[toxic dagger]

To transfer paints from cardboard to your palette, you can use small palette knife or silicon tool like this:

BTW, it's not easy to follow James Wappel if you never experienced with oil. You may struggle on how much you dilute the oil, and also how much you need to wait for the 2nd coat after doing initial coat...

Dmitry's approach would be easier, as you don't need to dilute the oil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMFMFJQla6Y

[mellow quail]

That was going to be my next question haha. Yeah, it looks like his paints are pre-diluted, and he deeply understands when paint is ready to be worked or left alone. I was going to try the Dmitry approach this weekend, and attempt a few other things as I have 4 of the same model.

[oblique aspen]

I have tried the Wappel way and it´s beyond me... those minis are righfully in the back of a drawer 🙂 I had much much better luck in my first try with oils right after watching that Fesechko video.
This was like my 5th or 6th mini and I was extremely happy with the results. I used the oils straight out of the tube and it took like a week to really feel dry to the touch.
The only thing definitely harder than with acrylics for me are edge highlights, hard to get them clean and consistent.
If I try again on a similar mini I might cheat and do them in acrylics after varnishing.

[mellow quail]

Looks great dude!
I'm gonna be trying it this weekend.
The one issue I have with it tho, is how many colours you need, and needing a variety of opaque and transparent paints. When I got my paints, I was just after a range if colours, not worried about transparency, so I think I may be a bit limited on what I can do.
But, they're oils, so I should be able to mix some nice stuff up.

[oblique aspen]

To be honest I kind of ignored the whole opaque/transparent/second day thing and bought only opaque paints and focused in the blends. Most of the mini is a single layer of blended paint. I was afraid of the white spirit fumes thing so I didn't use any, just for cleaning the brushes afterwards. I used a scrap of plastic as a palette.

At the beginning I bought just black, white, burnt umber, prussian blue, yellow ochre and some random yellow.
Then I wanted a red and a better yellow and spurgled a bit on cadmium red and yellow ("tone" versions not the real toxic thing), I used those for the "horns". Those were pricey at 20 euros for a small tube, but they are great and you are set for life for the amount we use on minis.

The axe in particular was a lot of fun to paint: just black and white mixed and blended and in real life it does really fool you into thinking it's metal, and it wasn't that hard to do.