A Honest Review

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Intro

Hello there. It’s Paul again from Loisirs vers le soleil back at it with another Vallejo product. They’ve been on a roll recently with the release of True Metallic Metal getting universal praise and acclaim from both critics and fans. How is their new wet palette? Is it good? Let’s find out.

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Unboxing & Info

Secondly, uh we’re going to be having two points of comparison. The first one is minor. It’s not going to be a competition, though. If you guys are interested, maybe we can do a video like that in the future. Basically, first one would just be comparing how it’s made specifically like the build itself. We will be comparing it to its competition, which would be the AK wet palette, the orange one from 2 years ago, maybe three. That one. So, we’re just going to be comparing the build.

See which one you guys prefer. Tell me in the comments down below which would you like better. Secondly, obviously, the main point of wet palette is how long we can keep the paints in here before drying. Now, if it does its job, it’s actually probably going to be like a day, but it’s a little chilly in the studio at the moment. Let’s see if the paint dries out when I’m like eating my lunch or something. We will find out. Ooh, feels very tactile, not at all hollow. Very nice. Now, first thing I notice is flipping this around is the edges are lined with rubber so it doesn’t slide around as much cuz plastic on any sort of flat surface will slide.

But this you have to Yeah. hard stop every time. Perfect. Perfect. So that when you’re painting and you kind of nudge it a bit, water doesn’t go all over, doesn’t disrupt the surface of the palette. Perfect. Secondly, very solid tactile feel. So, if you like that kind of thing, it’s good. It’s good. Thirdly, comes with 30 sheets. About the standard. I I think AK also came with 30. Not sure. So, yes, it can uh support a lot of painting out the package. 30 sheets is quite normal. And it comes with two sponges. two sponges is actually quite a bit um considering you don’t have to change the sponges as much. There is one scenario where you change the sponges.

One, the only scenario I can think of where you have to change a sponge is if you use quite a bit of metallic paints on a wet palette because even if you replace the water afterwards, some of the metallic flex can get on the sponge and it kind of a lot of them just stays there which the moment you fill it back up with new batch of water has a chance of getting into your next batch of paints and that is something to avoid. especially if you’re not trying to paint anything metallic.

Now, I know I’m pretty sure true metallic metal have been engineered to kind of prevent this, and I have seen videos a lot of people using them on the palettes themselves, but honestly, unless you have a palette dedicated for just true metallic or metallic paints in general, I would avoid it entirely. Use it on a dry palette and metallic paints.

AK Wet Palette

So, quickly, this is not a comparison video. That’s going to be a separate one. Now, that being said, this is the AK wet palette from a couple years ago, two and a half maybe. And it has four sort of locks here. Um, ours is showing its age. I’m sure yours is if you have it, too. It does have a crack there because of the constant opening and closing. We’ve used this quite a bit.

And yeah, at least this flap is only partially Oh, no. It’s not even fully closed. It’s fully open whereas the other ones are fully locked. So, it’s already kind of failed there. So there’s four points of at least potential failure on this lid and uh it’s failing there already. So yeah, because of that crack there. Whereas this Vallejo one doesn’t really have four points of failure. The only one I can think of is see this ridge?

That’s how you open it. The only one I can foresee is if you bend it too far while opening, like kind of like those old Tupperware lids that are flexible, but then they eventually snap due to age uh when you open it like that instead of opening it at the same time on either side. You know, that’s a tough one if it does happen. But it’s very solid. It’s hollow.

Yeah. But this thing this thing can take a hit probably. And there are rubber sealing edges here on the side despite this not having it. So they they moved it from the lid on to the body itself which possibly eliminates another point of failure. So my point is which do I prefer? I think I prefer the traditional Tupperware design that Vallejo went with rather than the lock and lock design that AK went with.

But again, they’re the same size. Uh actually the Vallejo one’s slightly bigger, too. So, I think they definitely learned from uh their company, the uh competition, and yeah, just made it a little bigger and I’m assuming management didn’t want the flaps, too, so they got rid of it. I prefer this one. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments.

Vallejo Palette – Under the Cover

So, there are two more features before we go into the actual demo here. This one is the well palette, a dry palette that’s included. Now, the AK one is the size of the palette itself. is actually packaged inside. But this one is small. So you might be thinking that’s underwhelming and there’s only five wells. But this one is magnetized the sides of the palette. So this side right here and this side, the short sides are magnetized. So
you can flip them around so they’re not floating in water. You can use them along the side. So really it’s an all-in-one thing where you only have one palette.

So the AK one, as nice as the massive palette was, you can really only use them only once at a time because of how much space it occupies, right? Imagine having two of these right here. That’s a lot of space on your table. Whereas this one is just right there. You have your wets here, you have your metallics here, and it doesn’t interfere with the wet palette, and it won’t get on the sponge. Beautiful addition. And then the second thing is a travel related seal. It’s an elastic band, a thick one, and its purpose is to prevent it or to prevent the palette from bursting when traveling. Yeah, that’s nice. It’s an extra layer of protection. And it’s quite thick.

I like it. This is nice. This is very nice. You can even put in paints in here if you want. Right. Beautiful. Ain’t that cute? So yes, for travel purposes, this is secure. I much prefer this over the locks, which over the course of years have now worn down. So the first layer is the sponge. Now the sponge itself will be the wettest thing in the palette. You want as little water in the container itself as possible. You just want it to be like a little bit a bit more than damp. Any excess water, like if there’s a pool in here, like please remove it. That’s not necessary. the sponge will do 99% of the wetness, the work.

So, please ring the water out. They actually outright say it to ring the water out uh on the sponge right here. So, pause if you want to read. So, be right back. I will fill this up with water. At least make the sponge wet. So, I’ve filled it up or I’ve let the sponge absorb water and it is quite heavy now. Um, but I’ve red out quite a bit and honestly I would ring out 80 to 90% of the water in the sponge. You want again most of the water to be on the sponge and not leaking into the container itself. Let the sponge do the work. Now take your sheet, make sure that the gloss side is facing up and the matte side is in contact with the sponge and just gently place it. There we go. That’s it.

And yeah, it’s on. The only thing maybe is to press it lightly against the sponge in certain areas where it’s a little bit raised to get that area damp, right? But otherwise, this is good to go. In fact, I could have maybe ringed out a bit more water. But honestly, I’m not seeing pooling in the edges, right? There’s maybe a little bit right there, but otherwise, I think I’ve ringed out enough. And this is sufficiently damp. Next thing we need to do is apply the paint.

Drying Test

For this test, we will pretend to be going on a lunch about an hour, hour and a half tops. Maybe you decided to watch YouTube videos while having lunch. Maybe you’re in a brunch with friends out and you’ve left your house. An hour and a half. So, it is 1. So, let’s say 1:30. So, what we’re going to be doing is applying blue model color onto the wet palette itself. And then right here onto the dry well and one right here outside the container itself. So these two will be sealed with the Tupperware the Tupperware the wet palette lid.

But this will be on the outside. We will see how it compares. All right. See you on the other side here at 1:28. Well folks, moment of truth. It’s 3:31. That is 2 hours and 2 minutes. I went overboard for this. I had to help in the back and stuff. So, that being said, you can already tell that the one in the paper is dry. It’s a little soft still, but it’s developed the film. Yeah. No, this is basically dry. If I puncture it, there’s going to be a little bit of a wet core, but otherwise, basically dry for the purposes of the video. Now, let’s open this bad boy up. Ah, look at that. Initially, I’m like, it didn’t do its job.

It looked dry there for a sec, but yeah, we’re cooking. Well done. Well done, Vallejo. Now, let’s see the other one. These brushes are as dry as the Sahara, by the way. This is the leather monster brush. Oh, look at that. Even the dry well one. So, the container works. It’s uh airtight. Very nice.And just to prove that the control outside is completely dry, I’m going to grab another brush.

Using the Paint on a Mini

First of all, I’m just swirling it around in the background there. Secondly, I’m going to be painting a back the back, not a back, the back of a Space Marine. And of course, if you if you want, you can apply a little bit of water as desired. But obviously, if you follow the instructions correctly, you wouldn’t need to, but of course, water does eventually dry out. So, feel free to add or subtract water as you please. And by subtracting, I mean rigging the water out. Oh, yeah. is still completely viable. Yeah. No notes. 10 out of 10. Vallejo. 10 out of 10.

Paul’s Conclusion

Vallejo is still king to be honest with you. Uh not only are they the standard for water-based acrylics, they’re now the standard for wet palettes , which by the way, wet palettes are only viable for water-based acrylics. Do not try them for any other kinds of paints. Not even to me acrylics. Those are solvent based. It’s not going to go well. Anyway, this is a 10 out of 10. No notes.

Thank you, Vallejo. You know, Vallejo doesn’t really wow you with the presentation, but what’s there right is smooth, sleek, efficient. They get the job done and they get it done right. Not this is not only now a bigger alternative to its competition, but it is also a better alternative. The container itself has little to no points of failure and sturdier, too. So, what can I say, guys?

It’s perfect and it’s magnetized. So, well done, Vallejo. 10 out of 10. Thank you guys so much for watching. And again, just to repeat, all these products that I’ve shown in the video, plus every other thing is available on our website right now, sunwardhobbies.ca.

Click the link down below. So, please check us out and check out our social media as well. We’re incredibly, incredibly active on all of them. So, till next time, guys. My name is Paul. See you.

About the Author:

Paul Catindig As someone who’s been building model kits since he was 8 years old, Paul is very knowledgeable and adept at model kit building! When he’s not building or painting kits, he spends his free time cooking, playing video games with friends, or at a restaurant patio somewhere. Hopes to make his very own movie one day.

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