The Benchie?

 So, taking a picture of yourself is a selfie.  Taking a picture of your books is a shelfie.

If I'm taking pictures of my painting bench, does that make it a benchie? 

Here's the corner of the office with my painting domain.  I just cleaned up the area out of necessity.   

A couple little notes:

• Yes, I'm using a standing desk and a stool for painting.  My office area is actually just a folding table.  #priorities 

• The lamps were $10 Wal-Mart finds.  

• The base of each lamp is just full of finished figures on one, and junk pieces on the other.  Organizing my junk into sorted containers might start before the holidays. 

• As much as I love my yellow bins for sorting, two of them stacked together is the perfect height for proper lighting. 

• The paints sit on two Spicy Shelfs.  A decade ago, in another life, my wife got me the first one for a whopping ten bucks.   I expanded to two, and did procure new ones when I moved into the apartment three years ago.  They're holding up nicely.  

• I do have a organizational system by color, but I have been a little more obsessive recently, tracking what paints I have been using (paint I've used has a "25" on the cap, January 1st I'm placing "26" stickers over them), and well as a notepad with how many times I use a particular color.  Obviously it's based on what type of figures I'm painting, but trying to reorganize into something more efficient, ergonomic, and less liking to send kamikaze is a goal that's getting closer.  

• There's so many duplicate bottles of paint and containers of flock.   I'm afraid of storing the extra somewhere else, less I make another duplicate impulse purchase. 

• I block off the surface with painters tape so I only replace a section of the newspaper.  Have you seen how much a daily newspaper is, much less the Sunday edition?  

• The items hanging in the corner are a framed airbrushed t-shirt of an Assault Fiend from Legions of Steel and a silly award listing everything I lettered in high school.   The actual letter is a trunk in the living room. 

• The bulletin board: It really is a destination for any stickers I've acquired, as well as con-related gear (badge holder, utility bags, HMGS Judge hat that I sweated through at Historicon '24).  I do have the organizational chart for a Gnomish Space Marine Assault Group, but nothing further.  

• The little three drawer unit in the lower right has a glue gun and way too many glue sticks (bottom) and various hobby sticks .  The top drawer is a variety of grass tufts and flowers (some Army Painter, but mostly Huge Minis) and spare, unopened brushes. 

• Hiding just out of sight, next to the drawers, are two gallon jugs: one for clean water and one for waste. 

The high point of the cleaning, besides just the joy of being organized for the day?  I did uncover the missing Brigade Games goblin, so he can join his painted brethren.