Probably the most useful tool at my painting bench is a littl note pad. When something works really well, I write down what I did while it's fresh in my memory. If I have to paint a ton of minis, I write down what I did on the test mini. Then I can apply it to the rest. It really works for me. The other thing that's kinda cool is I don't have to pre-mix paints, something I've never been good at. I just write down the proportions. Works a lot better, I think. Now that I can post here, I'll transfer some stuff that worked for me to this blog.