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2010/02/13 17:11:12
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Fixture of Dakka
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2010/02/13 17:15:46
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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My goodness.
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2010/02/13 17:16:56
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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There are lots of figs that show up on ebay as "pro-painted".
The blurb on that one says they took a month to paint, and he is asking $700. If someone is daft enough to pay that, then so be it, but there are far better painted figures out there for less cash.
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2010/02/13 17:18:00
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant
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well he hhas to pay for the kids college fund.
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2010/02/13 17:20:38
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Fixture of Dakka
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Sweet, I'm a Pro Painter too 
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Worship me. |
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2010/02/13 17:28:59
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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If you want to sell an expensive set of figures on eBay you need to provide good photos.
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2010/02/13 17:50:53
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Fixture of Dakka
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I did not realize until today that I'm a pro-painter....at least if this guy is, I am too.
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2010/02/13 17:58:42
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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I'm a pro painter too. I'll do the same models to the same standard fro a whole 50 dollars less if anyone is interested.
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2010/02/13 18:10:08
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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I'm a pro-painter.. I can die happy now. 
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2010/02/13 18:21:47
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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A certian quote from the late P.T Barnum comes to mind concerning anyone who would actualy shell out $700.00 dollars for these.
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2010/02/13 18:34:50
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Lesser Daemon of Chaos
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Yep I'm pro painter too
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2010/02/13 18:35:29
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Unbalanced Fanatic
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Damn, I'm not quite a Pro-Painter yet. I reckon I'm 4/7 as good.
Wait a minute, that means one of my IG squad's worth about $400. Anyone interested. I've got 6 of them!
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2010/02/13 18:46:54
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
Greenville, South Cacky-Lacky
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ZE GOGGLES!!! ZEY DO NOTHING!!!
...Judging from the bare plastic hoses and power feeds, it looks as though this "pro" didn't even basecoat the models before painting them. Yeesh.
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2010/02/13 19:09:26
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Maybe he figures if sets the price at double or triple what he might realistically get it'll increase his chances of getting something more than real value?
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2010/02/13 19:16:54
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Fixture of Dakka
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If somebody buys it, he's a pro painter by definition.
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2010/02/13 19:20:45
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Tough Treekin
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good god they look gash
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2010/02/13 19:22:33
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Trollkin Champion
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The "pro" term on ebay is use loosely as "sexy" for girls on facebook.....
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2010/02/13 19:27:02
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Flashman wrote:If somebody buys it, he's a pro painter by definition.
This is true,just as anyone who actually purchased them would be an idiot by the definition. 
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2010/02/13 20:18:40
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Damn, that's hot. 
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2010/02/13 22:09:07
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Fixture of Dakka
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I think the real money for him is what he'd get selling the contact info of anyone that tries to fork that cash out for those miniatures.
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2010/02/14 03:32:32
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Those wouldnt be worth that, if you had them plated in gold. Dear god those are just terrible. "hes a pro because hes been painting for over 20 years"
So by that logic, Im a professional writer, because Ive been writing for over 20 years.
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2010/02/14 03:37:53
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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wow harsh!
He lowered the price btw for anyone that might be interested.
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2010/02/14 06:35:57
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I made an offer of $1...
Lets see if he accepts it.
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2010/02/14 12:59:17
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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He has a medium sized 'pro painted' space wolves army as well.... for $399
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2010/02/14 13:54:26
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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He just relisted it for $599.99, because it looks like people missed buying it the first time
But some of the pictures don't look that bad (not $600 good though), the cables aren't bare plastic. SH termies are made in red plastic.
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2010/02/14 15:21:56
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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They aren't that bad. However the guy needs to learn how to photgraph his figs by using a light tent or something. The main detraction for me is the"clumpy" way the paint is on the mini. I don't know if the miniature itself has a rough surface, but more likely he doesn't know how to thin his paint or he used old primer.
Regardless..not worth $600.00.
GG
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2010/02/14 15:36:00
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Martial Arts Fiday
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Exactly why my auctions NEVER say "pro painted".
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2010/02/14 18:10:37
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Hanging Out with Russ until Wolftime
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I'm a pro painter too!!
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2010/02/14 18:26:29
Subject: Re:Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Death-Dealing Ultramarine Devastator
Portland, OR
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And remember this is only for the Terminators, so if you were looking for a game with it you would have to look elsewhere to buy the rest of the set, and I don't know to many people who have the hobby budget to buy a $600 set of terminators and how ever much the other part of the game would cost. They aren't painted to bad, but the aren't golden demon quality, so $50-75 would probably be the most I would pay for them.
Look on the bright side though, if you buy them, you get free shipping!
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2010/02/14 21:10:09
Subject: Some painters are a bit too proud of their work
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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If you buy those you should get a free kick in the nuts.
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