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So, this is where I've got to so far, I'm painting it section by section, so most the way through the left led so far. As its my first commision I'm only charging £1 since I have to start somewhere :p

Nice start - £1 seems a bit low. I'd suggest getting whoever it is to pay what he thinks it's worth.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Listen to this guy.
£1 is ridiculous mate,even if you are just a kid starting out.

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Left leg finished

Today's progress:

Second leg mostly done, blue added to the foot of the other leg too since I though the black needed breaking up a bit. I also neatened up the grey Drybrush by going back over with a layer in black apart from not he edges.

Ok, so I think I'll charge £10 for this painting then, contrary to my previous post, the client likes it so far even more than he's hoped!

He's also asked me to do ten fire warrior. At this standard of painting how much do you think Would be reasonable to charge?


Oh, and here's where I'm up to:

Progress is slow, but I'm getting there so I though I'd update to show the painting on the pelvis and body.

This paintjob is incredibly smooth, yet striking.

I think the average rule of thumb is that whatever the model costs, you double that, plus add a bit extra.

I was quoted about £250 for Mephiston, painted to a high standard, and 10 assault marines. The lowest quote I've had, from an extremely good indy painter I know was £190, so yeh, £10 for a Riptide is ridiculously cheap aha

That looks awesome so far, I will be watching this thread for more.

PS I have a dollar what can I get?

@ stanman
You can't get anything with a dollar unfortunately :p , this is only so cheap since its for my friend and my first commission. But if you'd like a more sensible commission, PM me

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Main Torso Complete

Head finished + somewhere pics just cause.

I was wondering, why is the riptide head so tiny? Any fluff or logic behind it?


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EDIT: Forgive me - I've neglected the eye, it's late so that's for tomorrow. Also the white of the head doesn't really match up to how it actually looks...

Eyes - problem is unless held in daylight or in well lit conditions, the eyes just look black... Any suggestions guys?

Today's Progress: Gun Almost Complete

this is REALLY good. some of the best blending i've seen in a while

Gun done after more hours than I care to count :p

Today's and yesterday's progress - slow indeed

Dude you have done a proper job on this riptide.The charge should be at least fifty quid imo.

I really liked the patterning you did on the legs, perhaps do more of it on the upper body? Other than that, it's looking great.

First off, I must say I love the choice of colours. Fantastic painting for your first commission. I have always had a soft spot for the 'little blue buggers (aka Tau)' but I honestly can't stand GW anymore and don't want to give them any of my money. But I still do like looking at their models and stuff, and the riptide is a rather nice model.


The only small thing I would suggest to you is that if you are planning on doing commission work for other people is to take a little more time on assembly, I noticed that one the shoulder joints it doesn't line up properly and there are some small mold lines and nubs from where it was clipped from the sprue . On the head there is a pin mark (that round circle, I believe that is a pin mark where the sprue is pushed out of the mold after casting.). I haven't used GW's liquid GS but some quick pudding would fix that up in no time and make it look all the better. Just remember paint does not hid mistakes it exposes flaws ( I learned that one the hard way also ).

Filling in the gaps and stuff will go a LONG way in showing potential customers that you are serious about your work and will ensure they will be getting a top notch product. The better your reputation the 'moar hard cash' you can make. I can't wait to see this badboy finished....hummm might be time to start looking for second hand Tau stuff....

Yeah you're probably right that I should use liquid green stuff in future.

And P_Grey I decided to do some freehand on the arm:

Definitely should have charged more then 1 pound XD .. love the paint scheme look forward to seeing it finished

I should definitely clear up the money thing cause everyone a saying it!!
I painted a few things for friends before for free (it was just models to paint that i didnt have to buy ) but I came to the idea that if you're good at something never do it for free, so I started changing some money but only a very small amount on this occasion just so that once I do a proper external commission I have at least one commission under my belt to show.

I recommend orangeing up the eyes. the head of the riptide is small so that it doesn't get shot

The small head thing makes sense then I suppose - thanks!

I'll see what I can do for "orangeing up" the eyes after I've painted the rest.

Today's Progress: Left Engine

Haven't had that much time to paint recently but here's the shield
Half done:

i like how the colors fade into each other gently. very cool!