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Made in ca
Fresh-Faced New User




Hi there

I have been painting for several years and have started a commission painting service based in Atlantic Canada. I am willing to do a wide variety of work. Board game miniatures have been my focus thus far and I've done 3-d printed terrain, GW models and terrain, and Reaper models, both plastic and metal. Commissions are relatively new but I would treat your models like my own.

You can find examples of my work on my Facebook business page https://www.facebook.com/AlwaysBePainting. Look under personal work for things I've worked on for myself.
You can also check out my work in progress on Twitter: https://twitter.com/be_painting and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbepainting/?hl=en
You can also contact me directly through Reddit or email: alwaysbepainting@gmail.com
   
Made in gb
[MOD]
Villanous Scum







Here is a better place;

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/612233.page

Helps to show photos in your post rather than links as people are more inclined to just glance rather than click through.

On parle toujours mal quand on n'a rien à dire. 
   
Made in gb
Stalwart Ultramarine Tactical Marine





Stevenage, UK

I had a quick look through on your Facebook link, and some hopefully constructive advice if you're looking at commissions as an ongoing thing:

1- try to get some completed armies up, these show consistency of your work.
2- completed forces in the "textbook" colour schemes give potential clients a way to "benchmark the quality you're offering. eg: an Ultramarine Tactical Squad show cases the comparative level.
3- Get some variety in there next, so try not to stick to Space Marines or Elves as this suggests to people that that's ALL you do.
4- Only post finished works, unfinished work looks sloppy and detracts from your portfolio.
5- Paint some real "centre-piece" miniatures with lots of different surfaces, these can be great examples of the different techniques you're capable of.

Once you've painted things for your portfolio, there's nothing to stop you selling them on ebay, and for a decent standard you should at least recoup the cost of the model.

Hope that helps.

Rik
   
Made in gb
Thane of Dol Guldur





Bodt

I've had a look on your insta. I'm no businessman but I think that if you want to succeed, you need to be more confident in your profile description. saying you're 'not sure, might want to see if people are interested' etc etc is not going to work when there are established painters out there.

I concur with rik above, you need to post examples of finished work of different types, with a higher standard of photography first. establish a larger base of followers, get your likes up and this will get your work more visible on the feeds of other modellers.

personally I couldnt think of anything worse than commission painting, but best of luck to you.

Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children

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