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OK, I plan on buying myself a
resin 3rd party model as a birthday gift for my 45th early next year.



The issue I have is that I know my painting skill limitations. I will not be able to do the model justice. So would it be a no-no to outsource the painting job, especially for a model that is essentially a terrain piece for a display board that I'm planning on?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
OK, I plan on buying myself a
resin 3rd party model as a birthday gift for my 45th early next year.

Spoiler:

It's the Emperor of Mankind, but dont tell me, I dont want to spoil the suprise.

The issue I have is that I know my painting skill limitations. I will not be able to do the model justice. So would it be a no-no to outsource the painting job, especially for a model that is essentially a terrain piece for a display board that I'm planning on?

It's YOUR model. If you want it painted to a higher quality than your current skills allow, you have two options:

1) Get better at painting.
2) Get someone better at you to paint it.

And in my opinion? Option 2 is absolutely fine. It's good to try number 1, but speaking as a bad painter, yeah, I totally get it.

Have fun how you want to have fun.

It's perfectly fine - heck encouraged if you want to have something painted to a specific standard and way. There is ZERO shame in having someone else paint up your model.

The ONLY time that its a problem is if you then enter that model into a painting competition or similar. Always be clear that its someone else's work (and heck if people are interested tell them who and where and how to get in contact; the painter did awesome on your model so pass work their way when people show interest).

What if I enter the whole force into an Armies on Parade style competition, would it be better to add a placard that simply says who painted the model or would you remove the model altogether?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
What if I enter the whole force into an Armies on Parade style competition, would it be better to add a placard that simply says who painted the model or would you remove the model altogether?

The latter, methinks.

What i find with outsorced models is that they dont fit into the army. Because they have a very differend paint style. I would try it myself first and if your not happy you can always strip it and let it repaint

I thought about having someone just paint his head, there's a reason why I play vehicle heavy armies or actively hunt for a helmet for my special characters.

My painting of faces would frighten Grandfather Nurgle.

No shame in having others paint your minis. At our club we only play with painted miniatures, but we have no standards about how well they must be painted, use of pre-painted minis, who paints them, etc.

I own a couple armies I didn't paint that I picked up because they were a good deal and I wanted more armies. I also have alot of units in my armies painted by friends. Sometimes just to not have to paint another 4 ranks of the same thing, and sometimes because I like their painting styles and/or just because I enjoy owning figs painted by my friends. Many of these figures are among my most prized gaming possessions.
 

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
What if I enter the whole force into an Armies on Parade style competition, would it be better to add a placard that simply says who painted the model or would you remove the model altogether?

Yeah, Remove the model altogether. No point in muddying the water.