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I will be putting finished commission and other stuff I have painted in this thread.

To start here is the Malifaux Swords for hire crew I just finished painting.



He is a Infinity Haqqislam force I painted a couple of months back

Some old Legions of Steel miniatures. A small commission.

Some Bolt action Fallshrimjagers

Here are some Bolt action 28mm German DAK Vehicles. The Pz III is from Rubicon models and the rest are Warlord games models.

Some of my latest commissions.

Small band of Dark Age Warriors



Seven Year War 15mm Barvarians

Tanks are nice but tbh id want a refund for everything else.

Cocaco wrote:
Tanks are nice but tbh id want a refund for everything else.

Have you checked out my website and seen what I typically charge for painting? I provide cheap and typically quick painting.
I have never claimed to do display quality painting. If you are looking to pay $10+ per model for tabletop quality please look elsewhere.


Steve

Karnophage wrote:

Cocaco wrote:
Tanks are nice but tbh id want a refund for everything else.

Have you checked out my website and seen what I typically charge for painting? I provide cheap and typically quick painting.
I have never claimed to do display quality painting. If you are looking to pay $10+ per model for tabletop quality please look elsewhere.


Steve

I think that your stuff looks fine, man. It's not extremely fancy, but it's nice and crisp, and better than what I could do.

It just seems that you use only 2 or 3 colors mainly just base coating them, It would take less effort to paint them like that than to take the minis to the post office and send them to you, let alone pay for them to be sent and painted. Just my opinion, each to there own though.

Cocaco wrote:
It just seems that you use only 2 or 3 colors mainly just base coating them, It would take less effort to paint them like that than to take the minis to the post office and send them to you, let alone pay for them to be sent and painted. Just my opinion, each to there own though.

I am glad you have so much free time. I provide a service for people who want their miniatures painted but don't have the time or the cash to get them painted elsewhere. My problem is with someone being insulting the quality of work for the price I charge. If someone is not planning to use a painting service there is no reason to insult me. There are more painting services listed in the trade section who do much better work then I do, but they do charge accordingly.

If you dont want your work criticized, dont provide your service. i just dont want to see anyone ripped off. And i did not insult you, all my points are valid.

Cocaco wrote:
If you dont want your work criticized, dont provide your service. i just dont want to see anyone ripped off. And i did not insult you, all my points are valid.

Constructive criticism is fine. "I'd want a refund" and "it takes more effort to take them to the post office than it does for you to paint them" is not constructive criticism. That's just being a jerk.

Not really because them 2 quotes are true i feel without being a "jerk" and certainly not insulting.

Cocaco wrote:
Not really because them 2 quotes are true i feel without being a "jerk" and certainly not insulting.

Seriously?

"It takes more effort to drive somewhere and pay the postman than it does for you to paint a model."

"I would want a refund if I received those models."

If that's not insulting/nonconstructive, I don't know what is. The point is, there are more constructive ways to express criticism of someone's work. None of what you have said in this thread has been constructive in the slightest. You could have said "I feel that you could add some more detail and contrast by adding other colors to the palette you use on your commissions" or "I'm not sure I'd be happy with that level of detail for the price you charge, but I think you could do x, y, and z to make the models more enticing for the price." There are ways to say what you said without coming off as snide and pompous. If you can't say something nicely, don't say it at all.

Cocaco, "They seem plain for commission work" would be a proper criticism, to which the topic creator could then say "the commission work I provide is meant to be table top quality, not display quality, and be pretty cheap cost wise." (which they did say). Your "criticism" is insulting, and you saying "no it's not" does NOT make it any less insulting.

You are indeed being a jerk. The stuff is obviously done at a cheaper painting quality, but skill is evident with neatness. Look at any commission painter, they will do similar work as their lower tier cheapest work. They then start charging more for more effects such as washes, shading, etc. Worse yet, the TC explained that the work is lower cost, and yet you still say people are getting ripped off.

I encourage you to learn what constructive criticism is vs what being a jerk is(putting it nicely), or get off these forums as you will be unwelcome.

Karnophage, please put Cocaco on your ignore list. Some of that stuff you've painted is really cool.

Yes, RULE #1 in here please - it is NOT OPTIONAL.

I think these look pretty good. Karnophage, dont worry about cocoa or whatever his name is, please upload more.


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And by the way, looked on your website and some other miniatures you've done look neat. I think you should upload the tau devilfish you did onto here, its one of the best.

I would seriosly consider hiring you to paint a lot of my rank and file troops for both Hail Caeasre and Pike & shot if you lived in scandinavia.

Lucius Crew I was using at LVO and a War of Kings game miniature set painted for a commission



What I have been painting lately
Changed the Bound by law Malifaux crew to a better picture.

I picked up a lot of miniatures off of Craigs list. Used these Catachan's for a bit of practice painting skin and throwing them up on Ebay.

I think they look great, especially your batch of catachans. Very consistent and clean. What type of paint do you use? Would you mind sharing your basic painting technique? Thanks

Some more historicals

Your historical minis look great! What paints do you use?

Mostly Vallejo and Reaper Master paints.

Some cool stuff here bro. Painting hordes is a massive ball ache for most people and you're delivering a very solid, tabletop quality service. Infact, your tanks look better than tabletop quality to me!

Looking very good, I can defiantly see your painting skills are improving as well.

Here are some Early Imperial Romans for Ebay.