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I don't think this needs a poll, but I still want opinions. I've recently begun to save up money to spend on getting local hobbyists to help paint my minis to tabletop standard (not professionals, just guys with time on their hands who want 100 bucks.)

In my case, I have dozens upon dozens of the same models that need to get painted (Cultists, Berzerkers, etc.) that are just mentally exhausting to do over and over again. Do you think an army loses that special something if it isnt totally painted by the same person, or do you think i'm just saving myself a world of pain?

I really don’t care if people get their armies commission painted. I’d rather play with painted armies than unpainted ones, so if anything it’s a good trend.

meleti wrote:
I really don’t care if people get their armies commission painted. I’d rather play with painted armies than unpainted ones, so if anything it’s a good trend.

I think if someone has the money, a professionally painted army looks amazing. However, i'm just more or less buying extra hands For a couple hundred dollars im basically buying two extra sets of hands for over 100 models.

So I have 2 very distinct opinions on this. On the one hand, I have to paint all my models myself. There is just something about the personal touch and having all the models "match"
On the other hand, I used to do exactly what you are asking your local group to do: Commission paint to Table-top quality. And yes, painting the same model over and over is tedious. I once painted over 300 Skaven in 2 months.

But on the right side, batch painting can actually be faster in the long run as you paint about a dozen models at ones. Base coat all of them, dry brush all of them, wash all of them, etc. It's the little details that suck.

You could get away with a sort of compromise. Have guy A paint all your Cultists so they match, have guy B paint all your Berserkers, etc. Then once all are painted, you can base all of them the same way (or have guy C do that). That would satisfy the coherency of your army.

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 vaklor4 wrote:
I don't think this needs a poll, but I still want opinions. I've recently begun to save up money to spend on getting local hobbyists to help paint my minis to tabletop standard (not professionals, just guys with time on their hands who want 100 bucks.)

In my case, I have dozens upon dozens of the same models that need to get painted (Cultists, Berzerkers, etc.) that are just mentally exhausting to do over and over again. Do you think an army loses that special something if it isnt totally painted by the same person, or do you think i'm just saving myself a world of pain?

It depends on how its done. For example, it might end up more consistent if you at least have the same person doing washes and/or highlights even if the base coats are different. Significantly different basing would probably be the biggest thing to avoid. It also depends a bit on the army. Chaos/Ork/etc armies look less odd as a hodgepodge then say, Necrons.

Still, haphazardly painted is better than not; so if it gets the job done, go for it in my mind.

I am in fact having the two guys do one thing. One guy is doing all the unpainted cultists and berzerkers (and I told him what colours to use for the zerkers, and gave him pictures of what ive done already), and the rubric marines are being given to a seperate guy. That way they all look at least uniform by themselves.

A few thoughts:

1) The only time that who painted a model (or models) actually "matters" is if there is a competition being run based upon painting quality (or overall model and paint work). In such a situation I would not enter ones models if they are painted in part/full by another hand. Instead it should only ever be your own work.

2) In general non-painting competitive situations it really does not matter one bit who painted it. I would say morally it matters if you claim you painted it when you didn't; but otherwise it doesn't matter.
No one (or at least 99.9% of people) won't bat an eyelid or refuse you a game because you're using models you didn't personally paint.

3) If you want to use multiple people to paint your models then it can be of great benefit to have a clearly written out paint scheme so that they can work to the same target. If you've got a painted example model then that is even better as they can then also refer to that for additional pointers (eg painting in all the little detail bits). It also helps to pick people of a similar skill level so that the army retains a generally similar quality (although that's really your own call on that and also depends on what options that you've locally got to pick from).

 vaklor4 wrote:

meleti wrote:
I really don’t care if people get their armies commission painted. I’d rather play with painted armies than unpainted ones, so if anything it’s a good trend.

I think if someone has the money, a professionally painted army looks amazing. However, i'm just more or less buying extra hands For a couple hundred dollars im basically buying two extra sets of hands for over 100 models.

Yep, sounds good to me. Not all commission painting is pro stuff.

 vaklor4 wrote:
I am in fact having the two guys do one thing. One guy is doing all the unpainted cultists and berzerkers (and I told him what colours to use for the zerkers, and gave him pictures of what ive done already), and the rubric marines are being given to a seperate guy. That way they all look at least uniform by themselves.

it can't hurt. worst case scenerio you decide you dislike them. stripping paint off minis isn't too hard. some isopropal acholol works wonders

BrianDavion wrote:

 vaklor4 wrote:
I am in fact having the two guys do one thing. One guy is doing all the unpainted cultists and berzerkers (and I told him what colours to use for the zerkers, and gave him pictures of what ive done already), and the rubric marines are being given to a seperate guy. That way they all look at least uniform by themselves.

it can't hurt. worst case scenerio you decide you dislike them. stripping paint off minis isn't too hard. some isopropal acholol works wonders

The stripping isn't the hard part. The hard part is stripping models I spent money on getting painted Even though im getting them at a steal (one guy is doing 2 bucks a model), it still hurts.

 Galef wrote:

On the other hand, I used to do exactly what you are asking your local group to do: Commission paint to Table-top quality. And yes, painting the same model over and over is tedious. I once painted over 300 Skaven in 2 months.

How the feth did you manage to keep your sanity!? And you absolute madman!

 vaklor4 wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 vaklor4 wrote:
I am in fact having the two guys do one thing. One guy is doing all the unpainted cultists and berzerkers (and I told him what colours to use for the zerkers, and gave him pictures of what ive done already), and the rubric marines are being given to a seperate guy. That way they all look at least uniform by themselves.

it can't hurt. worst case scenerio you decide you dislike them. stripping paint off minis isn't too hard. some isopropal acholol works wonders

The stripping isn't the hard part. The hard part is stripping models I spent money on getting painted Even though im getting them at a steal (one guy is doing 2 bucks a model), it still hurts.

well obviously if you dislike the paint job they do eneugh that you strip them it's something I'd argue you'd be well in your rights to refuse to pay that said if they're painting for money presumably trhey're alright and the bigger worry is they'll look TOO GOOD beside your own stuff.

I prefer painting things myself because it's relaxing but if you want to get them painted by other people then go ahead. Your money and your models after all.

pm713 wrote:
I prefer painting things myself because it's relaxing but if you want to get them painted by other people then go ahead. Your money and your models after all.

Oh believe me, im still painting my models...But it's the models I want to paint. I've already painted dozens of cultists and plenty of Marines, i'm pretty done with painting them for enjoyment at this point.

So long as you're happy with the end result, what else matters? And seeing as you're just paying for "extra sets of hands" and not a necessarily what you'd consider a commissioned army, there's no reason you can't touch up or add extra detail later to help consolidate the painting style.

If you are set on having multiple people paint, or it just happens that way, you might have different tones going on overall. If you want uniform, you could write down a paint recipe. Example: in order, Black flat primer, khorne red, nuln oil wash, Evil sunz scarlet highlight, ect. Specific colors with brand and names. Citadel Wazdakka red, or applebarrel pavement. this would give the painter a general idea on the tones you have already, instead of using whatever color they feel fits the best, which is fine, but having a few different rhinos have different reds, sticks out when put together. It can either make your army feel incomplete, or it can make your army feel very unique by squad, knowing that multiple members of your local community contributed. Red is more forgiving for khorne, but Yellow isnt for 8000 points of Imperial Fists.