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HiveCommander posted:I think we found a new breed of Scrunts Doctor Zero posted:With that blurry photo more like squints. I'm going to try and get some better photos in a day or two, they're really awful in that adorable sort of way 
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They're the miniature version of Bigfoot photos.
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It's not an awful idea really it's just done poorly. You could probably make a pretty fun unit of Yeti's or whatever for Ogre Kingdoms by covering dudes in flock in a creative way. example: http://www.coolminiornot.com/296806
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I did commissions for a while in college. I put out projects at a pretty okay tabletop standard but absolutely everybody wanted something for free. It got to the point where I was painting for about $3/model when I just said gently caress it and walked away. I'll paint things as gifts or things for friends, but ugh, not commissions, not again.
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Leperflesh posted:The difference though, and the actual problem with BTP, is that they're dishonest. Their results are not up to the level they promised their customers, they're also inconsistent, badly designed (bad color combinations), utilize poor technique (drybrushing where it's not appropriate, for example), and have a business practices that are at least shady, if not illegal. They also as we have seen have terrible public relations practices; leaking customer communications, attacking critics, whining and making excuses and just being super unprofessional in every way. The main thing to remember about BTP is that they are run by a guy who embodies all the worst aspects of both Mormonism and libertarianism, with an exceedingly fake "hail-fellow-well-met" nature slapped on top of it. He also thinks he is going to be the Henry Ford of miniature painting services, with delusions of grandeur about making his Valhalla geek gathering the next Adepticon, becoming a motivational speaker, etc., etc. He also apparently feels that being a small businessman should immediately render him immune to criticism and customer complaints, because running your own business is the noblest calling one can have, and so he should be cut extra slack because, hey, he's not a big faceless corporation, he's just one dude (who runs an assembly-line style painting service with people that can apparently be swapped in and out at will). Once you figure out all that, then you realize why Gately does the things he does, and why you'd be better served setting both your models and your money on fire than you would be commissioning work from BTP.
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Soulfucker posted:These are sure a lot of words I couldn't be bothered to read. You got mossman, did you get the rest of the masters of the universe?
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Sydney Bottocks posted:The main thing to remember about BTP is that they are run by a guy who embodies all the worst aspects of both Mormonism and libertarianism, with an exceedingly fake "hail-fellow-well-met" nature slapped on top of it. He also thinks he is going to be the Henry Ford of miniature painting services, with delusions of grandeur about making his Valhalla geek gathering the next Adepticon, becoming a motivational speaker, etc., etc. He also apparently feels that being a small businessman should immediately render him immune to criticism and customer complaints, because running your own business is the noblest calling one can have, and so he should be cut extra slack because, hey, he's not a big faceless corporation, he's just one dude (who runs an assembly-line style painting service with people that can apparently be swapped in and out at will). Gately is the Übermensch. EDIT: HAHA his blog post: http://www.bluetablepainting.blogspot.com/ Blue Table Fantasy camp! HAHA LordAba fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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So the guy who paid BTP over $720 for these   has responded after being asked if he was satisfied: quote:I am actually in the works of setting up a second small project where they supply the miniatures and conversions and ship them together with my current project. I wasnt really that happy that I had to play QA for them but oh well. With the rest I am happy they look pretty cool and better than I could have done, in a pretty short time span. loving hams. We need a version of :hambeast: with a Marine helmet on and a black stained shirt.
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He paid £460 for that? What the gently caress? And he's happy? gently caress me!
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I painted these, uh, 23-24 years ago.       Snotling Smartboyz, basically a collision of a bunch of snotling minis, some plastic Space Marine bits, and assorted parts box chunks, plus the A7V as a dropship/troop carrier. It was Rogue Trader days and you could still make up armies with a point system. Kind of overdid it on the weathering and ink wash.
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For sale on EBAY      All marked "Pro Painted"
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Some wash and highlight and you've got some solid Slaaneshi duders.
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Jetrock posted:I painted these, uh, 23-24 years ago. that skull is killing me hooman posted:
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:He paid £460 for that? What the gently caress? And he's happy? gently caress me! 
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Hogge Wild posted:that skull is killing me That is one seriously goofy-rear end skull. There are some... interesting conversions in there too.
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The A7V is pretty amazing. Does it have a transparent stand because it's a hovering metal crate?
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Shadeoses posted:The A7V is pretty amazing. Does it have a transparent stand because it's a hovering metal crate? Yeah, flying dropship, just not very aerodynamic. I assume it flies very slowly. It seemed like a good idea at the time. 
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Jesus Christ that guy is the king of hams. Pays a ridiculous amount for a shody service, gets poo poo upon and eagerly comes back for seconds. Good grief!
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Moola posted:Jesus Christ that guy is the king of hams. Games Workshop target audience.
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Those fluffy orks are incredible.
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This guy is a distaff cousin of everyone's favorite scrunt! I mean, just look at that face.
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LuiCypher posted:This guy is a distaff cousin of everyone's favorite scrunt! I mean, just look at that face. Plus the pose, and painting and the mould lines. "Righst thissshhh waay ssshirrrr"
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LuiCypher posted:This guy is a distaff cousin of everyone's favorite scrunt! I mean, just look at that face. I like that Karate Stance Union Soldier apparently has a chainmail vest on underneath his jacket. 
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LuiCypher posted:This guy is a distaff cousin of everyone's favorite scrunt! I mean, just look at that face. the slenderscrunt
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Moola posted:Jesus Christ that guy is the king of hams. You know how sometime you see ugly as poo poo new cars on the road and you think to yourself 'Who the hell is stupid enough to buy a car that ugly brand new and at full price?' I guess this is the hams equivalent... KamNZ fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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Moola posted:the slenderscrunt Half Scrunt on his Scrunther's side
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Moola posted:the slenderscrunt Scrunterman 
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HiveCommander posted:Scrunterman Scrunterman made me do it. Me and my friend made a pack to meet scrunterman. He told us to model sloppy vaginas on tyranids to see him... and we did it. WHAT HAVE WE BECOME! Too soon?
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Chill la Chill posted:I don't know why anyone even does commission painting when the rates are horrible. Western society is now so used to getting cheap labor from China for amazing goods (those PS3s and iPhones should cost more were they produced here, company takes most of the profit on top of that, etc.) that we balk at paying $10/hour for painting services. I work at Uni doing nothing at all while studying for $10/hour and would never take a painting commission even though people have asked me. I tell them I probably take 5-10 hours on my models and like hell are they gonna pay me at least $100 for a single mini. People don't like paying very much for any kind of art in general. A painting a bit bigger than a postcard with a price tag of $150 makes most people's heads spin, even if they make a decent income. They'd be more willing to buy it if it were $20.
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We're used to the idea that you can take a photo and print it on your home printer at good enough quality to put up on your wall. As a society, we just don't have significant understanding of the time, let alone the skill, that goes into handcrafting basically anything.
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Well, lucky me that I can't afford any kind of painting service, let alone $720 poo poo-that-barely-looks-better-than-mine. For reference, that's about twice-thrice as much money I spent on food and stuff in university, and it's more than half my current scholarship. People with disposable cash.
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That white fluffy tuft on the right base....when did Nurgle become the Tribble god?
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JcDent posted:Well, lucky me that I can't afford any kind of painting service, let alone $720 poo poo-that-barely-looks-better-than-mine. For reference, that's about twice-thrice as much money I spent on food and stuff in university, and it's more than half my current scholarship. I always get shocked that people have $700 to spend on getting stuff painted! I'm not poor by any means, but with a normal life I have to justify every purchase and spread stuff out. having a birthday in January tends to mean I get a glut of models at the start of the year then spend the rest of the year painting them, with the occasional purchase in between.
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hooman posted:For sale on EBAY Two thoughts. 1) Turns out my teenage self could have gone 'pro' if only eBay had been a thing then. Yes, I was born ahead of my time. 2) Is this thing made out of playdough or what?
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^^^^^^ That civil war thing is horrifying. It's a perfect Thing-style "hideous shapeshifter revealing it was your comrade all along" pose. That's what the painter was going for...right? Right? Grey Hunter posted:I always get shocked that people have $700 to spend on getting stuff painted! I know! Even if that's in your budget for plastic mans, that's $700 worth of more stuff you're throwing away! I can juuuuust about understand a mentality that sees the army as a tool for playing the game/socialising, and doesn't have the time (or want to spend the time) to assemble and paint. I guess? For me, the assembly is a huge part of the experience of purchasing the model, and as I've gotten better at painting I've come to see that as part of the fun too. The idea of subcontracting that out...never!
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The only time I've subcontracted is Kaladrax, because that poo poo is HUGE and I don't have an airbrush.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/400828520743?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 quote:PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING:
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SRM posted:http://www.ebay.com/itm/400828520743?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 That's oddly specific
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I guess "small skull" wouldn't do it.
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