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ijyt posted:Does anyone have experience with doing commissions? Trying to figure out pricing for something. If they agree to whatever buck wild price you give them, you hosed up.
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Mugaaz posted:I based a large model using GW Martian Ironcrust. I highlighted it in a light orange and very light pass of off white. I mostly like how it looks, but on a large base it all looks similar and doesn't have much visual interest. Any ideas how to make this more interesting with paint/pigment? Yeah, you definitely need debris, rocks or skulls. I run into the same problem with my bases, especially on the bigger dudes. OptimusWang posted:Looks awesome dude, nice work. Thanks! Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Love the lenses. If I were you I would give the red hoses around the face a light wash to add some shadows, but it's a minor thing. Also drill your stubber barrel (is that what that is next to the battle cannon). Thanks for pointing that out. I actually forgot to hit them with a satin varnish and edge Nuln Oil in there, which is why they look duller than the rest. Also, yeah, heavy stubber. I keep forgetting to! I'm trying to push myself with certain things on models. Lenses were one of them. Tried my hand at the tried and true layered blue in bottom half method.
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Oct 16, 2017 23:05
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ijyt posted:Does anyone have experience with doing commissions? Trying to figure out pricing for something. Your time is valuable. Go way higher than you think you deserve.
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The rule of thumb I've always used for contract work is to take what I'd like to be paid as a real job and then double it. This mainly applies to 1099 work, where you've got to deal with self-employment taxes and suchlike. You might be going under-the-table for this, but I think it's worth looking at from the perspective of, "What if this were my Actual Job?"
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Oct 16, 2017 23:34
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I was trying to get the last bit of paint out of a bottle, which caused it to explode and get shiny purple paint all over my airbrushing station and pants. No mans were harmed, thankfully. This has been my story.
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Oct 17, 2017 00:10
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Lord_Hambrose posted:I was trying to get the last bit of paint out of a bottle, which caused it to explode and get shiny purple paint all over my airbrushing station and pants. No mans were harmed, thankfully. This is a sad story.
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Oct 17, 2017 00:14
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ijyt posted:Does anyone have experience with doing commissions? Trying to figure out pricing for something. My best advice is to figure out what your time is worth to you, make a good guess about how long it will take you, then add 15 to 20% on top of that.
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Oct 17, 2017 00:33
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Lord_Hambrose posted:I was trying to get the last bit of paint out of a bottle, which caused it to explode and get shiny purple paint all over my airbrushing station and pants. No mans were harmed, thankfully. It could be worse. At least it's shiny and purple.
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Is Vallejo primer good for brushing on? It’s going to be getting too cold to spray outside soon and I need an alternative. Any particular one I should look for?
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Oct 17, 2017 01:17
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks 
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks extrem handsome
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks Safety Factor fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Oct 17, 2017 |
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Oct 17, 2017 01:21
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks Good Batmobiles
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks Owns. Blue recipe tia.
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Funzo posted:Is Vallejo primer good for brushing on? It’s going to be getting too cold to spray outside soon and I need an alternative. Any particular one I should look for? I am a fan of their white poly primer as a brush-on. It provides a nice painting surface and bonding but don't go for opaque coverage.
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Black will give you nearly full coverage if you are particular about that. Be very careful about brushing it on too thick, it doesn't "shrink" as much as acrylic paint and will easily clog up details.
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Oct 17, 2017 02:01
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Hixson posted:Finished some NightBoi tanks gently caress you so much.
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Oct 17, 2017 02:31
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So for our anniversary my wife made me this:  The brain is an anatomical foam model that can come apart and has the different parts labelled. The rest is made from PVC pipe, leftover parts from a toilet and her old car. I'm pretty happy with it.
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Oct 17, 2017 02:44
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Takuan posted:So for our anniversary my wife made me this:
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ijyt posted:Does anyone have experience with doing commissions? Trying to figure out pricing for something. Do you have a job? Figure out how much you make per hour before taxes - that's how much your time is ostensibly worth. You're going to want to keep your cost somewhere around that because you're giving up your free time to do this project. Remember that it's no longer "hobby" time when you're doing it for someone else. Also, have a look at pricing for some of the more popular services: Den of Imagination White Weasel
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Oct 17, 2017 20:00
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Anyone know what this weathering technique they used on the cloak is called or how it's done? (Not the wash)
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Oct 17, 2017 20:00
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Mugaaz posted:Anyone know what this weathering technique they used on the cloak is called or how it's done? (Not the wash) Those chains are sweet. It looks to me like they layered normally and just did an extreme highlight on the edges, but in more of a crosshatch fashion to give it texture.
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berzerkmonkey posted:Do you have a job? Figure out how much you make per hour before taxes - that's how much your time is ostensibly worth. You're going to want to keep your cost somewhere around that because you're giving up your free time to do this project. Remember that it's no longer "hobby" time when you're doing it for someone else. These guys seem to be massively undercharging. e: that and commission work would be even better hobby time, not only would I get paid for doing something I would be anyway I don’t have to worry about finding space for the finished product.
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berzerkmonkey posted:Those chains are sweet. That's a large part of it, but there is other stuff going on I don't understand. Some of the hatches are obvious, but in other places I can't tell what's going on.
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Mugaaz posted:That's a large part of it, but there is other stuff going on I don't understand. Some of the hatches are obvious, but in other places I can't tell what's going on. Base Colour -> Sepia Wash -> Bring back base colour on raised area -> first highlight crosshatch, slightly lighter than base, everywhere but the recesses -> even lighter highlight crosshatch, only on the raised edges. e: looks like it might have had a zenithal prime too. ijyt fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Oct 17, 2017 |
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ijyt posted:These guys seem to be massively undercharging. You have to remember that at a basic level, you're looking at an airbrush base, maybe a wash, and some flat colors. These guys have been doing this for some time, so they can assembly--line a squad of ten SM infantry in like an hour (10x$10=$100 per hour!) A Level 3 (what I would consider a decent tabletop troop quality is $20 per SM, so you're still looking at around $100 per hour. If you're cool with doing it for funsies and getting a few bucks to go along with that, by all means, do it. For me, personally, once I'm doing something for someone else, it ceases to be fun/hobby due to the fact that now someone is requesting updates, waffling on color schemes, deciding that they don't want to pay because the end product isn't up to their standards, etc. And one important thing to remember about doing something for fun/or as a favor - people will ALWAYS take advantage of you, whether they mean to or not. This applies to painting minis, setting up a home network, or doing a brake job in your driveway. Once you open that door, it's really hard to close it without serious drama.
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Crosspostin'Safety Factor posted:Finally finished another squad after forging through various distractions like Catachans and SLAMBO. It's been a long, long time. I've continued my trend of Too Many Checkers and simple individual heraldry. It's probably too much work for simple tactical marines, but I think it's been worth it. I also used 10 phobos pattern bolters and 10 chainswords from the MkIII kit as I had a bunch laying around. My MkIII are being used as support/heavy support squads so they don't need them. I really like the look of the MkIV armor with the MkIII weapons and wish I had done all of my tacticals like that.
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  Here are my latest attempts at highlights. Am I simply highlighting the wrong places, or am I painting too wide of areas? Phi230 fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Oct 18, 2017 |
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Phi230 posted:
You're highlighting the correct areas. Are you trying to do multiple layers, or just a simple base - wash - layer method? Either way, looking from the back, you're doing it right. Inside the folds should be darker than the flat areas on top. Also looking at the cap, you're doing it correctly there as well. Edges should be lighter than the center, although for a hat the highlighting would be different depending on where the light source is coming from. That's a bit advanced though. Overall, you're on the right track, from what we can see! It might be easier to give better advice if we had clearer shots.
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  Now with completed base. Only took two tries. Here's the Imgur album on the process of creating the base, including the creation of the first base, which I threw out.
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Stephenls posted:
 don’t see enough forest bases in 40k.
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Stephenls posted:
This is real real good. Even zoomed in I can barely tell that you even highlighted the Marine. It all looks so drat good together. 
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That's a really great marine and the linked basing tutorial is really awesome, go and read it if you skipped over it.
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TTerrible posted:That's a really great marine and the linked basing tutorial is really awesome, go and read it if you skipped over it. Thanks. I have one for the marine as well.
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I like the black method. I've only ever done one black marine I was happy with and I headed in a blue/green direction for the highlight instead of grey. I kind of want to give it a go with your grey method. I've been using Primaris characters for testing paint schemes. As much as 8th edition has turned me off 40k, the normal primaris bolter toting dudes are great test minis for cheap.
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Stephenls posted:
Thanks for posting this dude. I want to base my entire Deathwatch army in a forest scheme, so this definitely helps.
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I am not a good painter nor am I a good photographer, but it's been years since I painted a complete model so damnit I want to post that I did a thing Vindicare: Man, I really muddied that white up. The camera is brutal.  Seraphim: 
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Stephenls posted:
I really like your forest base and your tutorial for it is an added bonus. That said, drat dude, that's so many steps for a base! I finally found someone more meticulous than me.
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Cross post from 40k thread:Major Spag posted:Been doing one off for a hobby challenge so here is hombre dos of my ten dudemans squad:
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