Hi All
Well the cold turkey didn't go so well for me! Seeing all the great models and people painting them got me pining too much for the act of painting models once again!
Well I have decided to start up my painting once again but this time to limit it down to around 30 mins to 1 hour only after doing at least 2 hours of work on my PhD! However I do like to keep Sunday's free of 'work' due to the 10 commandments, and so started to paint one of my chosen Crimson Slaughter chaos warriors (already did 2 cultists last night).
But something has happened to make me cry like a little baby....my f***ing head nozzle of my Iwata CMC+ has started to kick up a big fuss with something called skipping. I cannot find a big enough un-smily face to put on this page at the moment.
As you may remember I had to replace one of these tiny highly expensive pieces of metal a while ago due to one snapping at the thread. Over £40 later got the new thing in and started to use it - so far sooooo good!
However, tonight the airbrush started skipping which is an intermittent pulsing of the airflow through the brush. Not too bad I thought as this has happened before but after a quick clean to remove the offending piece of dried up paint, everything is ok....until now. I have cleaned the airbrush more times than you can shake a stick at. I have disassembled and reassembled the airbrush far too many times for comfort trying to find the problem. After doing a quick lubrication test on the thread, air is leaking and causing the skip.
I would love to swear huge amounts of nasty words on this page but I won't. I have just had to order what is known as a Fluid Head System which are all the parts which do the magic for the airbrush. £131 later and I'm not happy.
My advice....do NOT remove the head fluid nozzle ever!!!! Not unless you have a stupid amount of paint stuck in it.
Showing posts with label pro painted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pro painted. Show all posts
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Friday, 7 September 2012
This Painting Abstinence is Hard!
Hi All
Release of the Dark Vengence box set, models screaming for paint, YouTube videos a plenty of people nicely painting models etc.! Wow this not painting thing for a year is HHHAAAAAARRRRRDDDDDD!!!
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! I know I must stay strong but I feel like I'm going through cold turkey or something!!!! I made the decision not to paint any models and to concentrate nearly all efforts on my PhD - makes perfect sense when you consider the final year of three years worth of work will help an awful lot to progress in the wider world (not to mention being a Dr!!), but the lure of the model and paint pot and GW staff can be awful!
Anyways I thought I would share this one with you and let you know that I am still here on the blog and still doing videos for my YouTube channel.
Catch you later and have fun painting - think of me and try not to laugh!!!
Cheers
Release of the Dark Vengence box set, models screaming for paint, YouTube videos a plenty of people nicely painting models etc.! Wow this not painting thing for a year is HHHAAAAAARRRRRDDDDDD!!!
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! I know I must stay strong but I feel like I'm going through cold turkey or something!!!! I made the decision not to paint any models and to concentrate nearly all efforts on my PhD - makes perfect sense when you consider the final year of three years worth of work will help an awful lot to progress in the wider world (not to mention being a Dr!!), but the lure of the model and paint pot and GW staff can be awful!
Anyways I thought I would share this one with you and let you know that I am still here on the blog and still doing videos for my YouTube channel.
Catch you later and have fun painting - think of me and try not to laugh!!!
Cheers
Monday, 16 April 2012
Warhammer/40K Commission Painting
Hi All!
Well a new post! Been a little while with one thing and another! But I was watching Warhammer Joey's youtube page on the Lore of Metal (hilarious and well worth a liking there!), and noticed some bloke put in the comments about an offer still standing for her from him and his team!
Of course the offer is for something commission related which got me to thinking (as usual) about the course of events in this hobby and how things have panned out over the years!
Back in the day when I was young and getting involved with the wonderful world of GW hobbying, not too many people were involved with the hobby and even less were advertising their painting skills. Since coming back to the hobby after my break etc., I have noticed a MASSIVE increase in the number of 'studios' and people touting for business. I have noticed that some people are sort of half bothered and will do commission work if it comes by and some people almost prostitute themselves for commission work. But the worrying thing I have noticed is the range of painting on display from people who do commission work. For example the other day someone posted on DakkaDakka pictures of a pre-heresy dreadnought they did for someone. The first comment on the thread went along the lines of "and someone paid you for this?"! Needless to say, the other threads were very similar in fashion. The paint job which was done for this commission was terrible in all fairness. The original poster then put up a picture of his best work - not much better to be completely honest.
It must not be forgotten that everyone including golden daemon winners and the such, can always improve on certain aspects. There are some truly amazingly gifted people out there who can make us cry with one stroke of their paintbrush! However there are some commission people who do make us cry with the brush strokes, thick paint, bad edges and layering etc.
So the moral of the story? And why bother blogging about such things? I'm old! I'm longer in the tooth than most Long Fangs!!!! I do not like to see people being ripped off in this day and age of financial austerity. So if you are in the position to look for some commission work, do a little research such as PHOTOS of their work, any kind of customer feedback, a run down of their skills, their level of experience in the hobby, their price and is it worth it? Just because someone says they do commission work does not necessarilymean they are any good - WHICH INCLUDES PEOPLE IN STUDIOS!!!!!!
Well a new post! Been a little while with one thing and another! But I was watching Warhammer Joey's youtube page on the Lore of Metal (hilarious and well worth a liking there!), and noticed some bloke put in the comments about an offer still standing for her from him and his team!
Of course the offer is for something commission related which got me to thinking (as usual) about the course of events in this hobby and how things have panned out over the years!
Back in the day when I was young and getting involved with the wonderful world of GW hobbying, not too many people were involved with the hobby and even less were advertising their painting skills. Since coming back to the hobby after my break etc., I have noticed a MASSIVE increase in the number of 'studios' and people touting for business. I have noticed that some people are sort of half bothered and will do commission work if it comes by and some people almost prostitute themselves for commission work. But the worrying thing I have noticed is the range of painting on display from people who do commission work. For example the other day someone posted on DakkaDakka pictures of a pre-heresy dreadnought they did for someone. The first comment on the thread went along the lines of "and someone paid you for this?"! Needless to say, the other threads were very similar in fashion. The paint job which was done for this commission was terrible in all fairness. The original poster then put up a picture of his best work - not much better to be completely honest.
It must not be forgotten that everyone including golden daemon winners and the such, can always improve on certain aspects. There are some truly amazingly gifted people out there who can make us cry with one stroke of their paintbrush! However there are some commission people who do make us cry with the brush strokes, thick paint, bad edges and layering etc.
So the moral of the story? And why bother blogging about such things? I'm old! I'm longer in the tooth than most Long Fangs!!!! I do not like to see people being ripped off in this day and age of financial austerity. So if you are in the position to look for some commission work, do a little research such as PHOTOS of their work, any kind of customer feedback, a run down of their skills, their level of experience in the hobby, their price and is it worth it? Just because someone says they do commission work does not necessarilymean they are any good - WHICH INCLUDES PEOPLE IN STUDIOS!!!!!!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Pro-Painted
Hi Again People of the Warhammer world/universe!
Well, what can I say for today’s post?!?!?!?
It is something that is a really annoying thing.........Pro Painted on eBay!!!!
Now, this hobby isn’t the cheapest by far certainly when you consider the fact that all we are doing is collecting-assembling-painting toy soldiers! When a box of 5 mounted riders can cost you £61.50(!), you begin to understand the sheer costs involved at times!
Well, as I said previously, I entered the worlds of the GW hobby back in the 1st ed days of 40K and recently fantasy and since then I have found the GW prices to continually go up and up (as we all have) well above the prices they should expect. So what are people doing to combat the continual rise of GW prices? Shop on eBay!
Why not? You can get some really fantastic things on eBay and sometimes some real steals. eBay is also a real money saver (depending on the auction etc.) if you collect horde armies and the like. However, in stating the virtues of eBay there is also one major problem out there that we must be aware of.........PRO PAINTED!!!
The legalities of such a statement are very wide ranging and could be interpreted in many ways. For example I was having this discussion with a friend who said that due to the fact that I do commission painting for people, I could be classified as a pro-painter. This is both true and false I added. It is true that obtaining money for commission work means that I could be professional in this field but also at the same time, I do not obtain a living from painting other people’s models! If I did, I wouldn’t be able to survive for one thing!
But the continual increase of the pro-painted miniature on eBay has become a bit of a problem in my honest opinion. Included in this blog are some examples of 'pro-painted' advertised miniatures on eBay – some are very good and the tag of pro painted is true and I would think about bidding/buying the miniature and some are laughably NOT pro-painted!
It seems that people think they can act in a GW way and overprice for what they are actually selling. Of course I understand that some of you would definitely be saying “well if people are prepared to pay the rate wanted then why not?....” which I agree, although I would like to think that if people are reading this and maybe not too sure about something pro-painted on eBay, they might err on the side of caution!
Also it must be stated that some professional painters do indeed advertise on eBay.
It is nice to get a large profit for something you are selling, but basically painting something to a standard which is definitely not professional and then selling it as professional, is really not on.
There was a wonderful thread on the Dakka Dakka forum entitled ‘Your heart sinks when.....’ which someone replied “you see pro-painted on eBay”!
How very true!
Cheers
Caveat: Please be aware that the pictures supplied on this post come from various postings on eBay and are not mine, some have been stretched for make them legible which might affect the quality of the photo and that I am not disrespecting the sellers in any way. As stated, some of the pictures and painting qualities shown I would say was professional.
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