Post by Two foot Tom on Aug 16, 2011 5:26:48 GMT -9
Good evening Ladies and Gents! Its been a long time but i am back online having had no stable internet or laptop for quite some time!
Right, down to buisness.
Now, i'm not totally sure if i am allowed to post this here and if not i shall take it off immedietly. Since i was about 13 i have been painting models. In the early days of my time consuming yet highly pleasurable hobby my style was far from neat... infact i succeded in getting paint just about everywhere and the models looked terrible. But now i am 19 and i have been painting away and i feel that slowly but surely my painting skills and enjoyment of the hobby have increased dramatically since those early days. Now, after uni or work... or even breakfast... the first thing i like to do is crack open the paint pots and set to work on whatever project i am working on at the time. As i mentioned, i am at university which costs a bomb and then new house me and my mates are moving into soon is all but cheap, i am doing some farmwork but obviously as i am only 19 i get payed below minimum wage. Like many other model painters, i would love to make a bit of 'pocket money' out of my hobby and i would like to try to get into commission model painting. I have done one or two models for my friends which they have been very happy with and i believe my style is, at the very least, worthy of the game-table. If anyone has any advice on how to do this or if there are any other painters out there, which i'm sure there are, who can offer advice on painting technique etc i would be very happy to hear from you.
If, by luck, anyone does have anything they would like me to paint please e-mail me at painteer22@yahoo.co.uk and we can discuss what you want and price. I can do scales from 10mm to 28mm BUT please note that i will not do sci fi at this time as i have never painted sci fi or futuristic stuff in my life, fantasy and historical only please. Also note that i do live in England, i know alot of you folks are from the US so i'm not sure how that works. Anyway, its early stages as of yet. Here are a good few photos of some recent and old models i have painted. Enjoy.
Miniature by Ral Partha... I think...
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not too happy with the eyes...
Roger's ranger (french-indian war) by Redoubt Enterprises
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Painted this guy thismorning. I'm working on a whole unit of these guys, not too many more to do now
A sudden dip in scale now as the 15mm Normans by museum miniatures take to the field
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I could get the flag neater... but it is 15mm. I edited some of the shields to give them a 'battered' look as you can see.
Some 20mm medieval malitia plus a knight by Strelets R
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This is only a small amount of this set i have painted, i have had a lot of fun with them.
Just a few Great Northern war Swedes and their Chaplain in 20mm also by Strelets R
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The base isnt finished on these chaps yet
Ironically a 10mm Giant from Pendraken miniatures
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And last but by no means least a small selection from my rather large 10mm dwarven army, also by Pendraken miniatures
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Sorry, this photo is a bit fuzzy-
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Phew... that took a long time.. i think its herbal tea time.
Just a few things, the reclangular bases used in some of these photos are Kallistra and I am sure i have no need to say this on these forums but please dont flame my work for the sake of flaming my work, contructive critics are welcome. On some forums some people get a kick from posting uncalled for insults which dont help anyone.
Cheers folks for your time and dont forget my e-mail is somewhere in the first section of this post incase you are interested and we can work something out.
Right, down to buisness.
Now, i'm not totally sure if i am allowed to post this here and if not i shall take it off immedietly. Since i was about 13 i have been painting models. In the early days of my time consuming yet highly pleasurable hobby my style was far from neat... infact i succeded in getting paint just about everywhere and the models looked terrible. But now i am 19 and i have been painting away and i feel that slowly but surely my painting skills and enjoyment of the hobby have increased dramatically since those early days. Now, after uni or work... or even breakfast... the first thing i like to do is crack open the paint pots and set to work on whatever project i am working on at the time. As i mentioned, i am at university which costs a bomb and then new house me and my mates are moving into soon is all but cheap, i am doing some farmwork but obviously as i am only 19 i get payed below minimum wage. Like many other model painters, i would love to make a bit of 'pocket money' out of my hobby and i would like to try to get into commission model painting. I have done one or two models for my friends which they have been very happy with and i believe my style is, at the very least, worthy of the game-table. If anyone has any advice on how to do this or if there are any other painters out there, which i'm sure there are, who can offer advice on painting technique etc i would be very happy to hear from you.
If, by luck, anyone does have anything they would like me to paint please e-mail me at painteer22@yahoo.co.uk and we can discuss what you want and price. I can do scales from 10mm to 28mm BUT please note that i will not do sci fi at this time as i have never painted sci fi or futuristic stuff in my life, fantasy and historical only please. Also note that i do live in England, i know alot of you folks are from the US so i'm not sure how that works. Anyway, its early stages as of yet. Here are a good few photos of some recent and old models i have painted. Enjoy.
Miniature by Ral Partha... I think...
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/805/209qr.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/210u.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/211ok.jpg/
not too happy with the eyes...
Roger's ranger (french-indian war) by Redoubt Enterprises
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/214x.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/215yh.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/216r.jpg/
Painted this guy thismorning. I'm working on a whole unit of these guys, not too many more to do now
A sudden dip in scale now as the 15mm Normans by museum miniatures take to the field
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/217ti.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/218dn.jpg/
I could get the flag neater... but it is 15mm. I edited some of the shields to give them a 'battered' look as you can see.
Some 20mm medieval malitia plus a knight by Strelets R
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/225u.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/226uc.jpg/
This is only a small amount of this set i have painted, i have had a lot of fun with them.
Just a few Great Northern war Swedes and their Chaplain in 20mm also by Strelets R
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/228og.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/229pg.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/691/224xe.jpg/
The base isnt finished on these chaps yet
Ironically a 10mm Giant from Pendraken miniatures
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/230sd.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/231wh.jpg/
And last but by no means least a small selection from my rather large 10mm dwarven army, also by Pendraken miniatures
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/200/233kg.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/234hoq.jpg/
Sorry, this photo is a bit fuzzy-
- imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/238de.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/242hq.jpg/
imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/241iu.jpg/
Phew... that took a long time.. i think its herbal tea time.
Just a few things, the reclangular bases used in some of these photos are Kallistra and I am sure i have no need to say this on these forums but please dont flame my work for the sake of flaming my work, contructive critics are welcome. On some forums some people get a kick from posting uncalled for insults which dont help anyone.
Cheers folks for your time and dont forget my e-mail is somewhere in the first section of this post incase you are interested and we can work something out.