Warhammer 40k Angels of Shame

new pics coming and a how to

2010-05-11T00:02:00.000-07:00

ok, now that my brush control is back, ive been able to get some decent work in, cameras on the fritz so no pics.

But

there is good news

My article on dark angels and death wing is coming soon, ive got the steps done just edititing and taking pics.

ill also be covering battle tactics

warming up the engines

2010-04-11T01:29:00.000-07:00

So got an email from the owner of 40k miniatures and he wants me to write an article ( probably going to be on painting) and apparently is throwing me on his blog roll. which means i need to stop using school as a crutch and get back to serious painting ( lately just been paint some bassilks for a friend easy gig lots of dry brushing, pics soon) so with in the next few days ill be updating with a blood angels dread naught (first use of an air brush... for all the good it did) afore mentioned bassiliks, and a few inquistion chimeras. in the mean time though ill throw in a pic of gandalf the red later today.

imperial gaurd commsission

2010-01-02T23:57:00.001-08:00

just some quick pics of my new ig project that im working on

2010-01-02T22:55:00.000-08:00

Lowered model price

2009-11-18T08:34:00.001-08:00

Ive found a distributor that sells for 20%off gw msrp so all fantasy and 40k commissions now have the option of buying models at a discounted price. There will be a delay for shipping however so tell me in the Quote if you want the dicounted models or if you want gw market price models, so i can give an acruate quote, this is assuming of course that you are havingme purchase the models for you.

revised painting guidline

2009-11-14T14:11:00.000-08:00

If your interested in commissioning me my email is brotherofblood@gmail.com my phone number will be available to clients who have already had their projects started

I will take commissions in the form of an army list, or just a list of kits or models.

Here's how the prices go down.
Total cost = cost of models at games workshop market price (If i buy them I will try to find cheaper prices but for expediencies sake I will buy them at my local hobby center)+ time + detail.

here's how it works. If say you buy a ten man marine squad and don't want to build and/or paint it This is how much i would charge $40.00 ( if i buy them i charge five dollars extra per kit to cover tax, paints and things that are special to your order, in this case a box of marines is 35 dollars as such I charge 40).

Now for time. Seeing as there's no way to accurately(and with out finger pointing or false accusations of spending to much time) charge for time spent build and/or painting, I can only charge for an estimated time. As such if I charge for an hour of building or painting and it takes me three hours to build and/or paint the models you only pay for an hour. I charge a base of $7.00 and hour, so for a box of Tactical marines it would take me an hour to build and clean thoroughly so $7.00. ( well below minimum wage in my state)
Detail comes in three levels,

Table Top

Detailed

Centerpiece

Table top: will have no extra bits added in building ( save special weapons), and just a basic 3-4 color paint scheme as such there is no extra charge for table top quality models ( approximately $1.50 to $2.00 per model depending on the models and their paint job this could be as low as $.50 per infantry model the total cost per model will be determined by how long I tell you it will take me to paint or build your order at this quality, the cost per model will be in the quote). A good example of my table top quality are my space marines.

Detailed: models will have extra bits thrown in during building ( pouches, knives, ect) as well as more advanced paint techniques ( line highlighting, free hand, scroll work, ect) as well as 4-8 colors on the model. the extra charge is $3.00 dollars an hour for detailed ( approximately $2.50 to $4.00 per model again it will all depend on the model and the time it takes for me to paint them.) and I will go the extra mile to insure your models will impress fellow hobbyists, good examples of detailed work would be my 191st Vostroyans, and my chaos sergeant with flamer.

side note: any metal models that you want painted must be at detailed or centerpiece, this is because the metal models are harder to build and have more details than their plastic counter parts.

Centerpiece: This is the highest quality of work I can do. I will work with you on prices for center piece models. From building ( conversions with green stuff, battle damage, scarring) to painting ( wet blending, source lighting, non metallic metal) as such my cost for centerpiece models is much higher at $7.00 extra an hour. My dwarf thane is the only thing close to an example of a center piece model that I have at the moment, the others have been sold off or traded away.

So for table top quality Tactical marines unpainted that I buy. I charge $40.00+ $7.00+ $0.00= $47.00 for a Ten man marine squad. How ever if you were to buy the models and send them to me the only real cost to you would be, $12.00 dollars (a cost per model of $1.20 including the 5 dollar kit fee with out it equates to $0.70 per model)+ shipping Much cheaper than what blue table will charge you.

So lets ramp up the scale a bit, you have a fantasy league at 1000 points coming up and you don’t have time to build and paint an army ( we will say dwarves) let alone make it look good. You go out and buy the models then ship them to me (we will estimate $10.00) I receive them and your thousand point list is 40 warriors 20 quarrelers a Thane with max rune equipment, 20 miners, and two bolt throwers. (1000 points) You decide that you don’t care much about how detailed your throng of bolt throwers Warriors or Quarrelers look, so you have me build and paint them at table top quality knowing that it will still look good. I have assured you before we made the deal that those units at table top quality will take me 17 hours to thoroughly build, prime and paint the models and insure quality (costing you $119.00 or $1.91 per model from sprue to completion ).

However you wanted your miners at detailed quality because their a special unit and due to their underground advance rule will be up front a lot faster than the other units. I tell you that for the twenty miners it will take me 7 hours to build, primer and paint ( the more detailed the longer it will take me to ensure quality(this will how ever only cost you $70.00 3.50 per model only $1.59 more but they do get a lot more special treatment)).

Finally you tell me that you want your thane to stand out and request him at centerpiece quality, I tell you for the thane to build and paint will take 4 hours ( another $56.00 dollars a cost per model of, well $56.00 but you are getting a display case quality model.) so your total for the army built and painted by me is only 245 dollars, plus 5 dollars a kit ( about 45 dollars) meaning at a grand total of $300.00 (with our theoretical shipping cost) In addition to this Incredibly low cost I will also turn out your models in 28 hours 3-4 work days ( give or take a few days for weather and unforeseen circumstances were looking at about a week). Cheaper and faster than blue table or miniwargaming.com, of course I will ensure quality on every model that I paint.

If you send me built models obviously the cost per model will drop as will the total price. There are a few things to note,

If you send me pre built models I will paint them as is unless you pay an additional fee for cleaning or conversions ( both on a case by case basis, but cleaning wont cost more than 20-40 cents per model)

Also I will not paint over pre painted model nor will I strip models for you, neither work very well.

Now the more you buy the less I charge so for every 500 dollars you spend I knock 5 percent of the price off. Up to 25 percent.

However for larger orders I will charge a little extra for models to ensure that there is enough paint and primer and such like for them. (this is a case by case basis and it wont be more than a few dollars extra)

As for payment I will require one of two things. One if you are having me buy the models I need the cost of the models up front plus half of the cost for time. If you want to supply the models then you will have to cover the shipping and handling, as well as half of the payment up front.

as for payment polices when I have completed the models I will require the payment in full before I ship the models to you.

I will keep you constantly updated by picture and video on your models. I will not keep you in the dark on the progress of your models

I will also work to quickly get your order taken care of while still ensuring the highest level of quality

2009-11-05T09:42:00.000-08:00

i apologize for the blur in the first two photos here are some of my dwarf cannonades you'll notice the blending that i used on them. i find my self using blending techniques alot these days

2009-11-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

ok guys here's my latest model its a dwarf thane.

new service

2009-10-27T22:59:00.001-07:00

OK guys Ive noticed that the new d&d mini's look like some one with Parkinson's disease took a brush to them. as such i am now offering a new service i will repaint your D&D minis for you, only a couple of rules apply here that deviate from the norm.

YOU MUST supply your own minis, i will not go hunting for them. edit: this isnt quite true, if your looking for a good quality d&d model (lets say a female drow sorcerer) i will see if there is a Warhammer or Warhammer 40k (or even lord of the rings) that is close enough to what you want, and then do some mild conversions, i will however charge a bit extra for the conversion work and this model would be painted at detailed or above.

I will not reimburse you for ruined models. the plastic on the d&d minis is incredibly cheap if some thing happens to the mini during shipping or the painting process i will not re-imburse you for the model ( how ever other war gaming models that you ship to me i will remimburse if i irreprably damage a model you send me this does not cover shipping)

ill need an addition 5 dollars to cover costs ( for every 25 models) so your paying 10 dollars per 'kit' instead of 5. i look forward to the orders

2009-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

here are some Vostyroyans Ive been working on. Their painted in the color scheme of the Sunrisian 191st

2009-10-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

ok guys and girls heres the finished chaos Sargentas you can see ther Gryphonseppia wash really makes the gold shiny. Ive got a bunch of imperial gaurdsment ill be posting. then ill start the 'smooth gold' tutoral series

Vera

2009-10-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

This is Vera, My local games workshop is getting their store army under way and trying to get models for a display case. I painted this model for them and it will shortly be residing in their display case. The paint scheme is an advent of one of the red shirts named Amy Ill be posting up infantry shortly.

pictures

2009-10-23T22:37:00.000-07:00

As you can see its not quite done yet i still have to wash the gold with griffon sepia, paint the blades on the chain sword and finish the flamer, do some more work on the marine head. Ill be using this marine and a couple more black legion marines to do a tutorial on how to paint gold. more pics to come.

Painting Service up and running

2009-10-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

I don't have any pics yet but I will in the next post.

email is brotherofblood@gmail.com or manny_resvick@yahoo.com
my phone number will be available to clients who have already had their projects started

Here's how the prices go down.
Total cost = cost of models at games workshop market price (If i buy them )+ time + detail.

here how it goes down. If say you buy a ten man marine squad and don't want to build and/or paint it This is how much i would charge $40.00 ( if i buy them i charge five dollars extra per kit to cover tax, paints and thing that are special to your order, in this case a box of marines is 35 dollars as such i charge 40).

Now for time. Seeing as there's no way to accurately charge for time spent build ( and or painting) i can only charge for an estimated time. As such if i charge for an hour of building or painting and it takes me three hours to build or paint the models you only pay for an hour. so for a box of Tactical marines it would take me two hours to build and clean thoroughly so $14.00. ( equating to 7 dollars an hour well below minimum wage in my state)
Detail comes in three levels,
Table Top
Detailed
Centerpiece

Table top: will have no extra bits added in building ( save special weapons), and just a basic 3-4 color paint scheme as such there is no extra charge for table top quality models

Detailed: models will have extra bits ( pouches, knives, ect) as well as more advanced paint techniques ( line highlighting, free hand, scroll work, ect) as well as 4-8 colors on the model. the extra charge is $3.00 dollars an hour for detailed and I will go the extra mile to insure your models will impress fellow hobbyists

Centerpiece: This is the highest quality of work i can do. I will work with you on prices for center piece models. From building ( conversions with green stuff, battle damage, scarring) to painting ( wet blending, source lighting, non metallic metal) as such my cost for centerpiece models is much higher at $7.00 extra an hour.

So for table top quality Tactical marines unpainted that I buy. I charge $40.00+ $14.00+ $0.00= $54.00 for a Ten man marine squad.

Now the more you buy the less i charge so for every 300 dollars you spend i knock 5 percent of the price off. Up to 30 percent.

However for larger orders i will charge a little extra for models to ensure that there is enough paint and primer and such like for them.

As for payment i will require one of two things. One if you are having me buy the models i need the cost of the models up front plus half of the cost for time. If you want to supply the models then you will have to cover the shipping and handling, as well as half of the payment up front.

as for payment polices when i have completed the models i will require the payment in full before i ship the models to you.

I will keep you constantly up dated by picture and video on your models. i will not keep you in the dark on the progress of your models

I will also work to quickly get your order taken care of while still ensuring the highest level of quality

warhammer 40k

2009-10-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

all right i play a game called warhammer 40k its a futuristic table top strategy game, where the premise is to annihilate your enemy ( who is not nearly as awesome as you). the game is expensive. you can get starter kits for about 70 bucks but in order to really start the game you need a good 300 bucks.

Anyway the whole premise of the game is that you build and paint your own models that you use in game allowing for amazingly in depth army's. And not just coloration's or paint jobs. You can convert your armies into almost anything you want or sculpt them from scratch ( as long as they follow certain rules) this makes the 'game' an art form as much as a strategy game.

My only issue. The price. The game is just to gods damned expensive you can spend five hundred bucks in one shopping trip and barely have any models to show for it. And trust me when you have friends not in the hobby who look at the five models you spend 35 bucks on they wont understand the intrinsic value of the model.

The price also leads to another problem with the game. Elitism
Peope with money can afford the better units and armies in the game meaning that people like me who have little money for such expensive hobbies, have two options
A) build up your army very very slowly and not expect to play with it for a year or more.
ot B) get the cheaper models, but suffer the lack of power you get from the more expensive units.
dont get me wrong this game isn't like magic the gathering were you cant get anywhere unless you have a super expensive deck. Skill and a little luck will almost always win the day. but its still very hard when all you can do is bring a knife to a gun fight.

all in all i recommend this game entirely, despite its short comings it has a wonderful community of gamers, deep rich background, excellent customer service, and its a lot of fun.

-Son of Shame

DethKlok

2009-09-14T22:06:00.000-07:00

I've never been what you'd call a huge metal fan. I mean i didn't hear about Dark Angel until a few years ago (fucking awesome btw). So big suprise that the only reason that i heard about dethklok was because i finally got bored enough to watch the show Metalacalypse (also fucking awesome) andnow im listening to dethklok almost non-stop (cept with the techno break on the way to work). So what is it about this band that makes me almost forget every other genre of music for more than a month and a half? I think its the refreshing take on the genre. The songs sound serious but really arnt and the entire fact that the band doesnt really exist allows for some of the most interesting characters i have heard singing. Hmmm i must contemplate dethklock more.... time for some "feild research"

first post

2009-09-13T23:33:00.000-07:00

first post yo