Tyberos the Red Wake, Assault Terminator, pro-painted, Warhammer40k

Tyberos the Red Wake, Assault Terminator, pro-painted, Warhammer40k

A note on quality:　

COLOR!!!  To steal a previous employer's slogan: Color makes the difference!  In the first decade of playing 40k, I met a guy named Chris whose paint jobs were the envy of everyone in Oak Park, IL.  I purchased a couple of his armies, and studied his work.  His work was not perfect, BUT, every unit he had looked fantastic on the tabletop - why?  Because he knew how to bring out colors to bring continuity to his units.  He was consistant in his painting, his colors were bright and sharp, and by adding to some of the units I had bought from him to update them for later editions of the game, I learned his techniques.  I was an awful art student in high school, BUT, I learned the color wheel inside and out.  I pay very close attention to my freehand and improvised work to my colors as to keep them matched and to bring out every little detail I can, which reminds me...

DETAIL:  I am a fanatic about detail.  I feel as if I'm honoring the sculpter when I paint a model and find a way to expose every little detail he or she put into it.  If I see the model is missing a tooth, I don't give him one!  If I can give a blood drop a little reflection, I will.  If they have a service stud in their forhead, it doesn't turn into a mole!  That's why more detailed models are priced higher than less as well.  The more detail I add, and I often have to put at least two coats even on the smallest detail, the longer it takes, the more I charge. 

Layers: I learned my brush techniques as a housepainter. (Believe it or not, it's not the size of the brush that matters.)  You cannot paint anything perfectly, but you can create the illusion of perfection. That doesn't keep me from painting as perfectly as possible, but sometimes the illusion of a perfect paint job is far more appealing than perfection, especially if the model itself is not perfect!  The closer you look at a model, the more imperfections you find, and a good painter will turn them to his/her advantage.

I do not mass-produce figures. They are all unique and all have AT LEAST 2 coats of paint on them, not including basecoats.  I avoid brush marks by putting on as many coats as necessary to obliterate them.  I do not speed-paint.

All metal models are sealed before photos are taken. Glue marks on the model are non-existant unless noted.  All flash is cleaned off before priming or when discovered, and gaps are filled while building or painting.

I pride myself on solid colors, and I very rarely, if ever use inks.  I avoid drybrushing as well.  I feel a model must look good close up and on the table, as these are after all gamepieces.  It is my point of view that - typically - drybrushing and the use of inks is a sign of laziness or carelessness.  I'll use inks on skin sometimes to get the right effect, and drybrush non-figure objects, like junk on bases.

++++Endorsements++++++

"If you hold it out at arms length and squint, it kinda looks like a space marine!" - a guy who didn’t want to be identified at the Chicago Battle Bunker for fear of losing his credibility.

2nd place at Sidetrack Nick's 3^rd Bi-annual Basement Gamer Painter Competition. (I was the only one that entered, but I won second, so take that haters!~)

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