Plug plug plug

Time for a little shameless plugging. I just felt the last post was a little deep and serious business so I'm just bringing things back up a touch. I do have a few other sites I run regarding my painting and I figured I may as well post them up here. I am always open for commissions, (unless otherwise stated) so if anyone has anything they want painted feel free to hit me up. I'm pretty flexible on pricing as well so I will do my best to work with you when it comes to payment. My other sites are:
http://www.facebook.com/Dansbosspaints
http://medanite-m.deviantart.com/
I post different news on the Devart page and I post give-aways and deals on the Facebook page. The Facebook page acts as a sort of homepage for me so it has the main bulk of my commission related business. Anyone who likes the Facebook page after being sent there from this blog receives a discount on their first commission. So if you drop by the Facebook page and like it, drop a message or comment stating you were lead there by this page and you will be eligible for the discount.
Thanks for reading everybody. Keep your paintbrushes clean and your imaginations open.

A Reaper mini Vampire i did for a client that he plans to use for his Warhammer Fantasy Vampire Counts army.

Moving forward

Plaguebearers of the Black Plague

How far would you go for the things you love? Do you think you could move to a far away land, far away from your friends and family, away from everything familiar to you? If the person whom you love the most would be happier living there, and the move would not effect you at all other than the aforementioned away from familiarity, would you be able to do it?
I would easily still be able to pursue my love of miniature painting if I were to move far away. The move would actually put me closer to the source. Finland is a lot closer to Britain than the United States and I would be a lot closer to GW headquarters as well as closer to Forgeworld, (which would heavily lower the shipping prices on FW stuff therefore making it more affordable.)
If anything the move putting me closer to all those sources would help my progress as a painter. Being nearby, it would no longer be beyond me to enter Golden Daemon and participate in other GW painting and playing competitions.
However, I still don't know if I would be able to leave everything, and more importantly, everyone I know and love. How many people are able to make that sort of jump? How do they do it? Is internet contact with the people in your life enough?
Thanks for reading everybody. Keep your paintbrushes clean and your imaginations open.

Commission

A Soul Drinkers Chaplain I completed for a different client.

So my work has been crushing me lately. I have realized that between my actual job, a fiance, and other things that life throws at you I really only have one, maybe two days a week to work on painting.
I shouldn't be using that as a reason to complain though, this is after all my passion and as such I will continue to be passionate about it. Painting to make money really is living the dream. However 36 Bretonian peasants is a bit much, and it is starting to be rather difficult.

Usually when I paint an army I will paint a single squad of rank and file troops and then reward myself for finishing them by allowing myself to paint something interesting or different. For example; paint a ten man squad of Space Marines, then paint a Dreadnaught as a reward for finishing the slightly redundant squad. It's a simple system really. However the client has requested all 36 peasants be completed at once. I will persevere though..... except he mentioned he may have another 36 to paint afterwords...
Thanks for reading everybody. Keep your paintbrushes clean and your imaginations open.

Horrors

Many people work very hard to keep a color scheme consistent across their armies in Warhammer 40k. Sometimes it can become a burden, something that makes it harder to continue as the monotony of painting the same units the same colors over and over drowns out their creativity. This was actually something I ran into as I painted my Tau, who were the first army I ever did, as well as my foray into miniature painting. As I got more and more into the world of Warhammer 40k; the gameplay, the lore, and most importantly the painting aspect, I found there were more and more things I wanted to try.

My switch to Daemons of Chaos meant many things for me painting wise. For one there was basically zero instances of armor for me to paint, especially compared to the Tau who were completely armored. Even when armor did show up with the Daemons it was extremely different from the clean cut lines of Tau battlesuits and soldier plate. The armies of Chaos are, as a whole, far more organic and more expressive in their posing. The other thing that was a huge change was that I was given almost complete freedom in terms of coloration. The Tau are an organized unit, with every member needing to be able to identify each other in the maelstrom of combat. Daemons of Chaos hail from four different gods and even within those four powers the colors don't need to be especially consistent. It was with this in mind that I set out to paint my Horrors of Tzeentch.

Tzeentch is the most charismatic and fickle of the gods of Chaos. I had this in mind when I decided to have an entire unit with each member being different colors. However I made sure that the unit could still be identified as belonging to each other. The basing is consistent across them, they are the only unit in my army with white trim on the bottoms of the bases, and the coloration follows a similar application style across all the members. Of course there is also the fact that the color schemes are all drawn from the same source material. I leave it to my readers to use the context clues of the colors, and the extra small details placed across them to discern the origin.
Thanks for reading everybody. Keep your paintbrushes clean and your imaginations open.

Beginning

I now stand on a precipice, one I did not think I would ever teeter over and fall into. I am now embarking on the journey of keeping a blog. It is something I have considered for a long time, but always found myself staying away from, avoiding the idea. But as things have turned in the fashion that they have I found myself more drawn to the idea. As I find myself drawn further and further into the world of miniature painting, hoping to maybe someday reach the glorious peak of professional painting, I find I now have the desire to share my thoughts, feelings, and ideas on the subject, as well as my work itself.

I will mainly post my own work, as well as commission status, whether they be open or closed, as well as any thoughts I may have on the different game systems I play and painting techniques. I invite any readers to join the conversation and let me know your feelings, views, and even send me some of your work. I am always looking for any advice and criticism to help me on my journey through the world of painting. I firmly believe that we can never stop learning, that others can teach us far more than we could ever teach ourselves, and if we shut out outside influence we have robbed ourselves of the ability to learn.
Thanks for reading everybody. Keep your paintbrushes clean and your imaginations open.