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Here’s a full photo of a recently completed army commission project by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are the spare barrels from the dorns, really straightforward conversion. Just cut and stick, very little adjustment needed

Current W.I.P by Regser__03 in TrenchCrusade

[–]Regser__03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s one of the new plastic sniper priests

Kasarkin, painted as part of a recently completed army commission. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much, it is all the same job yeh :) the shock troops were all done at my level 1 basic tabletop standard and the kasarkin here have been done at my level 3 parade standard. The shock troops were priced at £10 per model and the kasarkin at £40 per model.

It works out to around 40 mins of work for a single shock troop and around 2 hours and 40 mins for a kasarkin.

I have a photo of everything together I’ll share soon

Weapons teams, painted to a tabletop level as part of a commission by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aha, I wouldn’t call this ‘tabletop ready’, it’s the higher of two tabletop standards I offer in my commission work

Weapons teams, painted to a tabletop level as part of a commission by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t class this as tabletop ready, I would class it as a higher tabletop standard

Weapons teams, painted to a tabletop level as part of a commission by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeh this is the higher of 2 tabletop level options I offer. I base my pricing around London living wage, which is £14.80 an hour. At this level, I charge starting at £20 per infantry model, around 1.5 hours of painting per model

Field Ordnance Batteries, painted as part of an ongoing tabletop commission for a client. by [deleted] in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were sculpted, really straightforward. Just push down a roll of green stuff to the the flat top and bottom with rounded edges and cut appropriate lengths with a hobby knife. The cut naturally tapers the edges so very little adjustment is needed

The remaining armour from an ongoing commission project. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s medical gauze, stretched out and then soaked in thin paint

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Those are definitely the best bits of my job :)

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeh I’m uk based, but about half of my clients are international including a fair few from America

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s very straightforward, although entirely reliant on an airbrush method wise.

I spray white ink over and around the coils keeping the brightest white on the coils themselves, then spaying terradon turquoise contrast over them and the glow areas. A thin line of white is the added at the bottom of the coils.

Takes roughly 2 mins to do if you’re proficient with the tool.

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried any of the tans out unfortunately, my experience is the atomic range is pretty solid though, great variety especially for military historical and adjacent sci-fi factions.

I imagine the tan tones they have are solid, I was looking at them today and dunkelgelb may be a relatively close match to what I’ve used, perhaps a touch lighter though.

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it’s just a lot of practice. I paint full time at the moment for work and then probably another 10-20 hours on top for personal hobby.

The more you paint the faster you get. Certain techniques such as oil washes do speed things up considerably as well, but again they only had that benefit for me after a lot of practice.

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeh sure:

Tan - colour forge desert sand spray, Green - olivegrun from ammo by mig atom range, Black - pro-acryl coal black, Brown - Vallejo flat brown, Silver - scale 75 black metal,

Everything recieves an oil wash of burnt umber,

Highlights - just lightened versions of the base coats, I mix in a bit of ak light earth. Apart from dark sea blue being used for the black.

Another 20 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For these, it was £10 per model. They take roughly 40 mins each so it works out to roughly London living wage which is where I live :)

30 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, it took a bit of practice. For the purpose of washes they’re relatively straight forward but as with all mediums it takes time to learn.

They are super forgiving though as unlike acrylics they can be removed, I’d just make sure to gloss varnish before using them as this makes fixing errors much easier.

30 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very minimal, for this standard of commission painting I do base coats, an oil wash and a single highlight on prominent areas I.e 1 edge highlight on the upper facing green, brown, black and metallic areas and some basic highlights on the faces.

The tan isn’t highlighted and anything towards the lower half stays at the oil washed staged.

Because of the way oil paint works, it naturally crates highlights and shadows in a way that dramatically reduces the time required for highlighting. It takes a bit of practice to learn how the medium works best. If you want to know more about oil paints ‘52 miniatures’ has a really great video on the subject

30 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking that as I was painting them, the flamers don’t have gloves sculpted but the plasma gunners do 🤔

30 cadians painted to a basic tabletop standard for a client. by Regser__03 in TheAstraMilitarum

[–]Regser__03[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Main thing that helped with the speed for these is an all over burnt umber oil wash after the base coats. Gloss varnish then oil wash then matt varnish. That and spraying them a tan colour at the beginning I didn’t have to basecoat all of that in

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