The DANGERS of Painting Your Friends Minis

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @EonsOfBattle
    @EonsOfBattle  Год назад +14

    A special thanks to Cobalt Keep for helping us continue to create great videos! www.cobaltkeep.com/ Coupon Code: EOB10 for 10% off Bases!!!

  • @Triptides77
    @Triptides77 Год назад +260

    I've done a few models for a friend on commission. Last thing he paid me to paint I later found out was a model intended as a gift for another of our friends. It was really touching to think he thought my painting was worthy enough to give as a gift.

  • @simplyshaws
    @simplyshaws Год назад +124

    As a commission painter who paints my friends Minins also I agree, I do feel lucky though that I normally am painting things to add on to there current armies. And a lot of my additions have helped them move the armies when it came to trading and selling. I see it all as good practice lol

    • @DaronSchmit
      @DaronSchmit Год назад +4

      I paint for my friends, but only on a commission basis. So I get to play with/against my own paint jobs AND I get to use my hobby to fund my hobby.
      In the event we go to a small tournament together, I've got extra shots at "best painted" too 😂

  • @ZombieApocalypse09
    @ZombieApocalypse09 Год назад +22

    My wife agreed to paint some minis for a friend. She burned out on painting minis completely and hasn't painted since. I had to finish those minis for her so we could return them to the friend finished.
    In general, I don't think it's a good idea for most people to paint for their friends unless they are a Jay-level savant at TCB (taking care of business) or something.
    I agree with the suggestion of getting together to paint the minis with the person. That tends to work a bit better. And you can show them some techniques and help them find one that works for them.

  • @bagel_guy9495
    @bagel_guy9495 Год назад +30

    The best counter to the attachment is having your friend painting a squad for you so you know you'll still get some nice minis.

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Год назад +20

    2:32 that Eldar Army looks amazing! 🤯
    "Cherrypickin'" 😍
    The finished warband is pretty dang sweet.

  • @sweatilaa5325
    @sweatilaa5325 Год назад +11

    I've been paid to paint some minis and board game minis for my friends and I'd like to add a few things to remember when painting your friends' minis that I wish someone had told me:
    1. Talk with your friend BEFORE you start painting on what they expect and what you can/ want to deliver as well as set a deadline for when the project should be finished. If they don't have a scheme in mind then take something that's easy but will still look cool. Also explain if they are being unreasonable and why.
    2. If they aren't a mini painter they might not know the process or how much effort or time painting can take, inform them about the process. I.E. I recently painted Zombicide Undead or Alive and I informed my brother that the zombies would just get bare minimum to look okay on the table with some Speedpaints and explained how painting them traditionally or putting any real effort into them would take way too much time since there are so many of them and would thus cost more, and I showed how the sculpts were quite bad and how it wouldn't really be worth it.
    3. It's okay to say "No." If the minis they have don't interest you then it's fine to say no, or to tell them that you will only do table top standard. If YOU don't feel like it then it will be really boring and it might even show through in your end result.
    4. Update your friend on any changes you need to do to the agreed scheme. Some things don't work out as planned, some details are just not paintable (looking at you, Zombicide), or you make mistakes you need to work around. Inform them. They might not care but they appreciate it. And if they care and you can't fix it they still appreciate honesty.
    5. Don't be afraid to charge them a reasonable sum when painting, it's your time and you probably have your own unpainted plastic, resin, or metal to paint. And don't be afraid to charge a little bit more if they really want a certain color on their project that you don't have.
    6. Learn to detach yourself from the minis, they aren't yours and most likely never will be.

  • @ashleys5285
    @ashleys5285 Год назад +11

    I find sisters are under represented in painting videos, thank you for showcasing nuns with guns! ❤

  • @brokenheroics8223
    @brokenheroics8223 Год назад +2

    I've painted my friends' models, especially when they get into the hobby fresh. I e joy the experience because I might paint something I may never play or ever own. Thanks to this, I get more practice as an artist. ❤

  • @thomasbraden8242
    @thomasbraden8242 Год назад +9

    "Unless it's 40K, Then it changes all the time." Best quote ever.

  • @DanielVisOneCade
    @DanielVisOneCade Год назад +1

    I'm really lucky I have a friend who's quite my senior in the hobby space.
    He learnt how to paint back in the bad old days pre-youtube or even forums!
    So when I couldn't push through those first few boundaries in early 2000's he was there to take a squad of Dire Avengers and get them to the tabletop plus level i washed them to be at.
    It makes such a HUGE difference having some thing at hand thats physical, that visually shows you how it's done and you can take all the kinesthetic lessons from you need.
    Because White Dwarfs or Codexs etc just didn't have enough in them to teach you those inbetween steps that matter so much.
    Now with RUclips and great show hosts like Jay it's so much more approachable you might not need a hobby hero in your community but I was lucky I had one. 😊

  • @thomaspowell4742
    @thomaspowell4742 Год назад +3

    Best Warhammer painting you tuber ever!

  • @minipaintingforyou
    @minipaintingforyou Год назад

    I painted more than 10.000 points of 40k for my best tabletop buddy, over the course of almost a decade. It enabled me to try loads of different techniques that I never would have used on my own armies, without buying even more stuff for myself. This included several huge and/or expensive forgeworld kits that were both a pain and fun to paint.
    I wasn’t able to continue ever since my first child was born, extra hobby time simply vanished into thin air.
    The games we played devolved into ever more grey plastic until Contrast hit the scene.
    He has been painting his own armies for a couple of years now, making great progress. His increasing number of painted armies even got me off my ass to return to painting.
    Good times!

  • @aaronReptileE1995
    @aaronReptileE1995 Год назад +1

    I really enjoy finding this channel. A lot of the tips are great for average hobbyists.

  • @davethealmightym_u_n_c_h_e8259
    @davethealmightym_u_n_c_h_e8259 Год назад +15

    EOB makes some of the highest quality, fun and consistent content and I love and appreciate every video 🙌

  • @Schizopantheist
    @Schizopantheist Год назад

    I like your simple highlight over zenithal technique (whatever it might be called) and will definitely be trying that to power through some troopers. Great video, thanks.

  • @clintbellanger
    @clintbellanger Год назад

    Great vid! Once in a while I'll paint a little something for our DM. It's hard to hand over those models once I'm done, but at least I know we'll get to see them on the table. One positive is that if I haven't painted in a while, doing a small project for a friend always puts me back on a hobby streak painting my own stuff.

  • @shadwkeepr9107
    @shadwkeepr9107 Год назад +2

    Idk if I could paint an entire army for someone else, but I could see doing a Kill Team. I did paint up a Harlequin Voidweaver for my brother-law, which was cool because I don't usually paint or play Eldar. I made sure to keep the scheme simple so he could copy it if he wanted.

  • @Mupersega
    @Mupersega Год назад +1

    omg the hair brought them to life!

  • @joshy7759
    @joshy7759 Год назад

    5:44 Jay never walks places, because he's the master of segues.

  • @kristianjensen5877
    @kristianjensen5877 Год назад +4

    Absolutely paint our friends' models. It can be a fun break, especially if they collect some stuff that we don't and otherwise wouldn't be interested in getting.
    Bur think twice before agreeing to painting entire armies unless we don't have any projects of our own to work on.😅

  • @chazzmondo
    @chazzmondo Год назад +2

    "100 layers of paint and you'll be fine" someone hasn't seen midwinter mini's 100 layers challenge 😳

  • @kappa6109
    @kappa6109 Год назад +1

    I was in a gaming group once. One of the older guys did nighttime security at a desk painted his miniatures. Several people wanted him to paint there's. Unfortunately they were in the back of his car when it got broken into. Gamers were pissed and the thief probably tossed the "toys".

  • @odharrison23
    @odharrison23 Год назад

    Cobalt keep does make some dope bases. I just wish you could spin the top of the handle with your thumb. My only complaint about cobalt keep. I do love them. Thanks gents!! Fantastic as always!!!

  • @_Xerota_
    @_Xerota_ Год назад +1

    I commissioned my friend to paint my Forgeworld Kriegers, I'm much newer to 40K than he is and wanted them to look great considering their cost.

  • @SaltyBob355
    @SaltyBob355 Год назад +1

    Oh man, you have to do a video on those Eldar grav tanks! That neon purple is amazing!

  • @roadgoeseveron7128
    @roadgoeseveron7128 Год назад

    as someone who paints most of the minis my friends and i play with i relate... also the cherry picking is very interesting, might try it on my mordheim collection

  • @j.burden
    @j.burden Год назад +1

    I’ve done commissions for my friends Star Wars legion army. He paid me handsomely in booze, which wasn’t the worst trade 😂

  • @williamamely7038
    @williamamely7038 Год назад

    Great job on those Sisters models. I do like them. While I have some, I am a Space Marine guy. I could use the Sisters as an ally, though. I like their entire line.

  • @benjamin2629
    @benjamin2629 Год назад

    nice recipe on the hair and very timely, thanks!

  • @kevinalexander8368
    @kevinalexander8368 Год назад

    Your content always goes really good with my morning cup of coffee!! Thanks for your hard work.

  • @colbzdolbz7017
    @colbzdolbz7017 8 месяцев назад

    I just earlier today finished my best friends custodies kill team because they were his first minis so I painted it for him but asked him how he wanted them painted and if he gets more teams like some sisters of silence then maybe I teach him how to paint

  • @blockofnerd8285
    @blockofnerd8285 Год назад

    It’s my birthday today and I just woke up to a great EOB video

  • @grandpajerry764
    @grandpajerry764 Год назад

    Those are the most model hair i’ve ever seen! 😂 haha very well done! I’ll definitively have to try everything here myself

  • @Willabrador
    @Willabrador Год назад

    Brilliantly done as always dude!

  • @colemiller8180
    @colemiller8180 Год назад

    Where was that hair painting tip at the beginning of my painting career?? Keeping that one in my back pocket.

  • @jimmypaul-i4o
    @jimmypaul-i4o Год назад +3

    Great video keep up the good work all your videos are great and inspire me to keep on painting

  • @cm_cataclysm
    @cm_cataclysm 7 месяцев назад

    That colour wheel is dope! Where can you get something like that?

  • @sebastianasaro6254
    @sebastianasaro6254 Год назад

    Hi can I ask where you got that useful colour wheel?

  • @savagex466-qt1io
    @savagex466-qt1io Год назад

    I can dry brush, stipple, im ok at highlighting. However I need to learn how to glaze and wetblend better lol.

  • @jameszeropr
    @jameszeropr Год назад

    Jay, could you go over your sponging technique? Always looks solid even when you're doing armor chips or highlights. Tell us your secrets!

  • @johnpawlak7350
    @johnpawlak7350 Год назад +1

    This channel is great and I love it.

  • @GamingWolfGod
    @GamingWolfGod 10 месяцев назад

    I wish Warhammer wasn't such an expensive hobby to get into. Seeing your stuff makes me really interested in it but then I look at the price tag and go "Maybe later" every time.

  • @ThomasGallinari
    @ThomasGallinari Год назад

    I play Sisters of Battle and yours (I mean your friend's) are fantastic!

  • @RuthlessMojo
    @RuthlessMojo Год назад

    I think I may have seen a tear in Jay’s eye as he was talking about the minis not being his.

  • @the40kboyz11
    @the40kboyz11 Год назад

    I’ve painted death guard for my Father and I really enjoyed it because I have space marines, custodes, knights, tau and guard, most of which are very clean looking models, my favourite thing to do with the death guard is to give them a generous coating of agrax earthshade to really dirty up those models and people say they’re the best painted models they’ve seen. I myself still think I can do better as I notice loads of tiny, unnoticeable mistakes and want to improve them, I get the struggle of painting someone else’s models for them

  • @redakumaproduction
    @redakumaproduction Год назад

    Yoopi a New vidéo !! And a painting one !! Love it !!❤

  • @wkblauwster
    @wkblauwster Год назад

    Have done it for a couple for friends and so far i actualiteit prefer it almost over painting my own.
    I have a tendency to overthink every single part op the mini's. From bases to paint schemes.
    This is where painting for a friend comes in as an advantage, they choose. I just do my best to realise their vision.

  • @thomaswilliams5005
    @thomaswilliams5005 Год назад

    Always a great time watching these

  • @Kid_illithid
    @Kid_illithid Год назад

    Got one of those Jucoci miniature cases and it’s dope. I got the wood grain one
    I forgot to use your affiliate link tho. Please don’t hate me.

  • @dankestfiber2108
    @dankestfiber2108 Год назад

    I literally just finished my first Battle Sisters yesterday! It was this same box! What are the odds

  • @samlivera4915
    @samlivera4915 Год назад

    I'd actually really like to see u try this technique with space marine armour.

  • @cavemanbum
    @cavemanbum Год назад

    My gaming group has a number of exceptionally talented minis painters, and we do trades with the others who don't (or can't) paint their own minis. Everyone seems to have something to offer in return for painting services, whether it's cash, food, or 3D printing of models. I for one paint models for a guy in my group who books the hotels for our convention attendance every year; he pays for the hotel stay, I paint up a bunch of models for him. 🤔

  • @AJBunBun
    @AJBunBun Год назад

    That hair 😍 amazing job!

  • @jackmcfetridge
    @jackmcfetridge Год назад +3

    Hmm, my friend has slight cerebral palsy so his hands shake, I paint his models for him when I can and I bought some models for him as a gift and I’m painting them up as well

  • @christopherpeery7436
    @christopherpeery7436 Год назад +1

    I couldnt do it. I get too attached to something when i paint it and cant give it up... it becomes my precious

  • @timunderbakke8756
    @timunderbakke8756 Год назад +1

    I wish I was even half as good. Three years in and mine are….fine…. But I never get the highlighting or faces the way I want it.

  • @cwj138
    @cwj138 Год назад

    Painted my buddy's Zombicide Dark Plague box, played a few times then he moved onto regular zombicide. It's like he has no issues playing with unpainted minis. Feelsbadman.

  • @sergiocordova7693
    @sergiocordova7693 11 месяцев назад

    What is the name of the color wheel thing that he used?

  • @mikeg9516
    @mikeg9516 Год назад

    Sweet vid, gonna use that whip for my Dua malifaux crew

  • @christianvoorhees69
    @christianvoorhees69 Год назад +1

    It's bold of you to assume I have friends, let alone, ones that play!

  • @SuperDuperHappyTime
    @SuperDuperHappyTime Год назад

    I paint my friend’s models all the time. They’re the best looking boxes sitting in my pile of shame

  • @lebendigesgespenst7669
    @lebendigesgespenst7669 Месяц назад +1

    So he said that a prime over is usually fine unless it’s really caked up, can anybody else second this for me please?

    • @turpisfelis
      @turpisfelis Месяц назад

      It's typically okay, you just need to be sure that the new coat of primer isnt thick

  • @mogwiawolf4354
    @mogwiawolf4354 8 месяцев назад +1

    i think the battle sisters could have been done better like the other ones were fine but then looking at the battle sisters something just is off about them

  • @janviggoneubergjohansen
    @janviggoneubergjohansen Год назад

    My friend have a mountain of shame so i'l gladly help him out. It's Orks so its pure fun!!

  • @garrettmorgan4430
    @garrettmorgan4430 Год назад

    Nailed the hair 🏆

  • @mrrselfdestruction1077
    @mrrselfdestruction1077 Год назад

    You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose.

  • @Damnedlegion40k
    @Damnedlegion40k Год назад

    I'm a commission assemblyman and painter, I help people reduce their piles of shame.

  • @jack-a-lopium
    @jack-a-lopium Год назад

    Well, I think if anybody is going to get into 40k in a big way, it'd be if a person had 2 units painted by Jay!

  • @Bloodworia
    @Bloodworia Год назад

    Ecclesiarchy is probably one of the worst kill teams i have played and i love sisters. I will proxy many sisters for the inquisition squad though

  • @ultralaggin8467
    @ultralaggin8467 Год назад

    lol my dad went to art college so he paints my minis i just tell him the faction color i want example space marines blood angels and then just let him decide what he wants to do i usually build them and he paints

  • @munden21
    @munden21 Год назад

    What's going on you guys? Wheres the new video?

  • @oskar6661
    @oskar6661 Год назад

    Never do anything involving your friends if there is time/expectation/money involved. It's one thing if you paint them something as a gift, at your own leisure - or if you speed paint models like a crazy bastard and they ask you to knock out five models (which you can do in a sitting). But general rule of thumb...don't. I'd be fine selling painted models to friends at a fair price, etc. But all you're going to normally do is spend too much time (while making little to no money) painting up minis.

  • @lonewolfsniper1000
    @lonewolfsniper1000 Год назад +1

    Great video. Don't wanna stir up anything, but who in their right mind thinks SoB have shitty faces? They look pretty great to me 😅

  • @draklithsDen
    @draklithsDen Год назад

    What happened to the eyes? I didn't see eyes, do these minis have eyes?

  • @drpretzel2086
    @drpretzel2086 10 месяцев назад

    I paint my friend’s models but they pay me as they know I give a better price. And that I can relatively fast always ready for game day

  • @Monstein
    @Monstein Год назад

    I am one of those who hates painting for other people and really dislike seeing stuff I painted in other peoples hands.

  • @knightzix_01
    @knightzix_01 Год назад

    You should ease them into it She Built it She might like it Want some more if she wants some more

  • @Fuzzycat16
    @Fuzzycat16 7 месяцев назад

    If a friend asks you to paint their army they most likely don't understand the effort and time that goes into that endeavor . If you have a 40hr weekly job that's a project that will most likely take you half a year + and most of your free time.

  • @drrhino_
    @drrhino_ Год назад

    I feel this, but I chose to do a 3k army for my dad....

  • @Alex-bc3gz
    @Alex-bc3gz Год назад

    the Not-Female Space Marines are "the best models gw has ever made" ?
    I see my boy Eons also has a bdsm nuns kink lol

  • @boredomiscommon
    @boredomiscommon Год назад

    I no longer paint for friends, as it doesn't feel like it's appreciated and my work is undervalued.

  • @Chris-lr2qb
    @Chris-lr2qb Год назад

    Is that DnB I hear in the background?

  • @veritech4884
    @veritech4884 Год назад

    Totally not me whos had my buddys Necrons for two years... hah... totally...

  • @tsunderehusbando3668
    @tsunderehusbando3668 Год назад

    my friend is currently painting my 6 centurion devestators as my birthday present since he is a far better painter than i am and know he would do a far better job at painting my favourite models

  • @AJBunBun
    @AJBunBun Год назад +1

    ha! jokes on you I have no friends

  • @TemperingFaber3
    @TemperingFaber3 Год назад

    adepta sororitas best army

  • @Hi_Im_Simple
    @Hi_Im_Simple Год назад

    so sad cobolt keep is a us company :c nearly £20 on shipping

  • @Gobboleone
    @Gobboleone Год назад

    There are no dangers in painting my friends miniatures, they are always happy if I do it for them for various reasons, but lets see what the video has to say about that....

  • @dinkledord7026
    @dinkledord7026 Год назад

    it's simple really
    I like painting and my friend doesn't. I get to practice painting a different army and he gets some dudes painted for free :)

  • @r1ptidee
    @r1ptidee Год назад

    Day 20 of asking for a Centurion Squad magnetization and green stuff conversion video.
    Once the video is made, I’ll become a top tier Patreon to get my name on the sergeant of the squad.

  • @lukecocksey2314
    @lukecocksey2314 Год назад

    Show us nick

  • @richardbradley2335
    @richardbradley2335 Год назад +1

    i painted hundreds of 40k for 2 ''friends''...they messed me around/blamed me etc...they dont have those armies in their own collections anymore....mmm interesting.

  • @lastsurvivingemothefox9797
    @lastsurvivingemothefox9797 Год назад

    Nothing draws the emperors eyes quite like sororitas thighs

  • @tarasbalay6356
    @tarasbalay6356 Год назад

    I hate painting

  • @asashahni9090
    @asashahni9090 11 месяцев назад

    SOB don't have a black carapace but somehow got the conection ports protruding from the skin like an astarte.
    The old repentia models didn't had any of that shit.
    Serious misstep from GW IMO.

  • @sake3857
    @sake3857 Год назад

    you should have stripped them bro... ngl

  • @117mxsanchez
    @117mxsanchez Год назад

    I'm really sorry, don't mean to be a hater.. But these look Terrible..

  • @the40kboyz11
    @the40kboyz11 Год назад

    Give the sisters differently coloured capes

  • @OldGoat-cw8he
    @OldGoat-cw8he Год назад

    Ultra sisters, why do people think blue is black? HARD PASS on the Ultra sisters