Episode 94 of The Independent Characters takes a hard look at Commission Painting. Whether you are thinking of having a model or army painted by a commission painter or painting service, or whether you think you have the chops to become a commission painter yourself, we discuss the pitfalls you want to avoid as well as the benefits.

To help us round out our conversation, we also have interviews with Branden from Smells Like Wargaming and Frankie from Frontline Gaming. These are two distinctively different approaches to Commission Painting services and we ask them about how they do business and what others should look for.

As usual, we have our Workbench and Games Played segments where we delve a bit into Tyranids as well.

Next episode we promise to present you with a brand spanking new commercial for Secret Weapon Miniatures as well as Smells Like Wargaming. So finally people can stop teasing Carl about not having recently attended a class by Mr. Justin!

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro
• 0:07:45 – Workbench and Games Played
• 0:44:00 – Commission Painting and You
• 1:23:30 – Interview with Smells Like Wargaming Commission Painting
• 1:45:15 – Interview with Frontline Gaming Painting
• 2:04:30 – Final Thoughts and Show Closing

Relevant Links:

• KR Multicase - SPONSOR
• Secret Weapon Miniatures! - SPONSOR
• Smells Like Wargaming - SPONSOR
• Spruehammer - SPONSOR
• Wargamma - SPONSOR
• Kanban Flow - Project Organization Tool
• 2014 Hobby Progress Challenge
• The Bay Area Independent Characters Deep Strike Event
• Forge World
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library
• Frontline Gaming