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Originally Posted by warhead
Love it Darrin...I really want to change the head placement on mines after seeing this, makes a huge difference.
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I know you have the skills to do it. One thing I would suggest if you are of like mind is to also turn the head a little more forward like it was in the original sculpt (see photos in my first post of original, unpainted sculpt). I love mine but Saul basically just lifted the head and left him looking slightly backward. I like the original head position best.
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Originally Posted by warhead
better call Saul
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If he can fit a person in Saul is among the best. He has had a lot of life issues pop up and he is also doing sculpting and producing now so he has very little painting time. He had my Viking for 14 months. He is great to work with, reasonable, and does killer work for sure. He has done 13 paint ups for me and I love them all.
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Originally Posted by Brandon
Not really into vikings but I'll admit this one looks good. Btw, you seem to have a lot of statues that you've had painted. Could you recommend me a few painters, I can't seem to find any.
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I have quite a few pro-paints for sure although a lot of them are kits that were not available as prepaints. I have used a lot of painters but it is getting harder and harder to find one. Many that I have used are hard to get anymore.
For my money David Fisher is the absolute gold standard and I would love to have something painted by him and have been trying for years but he doesn't really take commission work that I can tell. If he did it would cost in the thousands but he is the best and I would love to have something painted by him.
I already mentioned Saul as swamped, J Johnston has gotten out of commission painting as has Alex Castro. Jim Capone is awesome if you can get him, he only takes one kit at a time though and won't take anymore until he has the one he is working on done (which is actually kind of nice). Dan Nash (Shedman) does good work but as far as I know only paints for himself and me. Jennifer Lujan does stellar work but I haven't been able to get her to take anything in a while as she said she is way to busy with kids and life now. Hanna Myers did my ARH Barbarian and does incredible work and may do it for you but I know she is busy with Level 52. I have a couple things by Polyxeni Dalla but she lives in Greece so unless the stuff is already in Europe shipping costs would probably not make it worth it to use her. She is good but there are plenty of US painters that are just as good.
Depending on what you want done, some guys I have not used but do good work I'm told include John Allred, Clutch (don't know his real name but you can PM him here) and Vincente Torres. Warhead does great work too but I 'don't know if he paints for others. He might have additional names though if you PM him, he knows a lot of guys at the Clubhouse and might know which pro paint and have a recommendation.
