\'Eavy Metal trainee figure painters

Capt spalding

New member
and geoff was the assistant manager?

were you still there when Macaninch did his trainee manager malarky?

I think that we might have just missed each other....I did a year at fruuk in 97 :)
 

mickc22

Granddad!
Originally posted by Capt spalding
and geoff was the assistant manager?

no assistant manager when I was there, no such animal then. Andy was the senior F/timer, awesome painter

were you still there when Macaninch did his trainee manager malarky?
no, missed that

I think that we might have just missed each other....I did a year at fruuk in 97 :)
yeah I think we must have

I should imagine we spoke on the phone a few times, as we had to phone the figures through to Thurrock at that time
 

generulpoleaxe

New member
Originally posted by Necroghast
Hey so I\'m not old enough to apply now but I\'d love to do it at some point. How often do you have openings?

i\'m sure if you have an opening they will fill it lol

on a serious note, just keep an eye on the site mate and when your old enough go to an open interview at the stores and take recent work with you. (let them know your applying for a position on the eavy metal team or they will just stick you in a retail store)
 

moonmin82

New member
i would have loved to apply for the sculpting post but (as you can tell from my gallery) im not quite ready for it yet!

did anybody get an answer to the controversial question of salary? we all have a different idea of what low pay is... my first two years out of university i was on £10,500 and was told the \'poverty line\' was about £16,000!

obviously if i learned of anything that put me off the job it wouldnt stop me from sculpting! i want to be as good as i can be regardless of whether anyone will pay me or not! :beer:
 

generulpoleaxe

New member
Originally posted by moonmin82
i would have loved to apply for the sculpting post but (as you can tell from my gallery) im not quite ready for it yet!

did anybody get an answer to the controversial question of salary? we all have a different idea of what low pay is... my first two years out of university i was on £10,500 and was told the \'poverty line\' was about £16,000!

obviously if i learned of anything that put me off the job it wouldnt stop me from sculpting! i want to be as good as i can be regardless of whether anyone will pay me or not! :beer:

the majority of people do fall under the poverty line. (and calling it poverty line is a bit misleading as still having a roof over your head, central heating and food isn\'t realy poverty)
remember, people who earn a crazy amount still get included when politicians work out the average salary earned in their respective country.
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
i hate all the maths of the different averages! i can never remember them.

btw i got a response from gw about the salary and it was higher than i thought. they took their time replying though
@moonmin82 - sent you a pm
 

mickc22

Granddad!
well you gonna share it or will they come and kill you if you do
don\'t need an exact amount, a between figure will do :D
 

mickc22

Granddad!
@moonmin82:
click on the OOAK Guild link in my sig
and also have a look at Paint-Sculpt.com as the name suggests there is a sculpting section, forum, articles etc
and there\'s also the Mysticalis sculpting forum

hope they\'re helpful


mick
 

Elly3438

Member
Dragonsreach, glad you got the topic under control~ Appreciate that, we all just have to remember to focus on the good things in life, and appreciate the good things that we all can talk about. Focus on the 100 good posts, not the one snarky one.... :)

Good luck to all applicants, I\'d love to paint for GW and for a living but my portfolio is too small at the moment. Plus to paint next to Razza (your stuff is amazing!!) and Brokenblade and the rest of the team would be such an honor. Oh, and it doesn\'t help I live in the U.S. ><

Happy painting!
 

Jericho

Consummate Brushlicker
What\'s the problem? I live in Canada and I\'m still gonna apply (still have to take a couple photos and make a proper portfolio out of them all... damn midterms and papers this week aren\'t helping matters! It\'ll be over by Christmas... now where have I heard that before?).

For a chance to learn so much from such good painters, moving a few thousand miles doesn\'t seem like such a big hassle :p
 

darklord

New member
i know the salary is a practical consideration, but to look at it from another point of view, if the eavy metal team knocked on your door one night and said can we teach you how we paint AND we will pay you for the privelage. Would you be happy?
 

El Matador

New member
yea it\'d be interesting to see,

@ Darklord, im fairly certain £34,000 isnt the average wage in the UK, i think its closer to £21-24,000.
 

El Matador

New member
:wow: still quite a bit more expensive than i would have imagined, i thought that £30k+ would have been a very good wage.
 

darklord

New member
problem with the average wage is it includes everyone, so top executives, footballers etc. this smaller percentage of real high earners pushes the average up giving nearly £30 whereas the median is around £!4k. the average train driver is on £37k and a nurse £27k

didnt have figures for miniature painters!!
 
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