Hey guys, I wanted to share a quick story with you, in the hope that it would send some appreciation BAM's way.
Back in July, I commissioned BAM to paint a figure for me. I wanted a piece of his work both to help me study the work of a great painter, and for the reasons anyone would want something totally awesome: for the sake of awesome! BAM painted up the really cool Hasslefree orc which many of you probably saw on his WIP. Unfortunately, the figure was badly damaged in shipping. This was not due to any failure on BAM's part: he had packed it up inside a metal box using lots and lots of foam, then packed the metal box into a cardboard box with more foam. In short, the package was either dropped or shaken, most likely, and it was definitely damaged between his house and mine.
When I received the damaged orc, I contacted John to try to work out a solution which would be fair to both of us. BAM was insistent that he would send me another figure, and a few days ago I received (in perfect shape) a really cool terminator librarian in the mail. I'll be putting a base on it soon as a kind of collaborative effort (the base of the orc was fine, but I want to keep it as-is rather than install a new resident). BAM really didn't have to do this, but he was determined that I be happy with my decision to commission a work from him. Needless to say, I am!
We also have plans in the works for another sort of shared project, which you'll have to wait to discover. In the meantime, I wanted to let you know what a decent and generous guy he is (despite the fact that all of his models are drowning in blood & grime).
Thanks, bud.