Commission Painting, 40k Miniature Painting
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Conquest Last Argument of Kings: an Old Dominion Army

There is a boldness to how they sculpt at Para Bellum Games. The figures are bigger without being chunky. Yet, they "fill in" their volumes. The sculpts make sense, and couldn't be the same style if they were smaller. There's a trend to make things smaller to save on cost, while cramming in detail to increase value -- and it just does not work beyond a certain point.

Para Bellum gets it. I feel they've made a clear choice to stay big, and it makes for much better looking, more impressive miniatures.

This was our first time painting their "Old Dominion." This entire army was painted to Showcase Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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This Marvel Zombies Galactus is Biggest Miniature We've Ever Painted

The two painters who worked on it, Noori (left), and Asinsa (right). 

When we were contacted to do the Marvel Zombies Galactus I nearly fell out of my chair. We are restricted from doing particularly heavy or bulky minis because of the shipping cost. However, the client was up for rolling the dice, and so here we are.

This monster is 23 inches tall (you could use him to measure weapon range). He comes with zombie options - because weighing as much as an infant is not enough. We had two painters working on it - Noori and Asinsa. They’re friends with a good history of working together. I can’t tell where one’s work stops and the other’s starts, and that’s the way it should be.

We painted Galactus at to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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A Bretonnian Army Returns to the Warhammer Old World

Troops at Standard; elites at Showcase; HQ-types at Exhibition — we haven’t seen that breakdown since the 2000s when it was how everyone was getting their Warhammer Fantasy Battles painted. Now, Warhammer the Old World has taken us right back there. It’s like it never stopped, but I just got a bit older.

I like the new Lord on Royal Pegasus mini. It would have been nice if the whole line had had an update, but oh well :) . It’s still nice seeing the older designs again, and the plastic pegasus knight is great fig.

These were all done to Standard, Showcase and Exhibition quality.

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Paintedfigs is a commission miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

A Few Painted Sisters of Battle

We paint Sisters of Battle quite a bit these days. These had some nice bases the client sent, and we added some transfers. Otherwise, they were pretty straightforward.

These were painted to Exhibition quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Some Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines

Just some reinforcements for a Thousand Sons army we’ve been working on, over the past year or so.

These were painted to Showcase quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Painting Salamander Space Marines with Bubbling Lava Bases

We’ve painted Salamander Chapter Space Marines so many times we’ve given those commissions their own web page. Here we did another interpretation of the scheme. What stood out most was the bases. The client wanted a bubbling lava effect.

For this we used beads of varying sizes. We blended their edges in with the bases using some modelling paste. Some cork for dark, rocky elevation, and the rest was painting.

These were painted to Showcase and Exhibition quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

These New Hires took us up to 40 staff

11 of the 13 new hires over the past two months

We have enough troops to Hold Objectives

You can imagine with our normal capacity being sold out for months on end, we are under pressure to increased output. Here are the new faces.

From left to right, back row:

Podi (social media), Prabath (painter), Senuka (painter), Asitha (crafter), Tharanga (painter)

Front row:

Hasara (crafter), Crissy (painter), Dilini (painter), Kavindhya (painter), Nuwan (painter), and Navin in managment (yes, we have two Navins now).

We realized this took us past 40 full time staff (we are at 41). Seemed an auspicious milestone for a mainly 40k miniature painting service!

Here’s a shot of 39 of us (40 and 41 were out sick, and Lucas of course is in the US):

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Paintedfigs is a commission miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

These ABC Warriors from 2000 AD Magazine Influenced Warhammer

ABC Warriors is a comic strip that started in 1979, in 2000 AD Magazine. It’s still in print today.

Growing up I never knew much about 2000 AD and Heavy Metal Magazine, being maybe ten years too young to have made the most of the 80s. Nowadays, I see them as cultural artifacts that influenced everything of interest in SF art, comics, and cartoons from the period.

Here’s some stuff I stole from the ABC Warriors Wikipedia page. Any of it sound familiar?

“Deadlock is a follower of the Khaos religion, ...Deadlock's powers allow him to astrally project and reform his body if it is damaged or destroyed, and he holds the sword X-Caliber, a weapon that allows him to drain the souls of the living to use as psychic "nourishment". He is able to call demons and the undead to his aid. “

There’s even a Gothic Empire (that’s its name), X-Terminators, and an elite sniper assassin who even looks like a Vindicare Assassin:

Below are the minis.

They were all were painted to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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Orruks and Maw-Gruntas Painted for Age of Sigmar

When the Maw-Gruntas came out it was clear they were large. Just how large was something I was taken aback by. They’re megafauna pigs-as-armor. I bet goblins would try putting war engines on their backs except that they’d just get eaten.

The Maw-Gruntas are further down, but there’s plenty of Black Orc style Orruk Ardboyz and such to go with them.

These were all done to Showcase quality, except for Kragnos (who’s no Orruk), who we did at Exhibition quality.

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Paintedfigs is a commission miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Genestealer Cultists with Cool Spectrum Tones

This was another fun job. We had to work with an existing, dark blue tone. The brief was to keep the same, evil sort of cooler tone and mood.

We added in purple and green. The tie it all together, a bit of bright red

The lights could have gone in many directions — bright blue, bright green, or yellow. Yellow of course worked well with the blue tone, and wherever you can sneak in all 3 primary colors, you do alright.

These were painted to Showcase quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

These are the Most Bright And Colorful Seraphon We’ve Ever Painted

We had so much fun with these. They were a ton of work, especially all the freehand on the skinks. When we put them all together, all we could see was a mad carnival of color. If I ever do Seraphon for myself, this is 100% how I would do them.

These were all done to Exhibition quality.

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Paintedfigs is a commission miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Some Painted Chaos Space Marines, Cultists, and Accursed Cultists

I always felt Chaos Space Marines should be able to turn up with lots of maddened, baseline cultists. GW has given us plenty of nice cultist sculpts over the years. The more recent ones are no exception. These were painted to Showcase quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Marvel Zombies - Painted to Exhibition

We’ve done a fair amount of Marvel Zombies painting. I think we really nailed it though on this round. The zombies are cleaner (which sounds wrong, but they work better this way). Some technique changes have made everything look a bit more crisp.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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Painting C27 Superhero Miniatures

Another batch of C27 Superheroes. Some nice designs with a lot of character. My favorites are the Not-Punisher and the Not-Homelander.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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Some Fallout Wasteland Warfare Miniature Painting Service

Been a while since we’ve shared some painting for Fallout Wasteland Warfare. Was nice to see the minis from the show; the sculptor captured the look of the characters perfectly!

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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Adeptus Mechanicus: Painting the Longest Legs in Warhammer 40k

The Sydonian Skratos mini is a bit terrifying to work with because you fear it might snap somewhere inconvenient… It’s got quite the rifle though. We painted these along with a nice-sized force of Adeptus Mechanicus.

These were painted to a mix of quality levels.  

You might have wondered why such mad art leads to Ultramarines… why doesn’t it, instead, lead to more mad art?

A lot of other people have thought this, too. Not content to sit on their brushes, they used them instead to create the art style known as Blanchitsu.

Desaturation. A jaundiced palette. Warhammer Squalor. Here are some examples:

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Kingdom Death Gambler’s Chest is Even More Disturbing than Regular Kingdom Death

Kingdom Death: Gambler’s Chest is pretty much what you’d expect - except that the creators have had quite a bit of practice now!

My favorite is the baby-eating Santa. If you disagree:

  • close your eyes

  • remember the last time there was a screaming child on your flight

And there, now you agree :) .

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

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Neon Genesis-Inspired Tau Armor

These came together nicely. I had no idea where the scheme was going till the helmets were painted. These were left unbased per the client’s request.

These were painted to Showcase with Commander Farsight at Exhibition quality. 

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

Painting MESBG: The Battle for Osgiliath

3d designed sculpts are a nice facelift for the Lord of the Rings / Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game line. The look good alongside the older sculpts, and the terrain is a nice change from the almost brutalist look of 40k terrain pieces.

These were painted to Showcase and Exhibition quality. 

You might have wondered why such mad art leads to Ultramarines… why doesn’t it, instead, lead to more mad art?

A lot of other people have thought this, too. Not content to sit on their brushes, they used them instead to create the art style known as Blanchitsu.

Desaturation. A jaundiced palette. Warhammer Squalor. Here are some examples:

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Paintedfigs is a miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).

A Warcry Commission for Age of Sigmar

We painted up a bunch of Warcry recently. I love how much character the Warcry sculpts have. Even lined up next to minis of the same unit type, the stand out as obviously different. The stuff of good skirmish game minis.

These were done to Exhibition quality.

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Paintedfigs is a commission miniature painting service. You can send us your figurines to paint, and we also have painted miniatures for sale. We paint mainly Games Workshop (Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, Space Hulk, Bloodbowl, and so on), Star Wars, Warmachine and Hordes, and pretty much every Kickstarter and board game under the sun.

And we do so at the lowest rates on Earth (we’ve checked).