We Painted Some Leagues of Votann

We have painted for Lucas Como, our shipper and yours, for 17 years. For most of that period we’ve added to existing armies or established schemes. Lucas has been gaming a long time - there aren’t many armies of his he wasn’t already collecting before we crossed paths.

The Leagues of Votann though are an all-new army. These are the first of Lucas’s Votann minis. He had strong ideas about how he wanted them to look… and I had strong ideas, as well. We worked together on this (I think with him humoring me to some extent) and here’s what we came up with!

Most of these are GW minis but some are third party 3d prints Lucas sent us.

There’s a lot more we’ll be painting for this army, but we’re finally ready to show these off.

These were all 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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How We'll Be Painting Exhibition Vehicles From Now On

Something interesting that came up while painting the large Ultramarine army was a new style of painting armor plate. It looks like airbushing but its done with regular brushes.

We very much liked the look; its more modern and looks cool. So, we got all the Exhibition-quality painters doing it, and now its part of the house style.

If you already have vehicles painted in our usual style, please don’t worry. We are happy to paint reinforcements in either style. For new Exhibition armies though, unless otherwise requested, we’ll be doing this look.

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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We Painted Too Many Ultramarines!

We had the good luck to find ourselves working on a huge, all-Exhibition Ultramarines army. 5 painters worked on these. Along with them were 3 builders, and the whole admin team.

Enjoy!

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 Chaos Space Marine Painting

We painting a little Chaos this month. Reinforcements for armies we’d already painting.

For one order, it was some infantry for a weathered, grimmer, take on Black Legion.

For the other, it was some Iron Warriors armor. For the armor we printed and added some spikes, and did some freehand striping.

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 Wolfspear Space Marines

We got to do some Wolfspear Space Marines recently. The client was kind enough to send a White Dwarf copy for us to get a bit more background, and to better match the color for the scheme for them he liked best.

3d Printed Bases

The brief was to give them Space Hulk-style basing. We came up with a simple version that would cost the client no extra. However, we knew we could do a lot better if we picked out some installation bases for the job.

So, we found some online and did a test print. The client compared the two and picked the printed version. He then bought the necessary 3d files from the designer (otherwise we would be in violation of ‘fair use’). We then printed and painted up the bases.

This army was painted to Showcase, and 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 Black Templar Crusaders (At Last!)

We hadn't done any Black Templars for 9 years. This created a problem; people would ask "hey, I'd like some Black Templars done!" But what could I show them? Firstborn marines we painted 15 years ago? It created a circular problem. Because we didn't have Black Templars to show as proof of concept, we didn't close any Black Templar orders.

This post is me putting a HARD STOP to that nonsense. Here are some Black Templars we just finished!

They are particularly badass because the client showered them with after-market parts and custom bases. They are, frankly, the nicest Black Templars we’ve painted in years. They are, frankly, the only Black Templars we’ve painted years.

This army was painted to Showcase, with a few Exhibition Quality pieces.

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 "Darkest Dungeon" style Tyranids for 40k

This was a real treat to work on. We were asked to paint a Tyranid army inspired by the art below for the game Darkest Dungeon. The client wanted black Tyranids with glowing joints and mouths.

Once I saw how it came out, I fell in love with the look. I have some Tyranids set aside for a Kill Team that I’m going to do this way.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

How We Painted These

We’ve been getting a lot of requests on how we did these, so I figured best add a tutorial to help:

What Colors Did You Use?

We do a lot of blending and we get our colors custom-made. As such, we can’t really give a meaningful color list, sorry :( .

Instead, this will help:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/iLR9Xbd8k1raWrZM9

It is a gallery link to the army that shows large images. This gives a better idea of the technique we used.  

Claws

Black. Grey highlights. Gloss varnish -- the key is to make them look different from the rest of the black. 

Body / Carapace

Black. Grey highlights (seriously). 

Glowing Effects 

Pick a cold color of choice - blue, turquoise, purple, for example. Target the open joints and recesses in the minis. Don't target them all; part of the look is skipping some. 

Do a shade wash (contrast paints might work here, too). 

After that, take the cold color you used and mix in a bit of white. Just a bit. Then drybrush that over the areas. 

Go back and repeat this for as many drybrush highlights as you like, each time, increasing the white. 

Testing

Test on a sprue first, make sure you have the look you want!

Happy painting :) .

Navin  

About Tyranids:

The Tyranids are a race in Warhammer 40k. They are depicted as a vast, interconnected hive mind that seeks to assimilate all other forms of life into its collective consciousness. Tyranids are characterized by their overwhelming numbers, their ability to adapt and evolve quickly, and their relentless pursuit of their goals.

They are believed to have originated from outside the Milky Way galaxy and travel through space in massive fleet formations known as "hive fleets," which are composed of billions of individual organisms. These hive fleets consume all forms of life that they encounter, using the genetic material of their prey to create new, specialized Tyranid organisms.

Tyranids are often depicted as being insect-like in appearance, with chitinous exoskeletons and sharp, mandible-like jaws. They are known for their ability to adapt to a wide variety of environments and for their use of powerful psychic abilities. They are often seen as a force of nature, almost impossible to stop or defeat due to their vast numbers and their ability to evolve and adapt.

About Paintedfigs:

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 an Adeptus Titanicus Warmaster

Is GW preparing to release 40k-scale Plastic Titans?

I look at Games Workshop figures every day. After a while, you start to notice the changes a different designer brings in. How an element on one figure turns up again in a completely different army. You also start noticing changes in the "house style." For example, multipart kits becoming less flexible, but yielding more dramatic poses.

Even so, there seem to be design directives that don’t fundamentally change. Basic infantry are always accessible to paint. Set-piece HQs always seem grand. Nothing is more detailed than it needs to be.

Except for Adeptus Titanicus. Their detailing feels beyond GW benchmarks for comparable-sized minis. Also, there is more detail for relatively minor details, like pipes, than you’ll see on other GW minis.

When I priced this Warmaster, the first we’ve done, I based its rate on the images online. It seemed a true monster of a job. Once it was built, it was much smaller than I had expected. I was concerned I have overcharged. After the painting was done, I realized that wasn’t the case. It was as much work as I’d expected it to be.

So, why is this happening? The simplest answer is that it’s a different game, a different scale, and so GW is applying different design rules. Occam’s Razor.

However, it is a lot of extra work their designers. Work they could spend on making other minis, and for less niche games than Adeptus Titanicus. If we would ask the question, surely a GW accountant has too?

Another possibility is that Adeptus Titanicus is also an incubator for 40k scale, plastic Titan kits. They get to work on it without raising expectations, but also get the design work paid for, and much sooner. GW can take its time working out how to make its biggest plastic kits ever. If they can’t make it work, no harm done. And, at the least, they have the designs done which they can always use, later.

Guy from Midwinter Minis has already talked about this on Youtube. From what I’m seeing of Titanicus kits, like this Warmaster, leads to me think he might be right.

This Warmaster was painted to Exhibition quality.

This was 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 Converted 40k Chaos Knights

What I like most about these figures were the 3D printed, aftermarket parts the client sent along with the standard kits. The assembly was straightforward; all the 3D parts fitted and showed no warping. There was a minor issue with a couple of missing parts. However, the client just sent us the files, and we printed them out on this end.

We were extrapolating the scheme from a reference image. However, we felt it needed a bit more green to balance out the red. We went over it with the client and he agreed. We used the energy and weapon glow as an excuse to shoehorn it in, and that was that.

The rest was straightforward. We weathered the metal bits, and hit up the legs and lower portions with some Vallejo weathering pigment. Done!

It’s nice to see the rise of 3D-printed conversion kits and aftermarket parts. They are an easy way to make any army distinctive. As Nvidia’s text-to-3d asset tech gets closer to market we’ll see even more of this.

Who would have thought, even a year ago, that we might soon be writing text prompts that produce 3D files for complete miniatures?

This was 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 the Warhammer Plus Year 1; Vindicare Assassin - Operative Umbral-Six

This was a delight to paint. GW makes plenty of nice minis, but when they set out to specifically make an art piece - damn. You have to see one of these ‘in the flesh’ to really appreciate it.

This was 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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We painted a Lord of Skulls as a Black Legion Defector

For this order, the client wanted his Black Legion to have a dark, almost tired look. Something that captured the idea that they had been at war for a very long time. The usual weathering and corrosion solutions were out; this was not to be a wrecked army, just an old one. Their gear was maintained. Just classic.

We were supplied a sample miniature to work against. Matching the scheme was straightforward, but we needed to play up the contrast where we could, given how dark the scheme was. The solution was to do some very bright edge-highlighting, bring out the bones and teeth, and making the eyes bright yellow.

Something unusual was the Lord of Skulls painted in Black Legion colours. It is however, I feel, quite classy-looking in black.

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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Here's 4,000 Miniature Painting Commissions We've Done.

Here are (just about!) 4000 gallery thumbnails for all the miniature painting commissions we've done since 2009. That's when we started with Google Photos. Older pictures are lost.

There is a wide range of brands but most of the painting is Warhammer 40k.

How did YOU GET the number 4000?

- We calculated based on the video's speed. Each 1.5 seconds showcases a line of 4 albums.

- At 24 mins and 50 seconds, that comes to 3,973.

- We rounded up to 4000 because the gallery thumbnails don't capture when repeat commissions have their images added to existing albums.

So, Have you Painted 40K, 40K Minis?

Most certainly. Most of our work is 40k. If only 2/3 of the 4000 are 40k commissions, then they only need average 15 minis per commission, to hit 40,000 minis.

That means we’d have hit 40,00 minis if we had just been painting Kill Teams.

A feather in our cap, for sure. Thank you for helping us get here!

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 Forge World Resin Death Korps of Krieg

Some Forge World Death Korps of Krieg. The minis have class, but they are showing their age compared to the new plastic ones. I hope we see a redo for the whole range one day, in plastic! They would give the whole Cadian range a run for its money.

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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A Color-Shifting Night Lords Painting Commission

This was a fun project. We were given some color-shifting colors to work with. I was a little nervous because of the gloss, but the effect on the table is quite impressive. The figures draw the eye.

These have skull basing with some crystal formations. The skulls were of course straightforward, but we had to come up with a color for the crystals. We tried green and it worked out.

These were 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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Painting Iron Warriors Chaos Space Marines

This was a bit of an unusual job. We got it wrong! We are misunderstood instructions and painted the figures as Red Corsairs and Black Legion. So, you can check out the quality of our paint stripping here, as well…

That aside, it was fun to do Iron Warriors. We are not painted them for quite a while. In my mind they had poor table presence, but seeing these finished I could better appreciate the scheme. It feels like it shouldn’t work: silver is neutral and that's most of what you see on Iron Warriors. However, with a few touches, they do come together.

Here we were matching an existing basing scheme. However, if there was leeway to do something different,  I think something with a purple tone might've worked well. It would offset both the gold in the trim, and the yellow markings.

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 Genestealer Cults Miniature Painting Service

We've not done Genestealer Cults in some time. It was a fun to come back to this army, and also to do a fairly large one.

What I like most about the Genestealer Cults is that all figures, from the familiars all the way to the big vehicles, have a lot of unique character. You’re not looking at detail slapped on for the sake of detail. These all came from an interesting and constrained artistic brief. They are great designs.

These were 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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Painting Kill Team Octarius: Death Korps of Krieg versus Space Ork Kommandos

We got to paint some of the plastic, Kill Team Death Korps of Krieg and Space Ork Kommandos as part of a larger order. Here, I just wanted to focus on the plastics from the Kill Team set (though a commissar sneaked in).

The plastic Death Korps are better models than the older, resin ones from Forge World (or, even, China). If you have an option to purchase between the two, take the plastics. They paint up cleaner and neater, too.

The Space Orks steal the show, however. Why didn’t they just call it Orktarius?

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 a Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol

It is nice to see how popular the Sisters of Battle battle remain, after being an army so long in the doldrums when they were metal.

What I find more interesting than the power armored Sisters though, are the disturbing figures like the penitent engine and the arco-flagellants. I feel Warhammer Grimdark is best when it’s messed up. The arco-flagellants are right up there.

These were painted to Showcase and 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 Black Legion 40k Miniature Painting Commission

Chaos legions and daemon armies will come and go in popularity. Black Legion though is always classy, and their colors go with anything. When in doubt, go Black Legion.

These were painted to Showcase and 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 some Bright Green Warhammer 40k Space Orks

This commission threw us a curve ball. On the face of it, all we had to do was match GW's color scheme for the new, bright green Orks. However, Space Orks have very prominent, well-defined muscles. You cannot just go from a bright skin tone to a darkened, sharp recess without putting some gradations in.

We solve the problem with some glazing. To my aesthetic sense at least, I feel this looks more natural.

These were painted at Standard and 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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