Kickstarter Board Game Miniatures : AltarQuest Painted to Standard Quality

Doing miniature painting for Kickstarter board games keep us on our toes. You never know what you’re going to get. You see different designs and styles from the usual. Often, the figures are as good as the ones the big-name brands produce.

We painted quite a large number of figures recently for a game named AltarQuest. It didn’t just have a range of monsters, but also terrain. That’s all I know about the game! This blog is about our miniature painting service. Here is what we painted.

These were all painted to our Standard 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).

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 Lumineth Realm Lords Miniature Painting Service Commission

Recently, we finished a fair-sized Lumineth Realm Lords miniature painting commission.

GW goes to town on all its armies now. However, there is usually a gradient in terms of the work involved. Troops and lower-level figures requiring less, HQs and named characters needing more.

This is not how they approached the Lumineth. This army has no ‘easy’ figures. From the Wardens upwards, each mini needs a fair bit of attention. I suspect this is because GW wanted this army to keep the more advanced painters happy.

We’re happy with these, too, and for the same reason. It gives us a lot to work with. The drawback though, is that it drives the price up. It is not the most affordable option when it comes to commissioning professional miniature painters.

Here are some highlights from this commission:

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).

Chaos Space Marines: Painting World Eaters and How to Update Your Berserkers

Finished a World Eater’s army built with converted cultists and Khorne Berserkers (the client did the conversions). He used Blades of Khorne (Age of Sigmar) Blood Warriors for their core. He also did some cultist conversions using Bloodreavers:

This was a straightforward miniature painting service commission. The client gave us a clear art brief and Chaos Space Marines feel like every other figure in the studio these days.

Where we ran into problems though were the rhinos - they arrived without their tracks.

3d Printing The Rhino Tracks

We have an Anycubic Photon printer we don’t talk about. This because the actual work of 3d printing is more art than science, and we don’t approach art like art. We approach it like science. We keep it as ‘back pocket’ asset to pull out in emergencies or if there’s a weird problem.

Here was one of those weird problems. The client has ordered some custom tracks to give his rhinos more oomph, but the seller never shipped them. So, rather than hold up the whole army waiting for tracks, we found some designs on Thingiverse and printed them. There’s only a small gap we had to kitbash and fill, but the rest came together nicely. Cost to client? Nada. This was a win for everyone.

Hey Angron, check out my emergency treads!

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 Beastmen for Age of Sigmar and Warhammer Fantasy

We got to do quite a large Beastmen army. The challenge with Beastmen is all the muscles - they need to be consistent. We often split armies between painters to help guarantee completion dates, but here we just kept it with two. Even then, at the end they needed to reconcile some differences that crept in. It was a fun miniature painting commission all the same.

In terms of colors, the green and brown offset each other. There’s plenty of both in the beastmen themselves, and the grass and brown basing helps frame it.

Freehand Banner Designs

All the banners have freehand painted designs. Don’t get excited - we hate doing freehand. It is hard to forecast: we once billed for 5 hours of freehand that ended up being 2 weeks of full-time work (that sucked, but it was our fault). The more intricate the design, the more doubtful it is that we can match it. So, wherever possible, we don’t offer it.

Now, you can’t paint a Warhammer Fantasy Army without freehand banners. We had to cowboy up and get it done. We discussed it with the client and he was good with what we could offer. He paid us well for the time, and we went for a clean, uniform, disciplined look.

Here are some shots:

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).

An Army of Trees! Sylvaneth/Wood Elf Miniature Painting Service

We had the good fortune to land this miniature painting commission. It was large, the color scheme unusual, and except for one model, entirely tree-based.

What I most liked about this commission was the dominance of blue. Paint makers have a good range of pigments for making blue. As a result, it's hard for miniature painters not to make blue not to look good. The brown helps frame it, and the snow basing brings together the theme.

Here are some highlights:

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).

Painting Sons of Behemat - Mega-Gargants and Gargants for Age of Sigmar

Games Workshop’s Mega-Gargants are insane. They’re not actually that big — but they are crammed with detail. We did two along with some regular gargants (remember when we used to think the Warhammer Giant was large?) as part of a Sons of Behemat miniature painting service gig.

Here they are doing the Right Stuff walk.

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).

Infinity Wargame Miniature Painting Service

The level of detail on Infinity miniatures is always increasing. Personally, I feel it has hit a point of diminishing returns, but it does work out in our favor as a miniature painting service when minis become annoying hard to paint… that’s our whole business model!

These are some highlights from a large and quite varied set of mostly newer, Infinity miniatures. WE did the miniature painting service on this order at Exhibition quality.

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).

Painting Daughters of Khaine - Age of Sigmar

We got very lucky with this Daughters of Khaine miniature painting service commission - the client threw the official scheme out the window! Instead, he had picked out a palette from World of Warcraft. We had to figure out the implementation, but he gave us a great set of colors to work with.

The bright green pools / blood / glow really bring the army together. These Daughters of Khaine miniatures for Age of Sigmar were painted to Showcase.

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).

Painting Hordes Trollbloods

Been a while since we’ve done some Privateer Press painting - I hope the pandemic hasn’t messed them around too much. We got these Trollbloods from a gentleman in Switzerland who has always been a big fan of all things Hordes and Warmachine. He’s been coming to our miniature painting service for years, and the latest work he’s had us work on were these Trollbloods.

This miniature painting service was done to Showcase and Exhibition quality.

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 Classic Warhammer Fantasy Dwarfs Miniature Painting Commission

We recently had the good fortune to finish up a Classic, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Dwarf army. It’s strange for me to think of these as ‘classic,’ I suppose that’s just me showing my age.

What’s surprising about WHFB is that we see about as much interest in it as we see for Age of Sigmar. Part of this could be the model count - there always seems to be more miniatures to paint in a Warhammer Fantasy army. Down the road, we have a Lizardman army, and Forest Goblin army.

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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More Sisters of Battle Painting

We are finishing up a pretty large Sisters of Battle right now. The colors are the stock black / red / white / gold and the synthesis is a delight. I hope you like these!

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 Bit Of Dreadfleet Miniature Painting Service

Nine years ago GW came out with Dreadfleet. It was a Warhammer Fantasy universe naval war game, coming out a time when there was no fantasy equivalent except Uncharted Seas, which didn’t have models anywhere near as impressive (and never matched). I had hoped it was a prelude to a Man-O-War type game reboot, but that never happened, sadly.

Here are some Dreadfleet miniatures we just finished a couple of weeks ago. Please not how distinctive each factions ships are — hints of what could have been.

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).

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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Weathering, Rust, Squalor: Painting Fallout Miniatures

Most of our paint jobs have a ‘squeaky clean’ look - even our tanks look like someone just peeled the plastic covers off them. This isn’t an accident: I always ask the painters to avoid applying any weathering unless it is in the instructions, or obvious given the context of the commission. This is because it is no problem to add weathering to a job — but a disaster to remove it.

However, most clients are happy to dispense with weathering, which means we don’t get to do it very often. For this reason, Fallout always an interesting change up for painters. Fallout is not just rust and paint wear - Fallout is full on squalor.

Here are some pieces from a large Fallout commission we finished recently. I’ve picked out the pieces with significant weathering to show how we handled it.

These were painted at a mix of quality levels. Hope you like them!

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).

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 Tokens for Mage Knight

We’re getting more and more jobs to do board game tokens. Some come stock with their games, but others are 3d printed from third party vendors, often on Etsy.

Here are some tokens we did for Mage Knight. Each is about half the size of a regular 28mm figure.

There were all 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).

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 Classic Warhammer Chaos Trolls

I like to show off all the cool new minis, but a lot of what we get are people’s collections of older minis, sometimes quite old. Often its classic D&D and Ral Partha goodies, but we also get a lot of classic warhammer miniatures.

This is where I shine. Everyone’s like “what are these?!” “Ask him!” 50/50 chance it’s just stuff from about 20-25 years ago and I can usually answer. But, otherwise, its off to Solegends and Google.

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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More Adeptus Mechanicus Warhammer 40k Miniature Painting Service

This is my favorite Adeptus Mechanicus commission. I’ve blogged earlier about the first round of minis, these are the reinforcements. Some Serberys Sulphurhounds, Raiders, and Sterilyzors (why would they want it spelled that way? Are flying dudes with flamers somehow lacking if they’re just called Sterilizers?).

The raiders are fantastic - total space cowboys. They just need cowboy hats and your done.

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 Sisters of Battle

We’ve been painting Sisters of Battle for some weeks now. Two armies, both huge. Here are some highlights from the first one.

The plastic battles sisters are pretty sweet. They are - somehow - elegant and brutal at the same time. They have grace, but none of the brittleness that Eldar have. They are very much an army of the Imperium.

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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Green Tau!

They’re green. They’re Tau!

These were a mix of quality levels. Tau have a billion guns and the all magnetize well. The result, is a that our Tau battle suits all look like someone ran off with their hands. Instead, we magnetize all the options (though this does cost a bit extra).

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 Free Folk - CMON Game of Thrones

Finished up some Free Folk recently; Cave Dwellers, Skin Changers, Followers of the Bone. Here are some highlights.

There were all 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).

Kickstarter Painting: Anno 1666

Anno 1666 is a Kickstarter board game set in 17th Century Vienna:

“It is the year of our Lord 1666. Emperor Leopold is dead. The election looms. European monarchs send their envoys to Vienna to participate. But the struggle for the Empire's future takes place not only at the noble courts. In Vienna's slums and alleys swashbucklers, musketeers and thugs wage a secret war on behalf of their powerful superiors.” [Board Game Geek]

We were commissioned by one of the creators to paint up a nice big set of these very characterful minis. My favorite in the Not-Leon. You can’t miss him.

There 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).