Commission Painting, 40k Miniature Painting
Navin Weeraratne
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Commission Painting

Elves of Inneath and Broken Anvil Dwarves

A little bit of indie painting. These are minis by Broken Anvil Miniatures. There’s a charm and distinct feel to the sculpting that stands out from other minis we’ve done.

I especially like the Dungeon Delver Dwarves. Their sharp-edged style reminds me of Warcraft 3.

Theres 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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40k: Pink Battle Sisters!

Well, mainly white, but that just frames the pink. A little tricky (white always is), but the gold offset the pink and the purple, and the basing grounds the whole look. Nice to see Arco-flagellants in this army; I feel they’re underrepresented. These (even with pink) remind me of the terrifying artwork of them in the Inquisitor rulebook.

These were done 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).

Painted Blood Rage Miniatures

Just a small group of Blood Rage minis. I liked how they came out though, and wanted to show them off.

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).

Warmachine MkIV: Some Khymarera Shadowflame Miniature Painting Service

Not every day we see Warmachine in the studio. Hard to believe once it outnumbered Warhammer orders! It was nice to see how the sculpting has evolved over time, but still kept their signature, Privateer Press feel.

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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Classic L5R: We Painted Legend of the Five Rings

For the longest time, I thought L5R was just a card game. Back in the day, a good friend was the number one player, and they’d fly him to GenCon to participate in tourneys. I’d never thought to ask him if there had been any miniatures for the game. There were, and here are some. They’re part of a giant L5R collection we’ve been painting over the past couple of years.

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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Age of Sigmar: Painting Blue Flesh-Eater Courts

It’s not every day you get to do Archaon Everchosen. Indeed, I think this might only be the second time. What stood out though about this time around was his basing. Along with Archaon, we also did a bunch of his Varanguard. They in turn were divided up along each of the Chaos deities.

This gave them unique color schemes, but also unique basing. Our challenge was to fit each style on Archaon’s base. I was worried it would create a hodge-podge look, but it worked out.

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).

Some Leagues of Votann Miniature Painting

Another month, another Votann order.

These were done 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).

Bloody 40k Chaos Knights!

There is nothing more fun than when a client comes along with a mad idea for a project. The madder, always, the better. What do we do? We aid and abett. Gamers’ wives hate us for a reason! Here you can see why.

The client wanted a very Khornate look. Lots of:

  • blood, and freehand bloody lettering

  • skulls

  • spikes

  • gore

  • chains

Blood

The blood was straightforward. We used a fair bit of GW’s Blood for the Blood God appropriately enough. For the freehand, we had to practice the font a bit. Once we got the hang of it, we went nuts.

Skulls

We were sent a bunch of skulls, and we 3d printed more. I’m especially fond of the skull shoulder pads. They’re just normal shoulder pads but with skulls slapped on like roof shingles.

Spikes AND GORE

We modeled spikes sticking out of things. For those we used both toothpicks and bamboo skewers. We pulled out a poor fellow from an old Warlord Games infantry sprue and modeled him as a knee guard.

Where there are spikes, there’s gore. The gore was straightforward. It was modeled with green stuff then painted up for the part.

Chain AND MESH

The client sent us some jewellery chain to work with. On these, it looks massive but appropriate. I can’t over that we used it to chain a resin Titan head, to the back of the Acastus.

We used metal mesh from the hardware store to make the barbed wire. It was just a matter of cutting the mesh lengthwise, for each wire strand. Then, we just curled them.

Basing

For the basing, we were asked to match the look here from Dawn of War:

Matching the color was straightforward enough. However, it would have been odd if we kept things so flat. So, we got hold of some crater files, shrunk them down, and printed them. Inside each crater we used green stuff to model the ‘blast lines’ you’ll find in a crater.

Enjoy!

These were done 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).

More Black Templars

These are reinforcements to the huge Black Templar army we showed in January.

There’s a bunch more coming. It might end up being the single largest army we’ve done (and we’ve done some BIG ones).

These were done 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).

A Month of Big Things

An unusual number of big, heavy minis got painted up this month. I thought they may as well get their own gallery. If you like Forgeworld resin, and perhaps Not-Forgeworld resin, you’ll like these.

These were done 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).

Painting Shadows of Brimstone

The models for Shadows of Brimstone have come so far. I don’t think the sculpting was ever lacking. However, the plastic injection used to be relatively soft detailed. That’s very much a thing of the past now.

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).

Painting Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia

Myself, Kashan, and Vasanth are middle-aged wargamers. Everyone else in the studio is in their 20s and 30s. They are fitter, faster, and healthier than we are… However, we have a perk. That is, when orders like this come up, WE GET TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH BETTER OUR CARTOONS WERE:

It was nice to apply product knowledge learned when I was 6 years old, to this order. I can’t believe I remember so many of their names…

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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Some Frostgrave Miniature Painting Service

Some Frostgrave miniatures. From what I can tell, the designers have made no moves towards digital modeling. This gives their hand-sculpted minis a charming, anachronistic look.

I feel the more I look at them, the more I can see the hallmarks of the different designers.

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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Rumbleslam! Space Kitty Is / Is On Drugs

Not every day you get to paint a bunch of cats. Much less, a space cat.

Is it spaced out, too? Is, the viewer supposed to be spaced out? Do the Pillars of Creation make this hard science? So many drug-addled questions…

These were painted by Nancy Reagan 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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Some Studio C27 Superheroes we Painted

We recently discovered Studio C27’s line of superhero miniatures. They are up there, as good as or close to as good as what we’ve seen with Marvel Crisis Protocol. This batch came together quite well I feel, if I may say so!

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).

Painting the Witcher: The Old World

Was nice to work on the minis for The Witcher: The Old World. The Witcher-themed monsters were a fun change from the usual. Players of the PC games will appreciate (I am told) the horse on top of the house. I never made it past some buggers living in a river in Witcher 1, so I’ll never know (and I never made it past the tutorial in 3).

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).

Conquest The Last Argument of Kings: City States Miniature Painting Service

The more I see of Conquest: Last Argument of Kings, the more I like what I see. The figures are quite large, even compared with GW sculpts. This does make them costlier to work on, but the sculptors make good use of the space. The figures are not overdetailed them, and the designs are cool. Here we did a bunch of their “City States” line.

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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We Painted up Some Marvel Zombies

We got paint up another round of Marvel Zombies. The minis have a lot of oomph - nice detail, cool bases, good posing. So, quite a bit to work with. With figures like these, I like to say they ‘paint themselves’. What I mean by this is that it’s hard to go wrong with miniature painting when you’re working with good subject matter.

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).

Grey Knights: NMM-Painted Swords and Broken Glass Bases

This was a fun one. The client wanted us to do an ice effect for the bases. We’ve done snow a million times, but never anything to suggest someone walking over cracking ice. So, did some research and these cool tutorials online:

From there, we did our own thing. For the ice, we found a tip on using tempered glass. Tempered glass is what they use to make phone protectors. You can break it and not cut your fingers on it.

We showed the client both tempered glass and acrylic versions, and he went for the glass:

We also did some oil washes to bring out the detail. This worked quite well on the lettering on the armor.

NMM isn’t part of our normal offerings, but the client asked if we could give him some fancy-looking blades. It was an extra charge, but I think it worked out quite well!

These were done 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).

Painting Aeronautica Imperialis

We very rarely get to paint any Aeronautica Imperialis. In fact, this was I believe, only the second time, ever. This is a shame because the minis are awesome. Here we got to work on some Marauder Bombers, Marauder Destroyers, and Thunderbolt Fighters.

I find the design of Imperial flyers a bit curious. At first they appear to have a very World War II feel. However, there is (for their scale) a large, brutishness to them. It makes me think of old Soviet, long range aircraft.

These were done 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).