Commission Painting, 40k Miniature Painting
Navin Weeraratne
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40k: Painting a Blanchitsu-Style Warband

We all have an artist, scientist, or engineer we can’t stop talking about if someone makes the mistake of prompting us. Tesla. Lovcraft. Marcus Aurelius (I have friends who can’t stop talking about Marcus Aurelius). For me, the person I’m most inspired by these days is John Blanche. His art, and even more than that, his approach to art and lore-building.

Blanche’s 40k art is particularly mad. Here are some examples of his work:

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:

Picture Credits: DeathZap.Co.Uk , SpyGlassAsylum.blogspot.com , PuttyAndPaint.com , and the incredible Nicky Grillet at NickyGrillet.com .

Now, you can imagine we don’t get a lot of requests to paint this way. We have no pictures like this on our site to invite this sort of work. GW does nothing to invite it either; its official art shows clean, clear painting depicting miniatures as realistically as possible.

So naturally, I had have it done on my own minis. Below are shots of an Inquisition warband done in a Blanchitsu style. It’s a mix old and new minis (1st edition Chaos Obliterators as servitors. New Sisters of Battle Arcoflagellants). Also, GW and non-GW figures - three are from Battle for Antares.

They’re so different from what we normally do, I feel like I’m looking at an art crime. I utterly love them.

These were done, as far as that makes sense given the art style, 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).

40k Kill Teams: Some Black, Black Ops Kasrkins

These were a gift I did for a friend. He’s always been a strong supporter of the studio, especially in the beginning when were nobodies just trying to keep the lights on for another month.

We play a lot of One Page Rules Firefight in the studio these days (it’s like Kill Team, but much simpler to get into). It’s become the heart of a little wargaming community that’s sprung up around us.

If you ever wonder what the quality of painting looks like at our studio games, here you go :) .

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).

Some Painted Shadows of Brimstone

We’re doing a lot of Shadows of Brimstone these days. This was a fair sized order, reinforcements for an existing collection.

I’ve always found Shadows of Brimstone to be fairly inventive. Flying Frog is not afraid to take chances and try new things. I’ve not played the game but it seems designed to let them add fun factions and villains as they like.

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).

Age of Sigmar: Painting Lumineth

We painted up a Lumineth force recently. Lumineth are fairly difficult compared to some other Age of Sigmar armies. They take longer to paint (and are therefore more expensive) and can be a bit fiddly. They are, however, spectacular-looking.

These were done to Standard 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 Clash of Rage Boardgame Painting

Some Clash of Rage boardgame figures made La Boîte de Jeu. It’s a fair amount of chunky plastic. A lot to work with, but it comes with its own challenges when a lot is going on in a figure. These designs are quite strong - great value from a miniature-collecting perspective.

These were painted to 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).

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40k Kill Teams: Is that a Kroot rifle or are you happy to see me?

Got to do a Kroot Kill Team this month. The Kroot are fantastic and I’m glad they’re finally getting themselves a practical army. Not just some footnotes in Chapter Approved and some resin kits.

Can’t wait till a full army of these turns up in the building.

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).

Some Old School-Style Metal D&D Minis by Rpgelements

Recently we got sent these minis by RPGElements. At first I thought they were old school Ral Partha or Reaper, but they’re just done in that old school, chunky, classic style. They’re even made in pewter — yes, not resin. The good stuff.

It was nice to see and work with these hand-sculpted figures.

Theres were painted to 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).

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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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