Commission Painting
Navin Weeraratne
We Printed and Painted some Trench Crusade
Commission Painting
Navin Weeraratne
Tariffs? What Tariffs?
Commission Painting
Navin Weeraratne
Spotlight: 3D Print and Paint, One Page Rules ...
Commission Painting
Navin Weeraratne
3D Print Your Army with Us, for Next to Nothing
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Navin Weeraratne
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Miniature Painting

Traveller RPG: Painting a Giant 3D Printed Beowulf

We had the good fortune to be picked to paint this 3D printed Beowulf for the old Traveller RPG.

The seamlines are because we have to dry fit everything. It will ship home in components as its too large to ship in one box!

The interior, as you can see, is fully playable, and painted.

This was 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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Bringing the GW's Classic Dreadfleet to Fully-Painted Life

In the late 2000s, naval fantasy wargaming went through a little rebirth. Everyone who had been wishing they could play Man-O-War again, found Uncharted Seas. It was a great game with great minis. No one contested them; least of all GW.

Then, GW put out Dreadfleet.

14 years on, and the sculpts look as good today as they did when the game first came out. I was hoping it was a tester for a new, naval wargame. The next Man-O-War. Sadly, that never happened.

Here’s some Dreadfleet. 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).

We Printed and Painted some Trench Crusade

We printed and painted a bunch of Trench Crusade!

You'll find minis here from:

Heretic Legion, New Antioch, The Trench Pilgrims, Black Grail, Court of the Seven Headed Serpent, The Sultanate of the Iron Wall, and the Mercenaries.

The process was straightforward:

- The client sent us his files to print, for his personal use

- we printed them, on his behalf

We printed the minis for about 10% the cost of the painting. These were printed on stronger, ABS-like resin.

If you send us your files we can print-and-paint Trench Crusade for you, on your behalf, for your personal use.

(We can’t use any files we already have, sorry. Those belong to other clients.. We don’t have any rights to them, commercial or otherwise.)

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

You can find the STL (3D) files for the One Page Rules Saurian Starhosts, here:

https://www.myminifactory.com/users/onepagerules?show=store&page=1&query=starhost

Paying more than a dollar for a Space Marine?
We don’t.

As long as we’re hired to paint them, we’ll 3d print your miniatures for next to nothing.

We don’t mind - our business is the painting. If we can lower the cost of miniatures for you, everyone wins.

our 3d Printing Rates:

Printed in stronger, ABS-like resin

“troop” miniature - $1.40

primaris proxy - $1.68

D&D Character - $1.82

RHINO PROXY - $10.24

Not-Land raider - $13.99


so, how do i get my minis 3d printed by you?

1 - You send us links of what you’d like us to print and paint.
We estimate the cost.

2 - You send us the 3d files.
We print them for your personal use.

3 - We paint them and send them to you.

where do i find 3d files of minis?

We recommend MyMiniFactory. You can also try Cults3d and Yeggi.


benefits to YOU from printing:

  • More bang for your buck. For a bit more than the cost of the 3d files, you get an army.

  • Cheaper shipping. The miniatures are only shipping one-way; to you.

  • Free repair. If any minis arrive damaged, we’ll reprint and paint them, on the house.

Tariffs? What Tariffs?

Short Answer: We’re Not Impacted.

Long answer follows! 

US Customs and Border Protection does not bother with anything valued under $800*: 

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/de-minimis-value-increases-800

This is the “De Minimus” exemption. Basically, its not worth their time bothering with it.

Nothing we ship is valued anywhere near $800. In fact, we normally value our shipments at $20-$25 per box. Yes. Yes.


* Now, on April 2nd, the De Minimis exemption was cut for China and Hong Kong: 

https://www.cassidylevy.com/news/de-minimis-shipments-no-longer-allowed-from-china-hong-kong/

However, there's nothing to suggest Sri Lanka will also lose De Minimis. I feel if so, we'd have lost it on the same day, or on Liberation Day. 

So, we have no plans to raise any rates.

It’s not clear what the future may bring but honestly, Sri Lanka is the smallest of small potatoes in this trade war. Like a stormtrooper with a bad helmet radio, we go unnoticed.

Spotlight: 3D Print and Paint, One Page Rules Saurian Starhost

We recently printed two One Page Rules armies for a client. We had used “standard” resin. Essentially the same kind we have been using for the past 5 years.

Of late though, we've been working with much stronger ABS-like resin. We like it so much more, we realized there was no way we could give the client the armies in standard resin. They needed to be ABS, too. So, we did that.

This left us with a bunch of standard resin minis which were now junk. So, we painted some of them up anyway, just to show you what's possible with Print and Paint.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality. The additional pricing for the printing was something trivial, like 10% or 15% more. It's not even worth looking up.

You can find the STL (3D) files for the One Page Rules Saurian Starhosts, here:

https://www.myminifactory.com/users/onepagerules?show=store&page=1&query=starhost

Paying more than a dollar for a Space Marine?
We don’t.

As long as we’re hired to paint them, we’ll 3d print your miniatures for next to nothing.

We don’t mind - our business is the painting. If we can lower the cost of miniatures for you, everyone wins.

our 3d Printing Rates:

“troop” miniature - $0.60

primaris proxy - $0.72

D&D Character - $0.78

RHINO PROXY - $4.39

Not-Land raider - $6.00

No one can beat that.

That’s because they’re in the printing business. We, however, are in the painting business. This allows us to charge low printing rates and not care.

Or pay extra, for printing in stronger “ABS-like” resin:

For stronger, “ABS-LIKE” Prints:

Invest in shatter resistance:

“troop” miniature - $1.40

primaris proxy - $1.68

D&D Character - $1.82

RHINO PROXY - $10.24

Not-Land raider - $13.99


so, how do i get my minis 3d printed by you?

1 - You send us links of what you’d like us to print and paint.
We estimate the cost.

2 - You send us the 3d files.
We print them for your personal use.

3 - We paint them and send them to you.

where do i find 3d files of minis?

We recommend MyMiniFactory. You can also try Cults3d and Yeggi.


benefits to YOU from printing:

  • More bang for your buck. For a bit more than the cost of the 3d files, you get an army.

  • Cheaper shipping. The miniatures are only shipping one-way; to you.

  • Free repair. If any minis arrive damaged, we’ll reprint and paint them, on the house.

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Painting Bloodbowl Chaos Dwarfs (Dwarves?)

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Some Chaos Dwarfs! Yellow ones at that. The scheme makes me thinks of hornets, but without wanting to run away (and return with bug spray).

These were painted to both Standard 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 The Hunters 2114 AD Boardgame

The Hunters AD 2114 is a post-apocalypse boardgame where players take down robot animal monsters that make a nuisance of themselves. The figures (and premise) remind me of Horizon 0 Dawn.

Also — robot Gorillas. Where else are you going to see robot Gorillas?

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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We Got to Paint Gotham City Chronicles, Season 3

It was nice to see the return of Gotham City Chronicles minis to the studio. Season 3 has some nice stuff. My favorites are the rocket penguins - this needs no justifying.

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 Battletech Mercenaries Miniature Painting Service

Here we got to do a set of Battletech Mercenaries. Quite a bit of fun, new machines. It’s great that Catalyst Game Labs is doing so much for the IP.

These were done to Showcase Quality.

About Battletech:

BattleTech is a tabletop wargame that simulates combat between giant robots called "BattleMechs." The game was first published in the 1980s by FASA Corporation - with, shall we say, GREAT INSPIRATION drawn from Harmony Gold's Macross/Robotech?

All the new, high-detail hotness for Battletech now is coming from Catalyst Game Labs.

In BattleTech, players control a lance of BattleMechs and engage in combat with their opponents' lances. Each player has a certain number of points to spend on their lance, which they can use to purchase different types of BattleMechs, vehicles, and other support units.

BattleTech is known for its complex gameplay, deep lore, and for getting FASA sued by Harmony Gold. The game has a large and dedicated fan base and has inspired a number of spin-off games and other media. I look forward to Battletech for years to come.

About Paintedfigs:

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).

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Breaching... Cyberpunk Gangs of Night City painted at Standard Quality

We painted the Cyberpunk Gangs of Night City, all-in Kickstarter!

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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3D Print Your Army with Us, for Next to Nothing

Paying more than a dollar for a Space Marine?
We don’t.

As long as we’re hired to paint them, we’ll 3d print your miniatures for next to nothing.

We don’t mind - our business is the painting. If we can lower the cost of miniatures for you, everyone wins.

our 3d Printing Rates:

“troop” miniature - $0.60

primaris proxy - $0.72

D&D Character - $0.78

RHINO PROXY - $4.39

Not-Land raider - $6.00

No one can beat that.

That’s because they’re in the printing business. We, however, are in the painting business. This allows us to charge low printing rates and not care.

Or pay extra, for printing in stronger “ABS-like” resin:

For stronger, “ABS-LIKE” Prints:

Invest in shatter resistance:

“troop” miniature - $1.40

primaris proxy - $1.68

D&D Character - $1.82

RHINO PROXY - $10.24

Not-Land raider - $13.99


so, how do i get my minis 3d printed by you?

1 - You send us links of what you’d like us to print and paint.
We estimate the cost.

2 - You send us the 3d files.
We print them for your personal use.

3 - We paint them and send them to you.

where do i find 3d files of minis?

We recommend MyMiniFactory. You can also try Cults3d and Yeggi.


benefits to YOU from printing:

  • More bang for your buck. For a bit more than the cost of the 3d files, you get an army.

  • Cheaper shipping. The miniatures are only shipping one-way; to you.

  • Free repair. If any minis arrive damaged, we’ll reprint and paint them, on the house.

How to “Skip” the Line and Get Painting Every Month

One day, a client ordered less painting than usual.

He then asked if he could know when the next month opened up. I said sure, and I did.

He then placed another similar sized order. Again, he asked to be told when the following month’s schedule opened up.

He then did the same. Again, and again, and again.

After a few months, he was getting a regular, monthly supply. I called this ‘pipelining.’ Other clients started doing it, too. Instead of paying the premium for priority, they set aside a monthly budget and for the most part kept to it. This gets them both better rates and better access.

Pipelining for “Immediate” Access

It doesn’t matter what is booked. Only that capacity to do some painting, has been booked.

You may book some Marvel United. However, when the time comes, if you ask us to paint your shrinkwrap-fresh Death Korps instead, we will. As long as the capacity needed is about the same, it is not a problem.

In this way, pipeline clients have been getting “trending” minis painted, without having to add them to the back of the queue.

How to Pipeline

  • Email us and ask us to add you to the list. When the next month opens for bookings, you will be notified first.

  • If you wish, place an order. Try to pick a volume you wouldn’t mind having to shell out, once or even twice a month. This is not a subscription; there is no pressure to order. The pipe can be as full or dry as you want to make it.

And that’s it!

To Support Pipelining, We Discontinued Priority

Everyone likes better access, but not everyone was happy to pay more for the same quality of painting. Setting aside capacity for Priority was aggravating the wait time for most clients, not improving it.

We also noticed pipelining clients don’t pay for priority - because they don’t need to.

So, we’ve discontinued priority (if you already have a priority order please don’t worry, you are fine. We are just not taking new priority orders). That capacity has gone back into the general pool. This is good for everyone — especially pipeliners.

Sign Up Below to be Alerted When A New Month Opens for Bookings:

Blood and Crown: 100 Years War French and English Painted for an Agincourt Thrashing

These were a fun change of pace. Not just because they weren’t Sci-Fi / Fantasy, but also because we had to work on the heraldry of the various nobles. All of it freehand painted.

If you can find all of these used below, you will win a fleur de lys, only slightly used:

“Your mother was a hamster…”

This entire army 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 Some Weird Minis for a Glorantha event at GenCon

I see a LOT of minis in this business. One of the ‘parlor tricks’ I like to do at work is telling people exactly what obscure manufacturer has made such and such a sculpt (the look of awe I get is the stuff of chef’s kiss emojis).

So, I feel it says something, that I recognized none of the minis sent in this set. They’re being used as proxies for a Glorantha game. They are strange, large, and quite wonderful. The same client sent us another set, just as unusual, not long ago. Those also were proxies for Glorantha.

He’ll be taking them to GenCon!

These were done at all three quality levels.

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: Some Blades of Khorne Painting

Some Blades of Khorne painting. Just some reinforcements for a client’s army.

Karanak came out with a fair amount of presence (must be the three heads) as did the Skulltaker. The Bloodletters were relatively bright which made for a strong contrast with the rest of the force.

The basing of course unifies the lot.

These were all done to Showcase quality.

Shameless tags: miniature painting service, warhammer painting service, warhammer 40k painting service, miniature painting services, miniature painting commission, professional miniature painting, miniatures painting service

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).

Something different: We Printed and Painted some Book Nooks!

These are for a client’s special project (hint: books are involved). He sent us some lovely 3d files. We filament printed them - they’re HUGE!

Painting these required larger brushes. House painting brushes. This wasn’t an issue; painting is painting. It was a good exercise getting used to working with larger brushes though.

These were all done to Exhibition quality.

Shameless tags: miniature painting service, warhammer painting service, warhammer 40k painting service, miniature painting services, miniature painting commission, professional miniature painting, miniatures painting service

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).

Conquest Last Argument of Kings: Wadrhun and Feathered Dinosaurs!

Conquest: Last Argument of Kings has no shortage of mad, fantastic models. Their Wadrhun army are dominated by big hulking buggers and dinosaurs. If you want a squad of velociraptors, they have them.

I’m tempted to get some to use as mounts for 15mm scale trouble makers.

This entire army 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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Warhammer Old World: An Empire Altdorf Army

When we last painted an Empire army, I was a young man.

Not balding. Not tire-shaped. Stronger eyes. And no one liked GW.

Some things don’t change I guess: like how awesome Empire armies are. This one is a mix of old, metal figures, returned-to-the-world plastic ones, and even some Mordheim sculpts. I loved watching this one take shape. It was like seeing an old friend again.

These were all done to , Showcase quality.

Shameless tags: miniature painting service, warhammer painting service, warhammer 40k painting service, miniature painting services, miniature painting commission, professional miniature painting, miniatures painting service

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).

We Painted Mythic Battles Ragnarok

Monolith’s Mythic Battles series of minis are fantastic. They’re larger, which makes their detail a lot less cramped. It also makes you feel like you’re working with statues more than minis.

Here we got to work on a Ragnarok set. 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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Cities of Sigmar: Freeguild Painted for Age of Sigmar

Freeguild minis are nuts. One one level, its stuff that makes no sense; like bayonets attached to what seem to be arquebuses. On the other, its Mordheim-y touches like skulls hanging off harnesses.

I love the Mordheim feel. Its an intersection of unpleasantness, fascination, and Monty Python logic and charm.

These were all done to Showcase 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).