These New Hires took us up to 40 staff

11 of the 13 new hires over the past two months

We have enough troops to Hold Objectives

You can imagine with our normal capacity being sold out for months on end, we are under pressure to increased output. Here are the new faces.

From left to right, back row:

Podi (social media), Prabath (painter), Senuka (painter), Asitha (crafter), Tharanga (painter)

Front row:

Hasara (crafter), Crissy (painter), Dilini (painter), Kavindhya (painter), Nuwan (painter), and Navin in managment (yes, we have two Navins now).

We realized this took us past 40 full time staff (we are at 41). Seemed an auspicious milestone for a mainly 40k miniature painting service!

Here’s a shot of 39 of us (40 and 41 were out sick, and Lucas of course is in the US):

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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).

These ABC Warriors from 2000 AD Magazine Influenced Warhammer

ABC Warriors is a comic strip that started in 1979, in 2000 AD Magazine. It’s still in print today.

Growing up I never knew much about 2000 AD and Heavy Metal Magazine, being maybe ten years too young to have made the most of the 80s. Nowadays, I see them as cultural artifacts that influenced everything of interest in SF art, comics, and cartoons from the period.

Here’s some stuff I stole from the ABC Warriors Wikipedia page. Any of it sound familiar?

“Deadlock is a follower of the Khaos religion, ...Deadlock's powers allow him to astrally project and reform his body if it is damaged or destroyed, and he holds the sword X-Caliber, a weapon that allows him to drain the souls of the living to use as psychic "nourishment". He is able to call demons and the undead to his aid. “

There’s even a Gothic Empire (that’s its name), X-Terminators, and an elite sniper assassin who even looks like a Vindicare Assassin:

Below are the minis.

They were all 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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Orruks and Maw-Gruntas Painted for Age of Sigmar

When the Maw-Gruntas came out it was clear they were large. Just how large was something I was taken aback by. They’re megafauna pigs-as-armor. I bet goblins would try putting war engines on their backs except that they’d just get eaten.

The Maw-Gruntas are further down, but there’s plenty of Black Orc style Orruk Ardboyz and such to go with them.

These were all done to Showcase quality, except for Kragnos (who’s no Orruk), who we did at 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).

Genestealer Cultists with Cool Spectrum Tones

This was another fun job. We had to work with an existing, dark blue tone. The brief was to keep the same, evil sort of cooler tone and mood.

We added in purple and green. The tie it all together, a bit of bright red

The lights could have gone in many directions — bright blue, bright green, or yellow. Yellow of course worked well with the blue tone, and wherever you can sneak in all 3 primary colors, you do alright.

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).

These are the Most Bright And Colorful Seraphon We’ve Ever Painted

We had so much fun with these. They were a ton of work, especially all the freehand on the skinks. When we put them all together, all we could see was a mad carnival of color. If I ever do Seraphon for myself, this is 100% how I would do them.

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).

Some Painted Chaos Space Marines, Cultists, and Accursed Cultists

I always felt Chaos Space Marines should be able to turn up with lots of maddened, baseline cultists. GW has given us plenty of nice cultist sculpts over the years. The more recent ones are no exception. 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).

Marvel Zombies - Painted to Exhibition

We’ve done a fair amount of Marvel Zombies painting. I think we really nailed it though on this round. The zombies are cleaner (which sounds wrong, but they work better this way). Some technique changes have made everything look a bit more crisp.

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 C27 Superhero Miniatures

Another batch of C27 Superheroes. Some nice designs with a lot of character. My favorites are the Not-Punisher and the Not-Homelander.

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 Fallout Wasteland Warfare Miniature Painting Service

Been a while since we’ve shared some painting for Fallout Wasteland Warfare. Was nice to see the minis from the show; the sculptor captured the look of the characters perfectly!

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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Adeptus Mechanicus: Painting the Longest Legs in Warhammer 40k

The Sydonian Skratos mini is a bit terrifying to work with because you fear it might snap somewhere inconvenient… It’s got quite the rifle though. We painted these along with a nice-sized force of Adeptus Mechanicus.

These were painted to a mix of quality levels.  

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:

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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).

Kingdom Death Gambler’s Chest is Even More Disturbing than Regular Kingdom Death

Kingdom Death: Gambler’s Chest is pretty much what you’d expect - except that the creators have had quite a bit of practice now!

My favorite is the baby-eating Santa. If you disagree:

• close your eyes

• remember the last time there was a screaming child on your flight

And there, now you agree :) .

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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Neon Genesis-Inspired Tau Armor

These came together nicely. I had no idea where the scheme was going till the helmets were painted. These were left unbased per the client’s request.

These were painted to Showcase with Commander Farsight at 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 MESBG: The Battle for Osgiliath

3d designed sculpts are a nice facelift for the Lord of the Rings / Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game line. The look good alongside the older sculpts, and the terrain is a nice change from the almost brutalist look of 40k terrain pieces.

These were painted to Showcase and Exhibition quality. 

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:

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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 Warcry Commission for Age of Sigmar

We painted up a bunch of Warcry recently. I love how much character the Warcry sculpts have. Even lined up next to minis of the same unit type, the stand out as obviously different. The stuff of good skirmish game minis.

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).

Troggoths and Gitz: Mad Colors for Mad Figures

Not long ago, we had the good fun to do a gigantic Night Goblin / Gloomspite Gitz army, all at Exhibition quality. The client wanted us to push our boundaries a bit and give him something memorable. We were happy to oblige and he liked the results. This set us up for a tougher job this time though. He had reinforcements for us to work on, but we had set the bar for expectations. He wanted us to see how far we could push these ones.

Little Touches

For some of the goblin shamans from the loon court, we gave them basing that was a bit mad. It's only appropriate; how can anyone take them seriously? They're obviously off their rockers. This was fun, and gave us some ideas for how we can go over the top with other basing as well. A couple of the Troggoths also had resin pours to give their bases a watery look (i am always in a little bit of awe at a resin pour).

The Big Touch - Messing with the Models

Normally, we treat the figures as sacred. They are not ours! If something goes wrong, we have to replace them... As such, we are very nervous about irreversible changes to figures. The drawback is that because we don't make those very often, we don’t have as wide a range once we are allowed to start cutting off heads and sticking legs on backwards. 

For the Freshwater Troggoths (Marsh Trolls) and the Troggoth Hag, we pitched the idea of putting dirt, flock, and plants on their backs. To have vines dangling from them. That way, we could give the sense that they had been sitting quite still for a while, before rising up to attack the other side's army. The client loved it the idea. We gave it a go, and you can see the results here.

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).

Some Painted Votann Reinforcements

Always nice seeing Votann in the studio. These were reinforcements for a client's army.

These were painted to Showcase and Exhibition quality. 

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:

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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).

Warhammer the Old World: Painting Tomb Kings like its 2004

We painted our first Tomb King's army somewhere in late 2005 or early 2006. We had been asked to dip the skeletons; something that was as unusual to me as miniature painting in general was. It worked out, and now, Almost 20 years later, here are some Tomb Kings again in the studio. This time though, we knew what we were doing. 

These are the Tomb King figures from Games Workshop's Warhammer the Old World box set. 

These were painted to Showcase and 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 Painted Too Much Warlord Games Bolt Action!

A 4x8 foot table covered in infantry.

This order was so big, it took days to shoot all the close ups. I've not included them here because I want to focus on the sheer scale of this commission.

Here is a mix of warlord games German, American, and Soviet forces. They are taking up the better part of a 4 x 8 foot table. 

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).

Painting the Solomon Kane Boardgame

The Solomon Kane board game by Monolith. Some nice figures; I wish I knew more about the IP. Any Robert E Howard reading I've done has always been Conan.

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).

Painting CMON's Dune: War for Arrakis

I have often felt that CMON puts more detail into miniatures than one ought to given the size of the figure. The guys who make Oathsworn solve this by making the figures bigger. CMON, in the case of Dune: War for Arrakis solve this by reducing the detail very slightly-and then making the figures smaller.

That's it, this is a good compromise. The balance of detail to figure is much better. They are still harder to do, as CMON figures tend to be relative to other people's ranges, but you get a very nice result. This I think is a step up from Rising Sun and Ankh, where there's just too much going on on the rank and file. 

The quality of the designs is also very impressive. The quality of the design is also very good. At first I was a bit put out, expecting figures closer to what one sees in the Denis Villeneuve movies. However, these are just as good a reimagining. The royalty have pomp and flair (somewhat reminiscent of the excellent Syfy / Scifi Channel miniseries that no one talks about these days). The vehicles are gritty and look ruggedized for Arrakis. Everyone wearing a cloak looks like they are going to kill you. Some designs are the best I've seen for the whole IP, like the Guild Navigator. 

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).