Good Value Miniature Painting
Have the best painted miniatures on the table
(Without breaking the bank)
A Commission
Vs
Painting Yourself
Recent Commission Projects
Star Wars Armada Commission
Mon Calamari Fleet
This commission project spanned over most of 2024.
The idea was to paint the ships as and when I had time, in between other projects. While I’ve painted a lot of Mon Calamari ships they don’t get boring – there’s just so much you can do with them. Imperial ships tend to be grey and military like*, but the the Rebel ships have much more variation and character.
*Not that I don’t like the an angry space triangle or two… 😃
Star Wars Armada Commission
Viscount, MC95e, MC80b
These these ships were painted in the second half of 2024 and at the start of 2025.
Initially thought the MC80b and the MC90 were too brown in colour, but it turned out well as this gave more opportunity to add colour depth and variation. This was much harder to do on the MC95e (which is off-white.)
Star Wars Legion Commission
Range Troopers
This commission was to paint 3 sets of Star Wars Legion Range Troopers to a high standard, and to follow the box art as a guide.
I varied the colour of each unit so they were similar, but distinct and could be differentiated on the battlefield.
At the time of writing (2024) these are probably the best miniatures I’ve ever painted.
Star Wars Armada Commission
Pirate Fleet Commission (part 3)
This commission was to paint a bunch of ships to add to the Pirate fleet being built by my client.
Here we have a couple of Bulk Cruisers, a Pelta-class frigate, a Venator-class Star Destroyer, 3 flotillas of Gozanti-class ships and a pair of CIS HMP Gunships
Star Wars Legion Commission
Geonosians
These guys were a bit of a nightmare to assemble as they’re so fiddly!
Lord of the Rings Commission
Heroes of Dunland
These are really nice Games Workshop Lord of the Rings miniatures.
As is typical for Games Workshop, the minis have lots of detail and take way longer to paint than others, for example, the Geonosians above.
Star Wars Legion Commission
Moff Gideon and Dark Troopers
A commission project to paint 3 units of Dark Troopers and Moff Gideon.
Two references were used to help paint these minis.
For Gideon, the box art was used for guidance, and for the Dark Troopers, Sarastro’s guide for painting Death Troopers provided inspiration.
