Miniatures for TOR

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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by beckett » Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:06 pm

Rich H wrote:
beckett wrote:Love these miniatures. Did you paint these, Rich?
****, no! I can paint but it takes me ages; probably about 6 to 8 hours per figure. I'm always happy with my results, and genuinely enjoy doing it, but it's a time thing for me.

These were all done by the same bloke though. I buy quite a lot of miniatures from him. Actually, I need to have a bit of a clear out and really sell some as I have too many, or more accurately, more than I'll ever use.
They are beautiful. I'd buy some from you if I had the space for them!
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Evening » Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:05 am

beckett wrote:
They are beautiful. I'd buy some from you if I had the space for them!
You can buy them on eBay. They were painted by Charles Baynon who goes under the name of cwb21 on eBay. Looking through this thread I also see the painting work of:

Vini Reid (eBay: vinisminis),

tkdtony's (eBay: tkdtony),

BMA's/Robert (eBay: belmin23),

herve377's (eBay: herve377)


Tkdtony (always) has LOTR minis up on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOTR-Faramir- ... 3ce3c43047

Charles Baynon also has some LOTR paints up for auction as well:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGER-OF-MID ... 3ce40c5783

Baynon tends to focus on DBA/SAGA miniatures.
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Rich H » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:30 pm

Way to put up the costs of these Evening, well done.

... Lucky I have all the ones I want or there'd be trouble. ;)
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by shipwreck » Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:09 pm

Love the Legos, love the minis!
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Rich H » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:17 pm

beckett wrote:They are beautiful. I'd buy some from you if I had the space for them!
Space is certainly why I need to think about what I want to keep or not - also usage; I doubt I'll really have opportunity to use them all!
TOR resources thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=62
TOR miniatures thread: viewtopic.php?t=885

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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Evening » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:17 pm

Rich H wrote:Way to put up the costs of these Evening, well done.

... Lucky I have all the ones I want or there'd be trouble. ;)
Technically, Baynon's paints can be considered works of art (they are that good) and short term investments since, after all, they are display pieces for more than a handful of miniature companies whose staff members can't paint better than a three year-old. :lol:

For those who don't know, a few companies send Baynon their new sculps for free, which he paints and photographs in his lightbox. The companies use those pictures on their websites and sends them out in newsletters to their subscribers to showcase what can be done with their upcoming releases. Baynon then sells these same display mini's on eBay (lucky us!). Mostly though, he buys box sets, etc., and we get to see his meticulous detail on a wide variety of sculps from many different companies and subjects.

I can't begrudge these painters/seller prices. The only reason they are that expensive (and as much as 3x higher) is because people keep buying them at those prices. The market bears what the buyers are willing to spend. Kudos to the painters who have found their market.
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by jacksarge » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:00 am

Just being cheeky, but I do commission painting and don't charge anything like those blokes. I too paint figures for a miniature company for display purposes. Just sayin. :D

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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Glorelendil » Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:08 pm

jacksarge wrote:Just being cheeky, but I do commission painting and don't charge anything like those blokes. I too paint figures for a miniature company for display purposes. Just sayin. :D
Have a website?

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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Evening » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:54 pm

jacksarge wrote:but I do commission painting and don't charge anything like those blokes.
Based on what you've posted, you could match their prices and do quite well. :)
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Re: Miniatures for TOR

Post by Evening » Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:19 am

Andres Fernandez painted up a man of Gondor using a Norman infantry mini from Conquest Games. This is brilliant.


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I really like that tower shield design.
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