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Hello everyone. I just have a quick question. Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong section of the forum, as I am fairly new here.

I was considering picking up the Battle for Vedros starter set, mostly because it seems like a fairly inexpensive suppliment to my blood angels and the orks look fun to paint. To get to the point, I was wondering how much the orks could sell for painted, just in case I didn't want them any more. I found some prices on ebay, but I didn't know if the fact that they are from the Vedros set made them less valuable. Thanks.

They are less valuable since they are snapfit and thus easily distinguishable from "real" ork boyz.

You should also consider that painting the models does not increase their value. Quite the opposite

Morkphoiz wrote:
You should also consider that painting the models does not increase their value. Quite the opposite

Depends on your painting skill and patience. A while back, nobody in my area played 40k and I bought Space Marines and painted them just as a hobby - then sold them online for what I paid. Some people are happy to get a free quasi-professional paint job.

This is my terminator armor captain, and I have improved since I painted this. What level paint job would would this be considered. Would this be sellable? [https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/934219-Captain%20in%20Terminator%20Armor.html] P.S. I have no idea how to upload photos, how can I go about doing that. P.P.S. Keep in mind that it does look better in person, i"m not very good at taking pictures of minis.

Edit: maybe it did upload correctly, i"m not sure.

JTaves wrote:
What level paint job would would this be considered.

Level 999999999999.

Would this be sellable?

Sellable? Sure. List it for $0.01 and it will probably sell. Sellable for a profit over MSRP that gives you any reasonable per-hour payment for your work? No. It's not badly painted, but it doesn't have anything to impress anyone. At best you'll maybe get 50% of MSRP from someone who just wants a cheap model and doesn't care about the paint scheme, but many people won't even touch it because you aren't going to take $1 for it and it's not worth the time required to strip and re-paint it if you're asking more than a token amount.

You might get a premium if you're selling an entire army (like 2000 points or so) that's all painted at a decent level. There's definitely a market for a plug-and-play army because some people don't want to paint at all.

A box of orks, though? No value from painting them, would be easier/cheaper to ship them if you just keep them on the sprue.

Second hand unpainted miniatures are usually sold with a 50-40% price discount, unless they are something extremely rare, impossible to find.

Well painted miniatures can be sold as well, but always with a price discount. If the level of painting is really well you can maybe sell them with a 30% price off, but unpainted miniatures have a larger market and it's easier to sell them. Maybe some new hero or big vehicle can be sold at the full retail price or even for more if it's (really) well painted. But definitely not regular infantry models, and especially not orks, since almost every ork player is interested in the second hand market only to get lots of models for dirt cheap as orks are expensive and you need tons of them.

So if you're planning to sell certain models there's no need to paint them, it doesn't worth the effort.

The issue is nobody is ever going to paint their minis just like you painted yours. They don't have your technique and they don't have your colors, and they don't have your process. So if they want a army that looks like it belong together they either need to strip off your paint or you need to sell such a massive lot of models all painted that they don't need to get anything else.


Basically you will loose money because people need to strip off your paint. Your making MORE work for the buyer.

Thanks for all the help

I've sold a lot of models over the last few years. When Age of Sigmar hit I sold my Vampire Counts and Dark Elves army - both armies were fully assembled, most of the units were painted to what I would consider an "above table-top" standard (not going to win awards, but good enough to look great on the table) I got 50% of MSRP.

I sold my Tau and CSM army, (did a reboot with DG) again same as above and got around 50%. It's what you could reasonably expect - depending on the person maybe sometimes more or less.

I've seen people at my gaming club/store try to sell "pro-painted" stuff all the time, sometimes nearly double what it would be retail, and then laugh as they wonder why no one wants to buy it.

You'll get the most value out of kits on sprue (or in some cases, assembled and unpainted).

If you collected enough Orks to make one of the more popular army builds, and sold it 100% painted with a few extras to be able to lightly change the list... I could see you getting a little more than MSRP for them. But that is a lot of work for a few extra bucks.

Paint things you want to keep. Sell things you don't want to paint. That's usually the rule.

I've been selling off a bunch of painted CSM. I get about MSRP for things like Land Raiders, Predators, etc. when they are assembled, magnetized, and well painted. I get about 40% MSRP for things like CSMs, Possessed, Raptors, etc when they are in large squads that can go right on the table. Small units don't sell.

 NurglesR0T wrote:

I've seen people at my gaming club/store try to sell "pro-painted" stuff all the time, sometimes nearly double what it would be retail, and then laugh as they wonder why no one wants to buy it.

That would be a standard price for something pro-painted to the buyer's specification.

That's the bit those folks seem to forget...