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I'm considering reviving an old 6mm psuedo-epic-armageddon project of mine, but my permanent roadblock is that I never get the time to do it and I hate painting. To this end, I am looking for some service that would paint up a 6mm scale sci-fi army and deliver to the UK, preferably also while acting as a middleman by ordering the relevant minis themselves (at cost to me, of course). I am not 100% certain on going ahead until I have sorted a few items out in my head, most especially the costs of the project, but I would greatly appreciate any suggestions of who might be able to provide such a service.

The sort of stuff I would want painted:

I would like to paint your minis for you, and even though I'm confident I would have no problem painting them I have to point out that I've never painted models of that scale.

Here is a list of painting services on dakkadakka: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/612233.page
Surely one of them has painted models of this scale before.

Thanks for the link

I've worked out a few costs of models, and concluded that if I were to order a commission I'd be asking for the painting of 10 models at 22mm scale and the better part of 500* models at 6mm scale, essentially covering a Tyranid army.

If you were to run that sort of commission would you be able to:

1) Paint all said models to a basic 2-or-3-colour standard
2) Attach them all to specified base types (most would be on standard 40mm x 12mm rectangle bases, but others on 25mm round bases)
3) Somehow package them up so that the [vast] number of troops don't snap at the legs on delivery
4) Deliver to the UK on completion

And if so, how much would that service cost, and should I pre-buy and send the models to you?

*Referring to individual sculpts, rather than "500 bases of models". This would add up to around 100 bases of troops.

The 100 bases of 6 mm scale models would cost you 500$. I'm probably low balling myself here, but getting to work on this project would give me a point of reference for future projects on the same scale, so it'll be worth it.
The 10 22mm scale models would cost you 40$, assuming they're the dudes from the first picture in the OP or similar.

I could get the models for you if you would like, but I don't see the point. It would be safer for you if you ordered them personally.

Thanks for the advice! I hadn't considered the price would be that high, but it makes a lot of sense in retrospect. I'll keep you in mind if I ever do settle on ordering this sort of thing

The particular models I would be using are these sorts of things, if that matters: