Is this minis paint job worth the price?

[leopardpixie]

So i was looking though ebay and i see a ton of bids on this mini.
Can you tell me if there's is something special about it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Reaper-painted-...483?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb57a576b

 

[DVS Design]

If someone is willing to pay it then yes. Value in the case of painted minis really is subjective. Much like art is in general. Everyone has an opinion and they are fairly varying so there really is no right or wrong only majority consensus .As for if it's limited or some thing no clue.

 

[finn17]

The fleshtones look very good as do the hair and eyes. I'm not totally blown away by the sculpt but I'd estimate a price between $50-$100 for such a mini. The guy/gal's reputation will also add a + or -.

 

[PegaZus]

I was going to suggest it was OOP, but nope, released 4/11/11 according to Reaper's Online Store. Looking at the figure on their website makes it look like a horrible cast, but that may just be because of the size. It looks really rough. So it appears to be a superb paint job. I liked it.

Besides, it's got boobies. That'll bring out the bids.

 

[supervike]

mmm boobies....

It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

 

[leopardpixie]

mmm boobies....

It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

of course it had to be vikey

 

[griffongames]

It was good, but not great and based on the sellers other items for sale and sold I'm going to go with the fact that it's teh bewbs that drove the price up to that level. Clearly I'm selling the wrong things on eBay.

 

[TrystanGST]

Vike nailed it (see what I did there?)
Ultimately it's worth whatever someone will pay for it.
So only you can answer your own question. Is it worth the price TO YOU? If you're asking, I'm guessing no.

 

[nels0nmac]

As Griffon mentioned the previous stuff he sold went for $10 -$25 so quite why this was so popular is a bit of a mystery.... of course it could be the naked breasts... always a winner to get young lads a bit too excited and carried away. Works here on CMoN as well.... anything with naked breasts tends to rate higher than the paint job deserves. Youngs lads eh ;0)

As for Ebay the final bidding price is what 2 people are willing to pay for it, as the winning bid is usually only $1 higher than the second highest bid (at that final price of $70ish anyway).

 

[yxalitis]

Well, I personally don't think this is worth $700 myself:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/?turnvotingguideoff=1&id=274267
But I didn't buy it, and whoever did, obviously thought it was.
(If he wanted a painted figure of that putrid monstrosity so badly that he paid $700, why not just get a commission job...but anyway...)

 

[crystella333]

Well, I personally don't think this is worth $700 myself:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/?turnvotingguideoff=1&id=274267
But I didn't buy it, and whoever did, obviously thought it was.
(If he wanted a painted figure of that putrid monstrosity so badly that he paid $700, why not just get a commission job...but anyway...)

No-one thought it was worth $700, so now they now have it listed for $600

 

[BPI]

Don't forget that that's a £102.10 plus shipping model. What's that in US$, $165? Given ForgeWorld's notoriously poor production values it may have taken 2 or three sets of phonecalls & treks to the post office to collect the reshipped useable parts, then hours of prep before the "how many £ per hour am I paying for this paint" question even crops up. It's certainly way above my budget but even if you bought one that was painted to acceptable TT standard by a novice it wouldn't cost less that $250. $500 start for a competently painted one seems pretty standard to me.

Having seen numerous of these crop up over the years it seems that the main thing you have to do is make sure that it looks painted (blends, glazes, some colour depth) as opposed to sprayed beige & spot stained with lots of dabs of ink. Is there a sense that despite the end effect being good, it's too easy a technique & therefore not worthy of a price premium? It's the end result that weighes more significantly than the techniques used to achieve it after all

Cheers, B.

 

[yxalitis]

Don't forget that that's a £102.10 plus shipping model. What's that in US$, $165? Given ForgeWorld's notoriously poor production values it may have taken 2 or three sets of phonecalls & treks to the post office to collect the reshipped useable parts, then hours of prep before the "how many £ per hour am I paying for this paint" question even crops up. It's certainly way above my budget but even if you bought one that was painted to acceptable TT standard by a novice it wouldn't cost less that $250. $500 start for a competently painted one seems pretty standard to me.

Having seen numerous of these crop up over the years it seems that the main thing you have to do is make sure that it looks painted (blends, glazes, some colour depth) as opposed to sprayed beige & spot stained with lots of dabs of ink. Is there a sense that despite the end effect being good, it's too easy a technique & therefore not worthy of a price premium? It's the end result that weighes more significantly than the techniques used to achieve it after all

Cheers, B.

Ahh, yes, good point, that comes down to the honesty of the painter, charging per hour, not because "that one turned out well"
But as we have already established, an item of interest is worth EXACTLY what someone is willing to pay for it.

 

[TrystanGST]

The sad thing is, if you break down these large sales by hour, it's usually a pittance. You'd be better off working at a fast food restaurant.

Say I sell the above mini for $500.

Wow! That's a ton.

However, as BPI pointed out, the mini itself is $165. So I profit $335. Awesome!

But wait - I put 100 hours into it. So I make a whopping $3.35 an hour. Not so awesome anymore.

*edit* My friend and I have been talking about just this recently. He wants to sell on eBay/commission to help bring in some money. We worked out that it's more profitable to throw about a bunch of 5/6s for lower prices than try to pump out a few 8/9s in the same time frame. You'll make less per sale, but lots more sales and a better overall rate per hour.

 

[lono]

The sad thing is, if you break down these large sales by hour, it's usually a pittance. You'd be better off working at a fast food restaurant.

Say I sell the above mini for $500.

Wow! That's a ton.

However, as BPI pointed out, the mini itself is $165. So I profit $335. Awesome!

But wait - I put 100 hours into it. So I make a whopping $3.35 an hour. Not so awesome anymore.

*edit* My friend and I have been talking about just this recently. He wants to sell on eBay/commission to help bring in some money. We worked out that it's more profitable to throw about a bunch of 5/6s for lower prices than try to pump out a few 8/9s in the same time frame. You'll make less per sale, but lots more sales and a better overall rate per hour.

It also really depends on the speed at which you can crank out reasonably painted models, how you promote them and what you choose to paint. If you want to, you can be quite calculated about it and guarantee yourself an hourly rate that's really good, but you have to be flexible and willing to work in a way that is tailored to the market.

Painting things that you want to paint in the way you want to paint them is fun and will probably result in your final paint jobs being worthy of pride. It's probably not the best way to turn a profit though.

If you paint things the audience wants, in a methodical way, and get a good lot of people looking at your auctions you can make an excellent hourly rate. You have to be very calculated about it, focus on new releases and speed, etc, but it is surprising just how much demand there is. Don’t throw them out, get solid 7-8s done quick and you can make a fairly excessive hourly rate to be honest.