Paintedfigs turns Seraphon commission into exhibition-quality fantasy showcase

Paintedfigs pushed a Seraphon commission all the way to exhibition quality, with the studio saying the skinks carried “a ton of work” and heavy “freehand on the skinks.” The project leaned into the faction’s brightest, most outlandish colors, turning a customer army into the kind of display piece that sits well beyond a routine tabletop force.

The studio said it enjoyed the brief because the schemes were so saturated, and because the goal was to match the brightness of the reference images using traditional painting rather than simply relying on contrast paints. That choice matters in commission work: contrast can speed a unit across the finish line, but a showcase army needs control over edge definition, finish, and where the eye lands from model to model. Paintedfigs’ Seraphon set was built to hold up under close viewing, not just from gaming distance.

The post, published on September 25, 2024, also underlined how much labor separates a strong army from an exhibition piece. The Raptadons were described as the most normal-looking models in the lot, which says plenty about the rest of the batch and the kind of wild Seraphon anatomy the studio was handling. Seraphon are a natural fit for that treatment: Warhammer Community has described them as guided by slann and bound to the Old Ones’ Great Plan, with Lord Kroak among the most prominent slann figures.

That visual identity has only grown in importance as Games Workshop keeps supporting the range. The Seraphon Army Set brought out a Slann Starmaster, 10 Saurus Warriors and 10 Skinks riding Raptadons, alongside an exclusive Battletome: Seraphon, 35 warscroll cards and 52 enhancement cards. Warhammer’s current Seraphon faction pack lists 41 cards and includes Spearhead cards as well, keeping the army active on tables and in display cabinets alike.

Paintedfigs’ pitch fits that market neatly. The company says it has operated since 2005, calls itself the largest dedicated fantasy miniature painting service in the world, and lists standard-quality 28mm infantry painting at $5.54 per miniature. That price point sits on one end of the commission spectrum; this Seraphon project sat at the other, where bright color planning, disciplined traditional layering and dense freehand turn a faction known for temple-ships and cosmic reptilians into a true showcase army.