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Hello

Does anyone know of a good, high quality, painting service for 1/2400 ships in ww1 and 2.

I am aware of the "My wife paints ships" service and though her work is very good, it's not quite what I'm looking for. Just a notch or two higher in quality level (lines are straight instead of squiggly etc.)

Thanks so much in advance, it seems that there are very limited choices in this area.

Can you send me some examples of work that you like? I paint ships, but I am not sure what you're standards are.

There is a seller on eBay - leopold21558 - who frequently lists extremely well-painted 1/2400 GHQ models. You can search for his seller ID to get an idea of the quality of work he does since each item has a photo, then contact him if you don't see anything listed that you are looking for. I don't know if he would take on a commission painting specific ships for a fixed fee, rather than putting them up for auction, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

thetourist wrote:Can you send me some examples of work that you like? I paint ships, but I am not sure what you're standards are.

Hey thetourist

I am actually looking for quality similar to those seen on the GHQ website (catalog section).

It could be a notch down from that but something close to it.

Something like this (and he does not take commissions)

http://www.agisn.de/html/vas_royal_navy.html

The guys name is Mark Lundberg and he does do commissioned jobs, I had him do my carriers as their a bit beyond me at this point. I play with the resin ones but send him the GHQ ones. Fairly reasonable and he can either paint yorus or provide the ship as well. I usually print out the schemes and ship them to him with the ships. I got some DD's back with the penant numbers on them. He told me they were a bugger to do, I didn't even know they were on the photo LOL. I do my own now up to CLs so far, but I highly recommend him if you haven't the time or just don't want to screw up your 16 dollar carrier. Buzz me and I''ll get you his email.

Pardon the misspellings, my fingers broken and its darn difficult to type with.

Podette

I also do painted jobs for people. If you wish send me a private message and we can discuss priceing. I only paint 2400 scale if that helps. I have some of my stuff on threads here in the forums. If you like i can also send you some of my pics.

fullmetaljacket

I am also interested in finding someone to paint some ships. I don't need a lot, and they are going to be used just for display- no gaming. They are for my father-in-law. With this in mind, I am mostly interested in really high quality, and am willing to pay for it...within reason. I have heard about the guys wife who paints ships (I have also heard that she may not be doing that any longer), and I think that they look good, but too dark. Does anyone know of a high quality naval painting service? If you have any photos, prices, etc., that would be great! I want to keep this in the USA, I can only imagine what the finished ships may look like after getting bounced around in international shipping.

Thanks

From what I can tell, no one does this to the level you and I are thinking LOL.

What ships are you wanting to have painted? Are you wanting camouflage on them? Just curious.

Some with camo, some without. If I found a good painter, I would have hundereds of ships to do over time. Maybe 8 to 10 a month or more.