Commissions, how do they work?

[Reptilia]

I was thinking about contacting an artist for a repaint, but how does it work? How can I contact Martin Garratt, for example? And is it expensive? I know it depends on which figure you want to be repainted, but I'm not into kits or high-end products, I'd be up for a simple Papo repaint.

[stargatedalek]

I don't know how Martin Garratt does it, but most people you would just contact them and ask for a quote.

[Megalosaurus]

In 2014 I asked Martin Garratt to repaint my Collecta Mosasaurus. He said:

I would charge £20.00 GBP to repaint it and £5.00 GBP to create a base for it.

I contacted him by personal message of this same forum.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Martin can be reached here by message or through deviantart, or facebook. He generally can estimate a job before he touches it and once finished he normally provides approval pictures for you to make sure you are happy with the finished result. He is highly professional, and he has never, not once ever botched a job I have given him, and I will tell you firsthand, he has done a lot of work for me. I simply could not have better things to say about his professionalism, abilities and overall offering.

[Simon]

Martin's services are remarkably inexpensive for the amazing quality of his artwork.  The only trouble is the overseas shipping costs (for those of us in the USA).  They make it prohibitively expensive to send him larger pieces (for which his artistic services are otherwise very reasonable).  If he was in the USA I would have had him paint up many of my models.

As it is in 2014 I had him create a couple of 1/40 scale dioramas using some figures that I had customized.  They are absolutely amazing and I love gazing at them every day ...

[pako]

Like a Papo Brown Running T-Rex repaint ? hehe

[Reptilia]

No, I was actually thinking to either an Allosaurus as close as possible to the stock photo, or an Acrocanthosaurus with an adjusted colour scheme, which should be full purple with more orange striping patterns along the body. Thanks for all responses and suggestions.

[ZoPteryx]

I had been wondering some of these things as well.  Thanks for starting this thread, Reptilia, it has been extremely helpful.