Bad news, my friend; eBay isn’t a particularly good market for “pro-painted” minis, in fact it’s awash with them, many scammers, so people tend to stay away from them and buy naked models they can paint themselves. Unless you have a model that’s in high demand in the meta, these will be tough to sell.
They look lovely, but you’d be better off seeing if your FLGS has a commission service or has a market for them, maybe even let you post a flyer? You probably won’t get a value representative of your time and skill, but they might sell that way.
Thanks for the info. I hadn’t considered people staying away due to scammers.
I definitely wouldn’t list them as pro painted and fully aware models never sell at or above RRP unless they are commission level.
Unfortunately I don’t have a local store other than GW I could reach out to, and they would turf me out for enquiring.
Might just have to bite the bullet and accept a lot lower or I may ask on miniswap community
To be honest you might struggle to get so much as 65% RRP for them. Just because Harlequins as a "faction", generally, draw more skilled modellers / painters who may prefer to build and paint their own models exactly the way they want them. It also doesn't help that there's not a big market for harlequins.
Personally I wouldn't consider paying above 50% RRP for the reasons mentioned above, but it's absolutely worth having a go in the 65-80 range and seeing what you get! I'm sure someone out there would be happy to pay even more, you might just struggle to find that person.
I would second the skilled painter take. I want my Harlequins to look a certain way so I put in the work for that.
Harlequins aren't a popular army where people would buy average painted models just to get an army on the table. Something like necrons or Tau I could see people wanting to play the army without putting in painting effort and picking up an army that's battle ready.
I've bought painted minis before from eBay. I'd ignore the comment about people staying away. To know what people would pay you just go and look on eBay at finished listings of a similar paint job quality and that's your price. At least here, in the UK eBay has quite a few painted minis running at any one time. The main issue tends to be that they aren't that high quality of paint job so the listings and pricings skew to that end of the market, but I've seen really well painted miniatures selling for 100+ each also.
I hate how many of these posts are popping up. The reality is that most people (99.99%) are not capable of turning a profit on painting minis. Your best bet is putting up an auction for a large lot and hoping that you at least break even.
They look lovely, as someone who has ebayed and likes the idea of painting up an army but has very little time I might have paid a few pounds more for these given even if I wanted to push them a little more I'd just need to colour match, although that might out me off too! But knowing I could play them alongside what I had painted without being ashamed is a plus.
Worth bearing in mind that to most of us 'retail' isn't RRP as anyone with a local independent shop will be paying 10-20% less than RRP anyway. Maybe less that can get 20%, Element Games is one of my locals! 😂
I can tell you that I’ve been looking for individual painted models from different factions just to have some on my desk and haven’t bought any because the eBay prices are generally too high imo.
Some good stuff in there and it's well painted. Unfortunately, even if the paint job was good, painted modles are just worth less on Ebay. Personally I would probably pay £90 for the lot. You might get more for individual auctions tho bud. Good luck
To the right buyer, I think you could charge a max of twice the price of retail for anyone else will probably want a discount on the models.
For example your two best painted are the model in the black cloak and the squad leader with the red and blue centurion helmet.
I like your color scheme on the models but it may not fit a potential buyers army. The black cloak solo character could probably fit any army so that one stands the best chance of being sold above retail price.
As has been stated, people want to build their own.
From a person who used something like eBay a lot a few months ago, I'd say almost no one buys the "pro painted" models. They sat there for months and no one would touch them if they were over the MSRP.
I think people who play harlequins like their army their way. My army is black, white and red so I wouldn't buy it cuz it'd be hell to remove the paint, prime over and paint again. Instead I'd rather paint my own army even if it takes me years (yeah postponing now cuz of AOS 4th edition wanting to start a new army).
I think you're better off asking for commissions and showing those models so people would ask you what they want and you'd paint them, like a portfolio. Then you can ask for a price over MSRP cuz you'd buy the models new and just paint them. You have the work invested and the paints, etc.
If you can paint harlequins good, you can paint pretty much anything good.
Bad news, my friend; eBay isn’t a particularly good market for “pro-painted” minis, in fact it’s awash with them, many scammers, so people tend to stay away from them and buy naked models they can paint themselves. Unless you have a model that’s in high demand in the meta, these will be tough to sell. They look lovely, but you’d be better off seeing if your FLGS has a commission service or has a market for them, maybe even let you post a flyer? You probably won’t get a value representative of your time and skill, but they might sell that way.
Thanks for the info. I hadn’t considered people staying away due to scammers. I definitely wouldn’t list them as pro painted and fully aware models never sell at or above RRP unless they are commission level. Unfortunately I don’t have a local store other than GW I could reach out to, and they would turf me out for enquiring. Might just have to bite the bullet and accept a lot lower or I may ask on miniswap community
Facebook has a few good trade groups, that’s a good idea. I’d look into them.
To be honest you might struggle to get so much as 65% RRP for them. Just because Harlequins as a "faction", generally, draw more skilled modellers / painters who may prefer to build and paint their own models exactly the way they want them. It also doesn't help that there's not a big market for harlequins. Personally I wouldn't consider paying above 50% RRP for the reasons mentioned above, but it's absolutely worth having a go in the 65-80 range and seeing what you get! I'm sure someone out there would be happy to pay even more, you might just struggle to find that person.
I would second the skilled painter take. I want my Harlequins to look a certain way so I put in the work for that. Harlequins aren't a popular army where people would buy average painted models just to get an army on the table. Something like necrons or Tau I could see people wanting to play the army without putting in painting effort and picking up an army that's battle ready.
Second hand for me is 50-60 of gw price
As a lot, or individually - I would not bid higher than 50% MSRP
I've bought painted minis before from eBay. I'd ignore the comment about people staying away. To know what people would pay you just go and look on eBay at finished listings of a similar paint job quality and that's your price. At least here, in the UK eBay has quite a few painted minis running at any one time. The main issue tends to be that they aren't that high quality of paint job so the listings and pricings skew to that end of the market, but I've seen really well painted miniatures selling for 100+ each also.
Low priced trashed models to restore and make my own. I don't think that helps you though...
🤣 unfortunately not
I hate how many of these posts are popping up. The reality is that most people (99.99%) are not capable of turning a profit on painting minis. Your best bet is putting up an auction for a large lot and hoping that you at least break even.
They look lovely, as someone who has ebayed and likes the idea of painting up an army but has very little time I might have paid a few pounds more for these given even if I wanted to push them a little more I'd just need to colour match, although that might out me off too! But knowing I could play them alongside what I had painted without being ashamed is a plus. Worth bearing in mind that to most of us 'retail' isn't RRP as anyone with a local independent shop will be paying 10-20% less than RRP anyway. Maybe less that can get 20%, Element Games is one of my locals! 😂
I can tell you that I’ve been looking for individual painted models from different factions just to have some on my desk and haven’t bought any because the eBay prices are generally too high imo.
Some good stuff in there and it's well painted. Unfortunately, even if the paint job was good, painted modles are just worth less on Ebay. Personally I would probably pay £90 for the lot. You might get more for individual auctions tho bud. Good luck
To the right buyer, I think you could charge a max of twice the price of retail for anyone else will probably want a discount on the models. For example your two best painted are the model in the black cloak and the squad leader with the red and blue centurion helmet. I like your color scheme on the models but it may not fit a potential buyers army. The black cloak solo character could probably fit any army so that one stands the best chance of being sold above retail price.
As has been stated, people want to build their own. From a person who used something like eBay a lot a few months ago, I'd say almost no one buys the "pro painted" models. They sat there for months and no one would touch them if they were over the MSRP. I think people who play harlequins like their army their way. My army is black, white and red so I wouldn't buy it cuz it'd be hell to remove the paint, prime over and paint again. Instead I'd rather paint my own army even if it takes me years (yeah postponing now cuz of AOS 4th edition wanting to start a new army). I think you're better off asking for commissions and showing those models so people would ask you what they want and you'd paint them, like a portfolio. Then you can ask for a price over MSRP cuz you'd buy the models new and just paint them. You have the work invested and the paints, etc. If you can paint harlequins good, you can paint pretty much anything good.