Studio Minidragon - High Quality Painted Miniatures

Welcome to Studio Minidragon!

What is Studio Minidragon?

Studio Minidragon is the online home of my collectible and wargame miniature painting service. I'm Joe "Minidragon" Wiedeman - pretty creative, eh?

My goal is to provide a high quality miniature painting service for people who appreciate beautifully painted miniatures but may not have the time or skill to create these miniature works of art for themselves.  So many times we see gorgeous miniatures and impulsively add them to our collections, with no thoughts about how, or when, they might ever get painted to bring out their full potential. That's where Studio Minidragon comes in; I have the time and talent to really bring your figures to life. If you've got figures that you wish were painted to the very highest standard then this is the place to be!

In addition to providing high quality miniature painting services, I also want to make Studio Minidragon a resource for the gaming community - to that end I provide tutorials and how-to's about various aspects of painting and modifying miniatures. I also maintain a large gallery of photos where you can look for inspiration in your own painting!

Use the buttons on the left to get around the site and come back often to see what's new!!

1/16/2010

First update of 2010.

Minidragon has had a great 2009 and I want to give a big "thank you" to all of my customers and all the other visitors to the site.

I've got some more Uncharted Seas Ships, some fantasy figures (Warmachine / Hordes to be precise), a couple Battletech mech's and some new Flames of War things to show off in this update so click on the links and have a look or just peruse the galleries, the newest stuff is at the bottom of each gallery page!

 

8/24/2009

BIG NEWS! GenCon is over and I've finally gotten everything back in order; I grabbed a couple Honorable Mention awards in the big Privateer Press Painting competition! I'm thrilled with this result! Privateer puts up about $2000 cash in prizes so the competition is always fierce. Click on the thumbs to see me entries. (Those in the know may realize that the trolls are the ones I play Hordes with on a regular basis - I played withthem the night before entering too! Apparently my standard for gaming minis if pretty high!)

 

 

 

In other news, I've added a new Gallery: Uncharted Seas! Right now there is an Iron Dwarf Fleet in there but more is coming!

 

7/7/2009
I've got a Battletech figure up for sale on ebay, you can go to the For Sale page or just follow this link to have a look!

UPDATE: This guy is SOLD!

 

5/6/2009
Today Studio Minidragon is happy to announce a special arrangement with Iain Martin at Castle Kits!! Studio Minidragon is now offering fully constructed and painted dungeon kits made from high quality Hirst Arts molds. These kits can be used to build a large dungeon layout for your adventurers to explore and since they are modular they can be combined in an almost infinite number of configurations!
Have a look at the new Dungeon Kits page for more information!

 

5/2/2009
This time I've got a HUGE update in the World of Warcraft Gallery!

I've now painted at least one of every single figure in the core set, plus multiples of several. In all I've added over 70 photos to the gallery! Click here to see them in all their repainted glory! (or you can just navigate to the gallery with menu buttons...)
 

4/6/2009
A quick update to the Tips & Tricks page.

I've written an article describing the building and painting of a Castle Kits Egyptian Pylon Temple - you can see that article on the Tips & Tricks page, or just go here.

 

3/06/2009
Another figure (Tyrande Whisperwind) makes its way into the World of Warcraft gallery - I'm offering repaints on these figures for $15-20. I've updated the Commissions page to reflect this new service.

I also updated the links page with a link to Castle Kits, if you like building dungeons and builings for display or games you should check that out.

Finally I've written a little bit about repainting WoW mini's Tyrande - you can see that article on the Tips & Tricks page, or just go here.

 

2/27/2009
I've added a couple World of Warcraft Miniatures Game figures to the World of Warcraft gallery so have a look! - I'm offering repaints on these figures for $15-20. I've updated the Commissions page to reflect this new service.

I just added a bunch of figures to the other galleries as well, be sure to have a look at the new stuff in the Reaper, Warmachine, Aerotech, and Battletech galleries!

 
2/25/2009
I've added a couple World of Warcraft Miniatures Game figures to the World of Warcraft gallery so have a look! - I'm offering repaints on these figures for $15-20. I've updated the Commissions page to reflect this new service.
 
2/6/2009
I had fallen way behind updating the galleries lately...all that is changed now! I've added nearly 100 new photos! They are all throughout the galleries so have a look and enjoy!
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5/06/2008
More new photos are in the Battletech gallery(a RAC Battlemaster!). I've also added a new gallery for 15mm Historical figures.
 
4/08/2008
Added a new Drakhun and some others to the Warmachine gallery - the Drakhun is just too awesome! I'll be getting one for myself so expect to see a second one in the gallery eventually.
 
3/13/2008
Some new photos are up in the Battletech (a Panther 'mech), Warmachine (first mate hawk), and Warhammer Fantasy (Champion of Nurgle) galleries.