1. I would asume you would get a quote for the whole army rahter than by the hour
2. Obviously the more minatures you need painting the more expensive it gets, also depends on how busy the pro painter is as way to many and they may pass if they flat out with work.
3. Size if also going to cost more as it means more paint used and more time, but depends some people can spend more time painting a 6mm model than a 28mm depending on the detail !
4. Level of detail. massive difference beteen TTS and expert, depends what you want them for ? If it to use quite often then just go table top standard, People get confused thinking table top standard has to be sub par, you get very quick results with tts 6mm and they can llok awesome, expert painting means better detail such as highlights, extra colours and are amazing, however they obviously cost more money as it takes more time.
5. I presume the painter will provide the paints, its not like you are going to save money giving him the paint unless you are having a lifesize uss enterprise painted and you have made your own paint.
6. Some minatures are an absolute nightmare to paint once assembled, it depends on the mini, if you are talking old 6mm forumware etc, arms legs and back packs are going to cost you money for the painter to assemble as its his time you are on. Maybe glueing your own minatures may be worth while.
It depends on the minature, without seeing what you are planning its hard to say, you had best speak to the painter before hand and he will recommend dependig on how he like to paint i.e it it makes them more difficult or awkward to paint.
Hope that helps, May be worht post up what army you are looking at also,
Regards Epic
