Hello everyone, pleasure to meet you all, I am the painter behind A Tiny Brush Works. I’ve been painting for four years now, and I feel like I understand pretty well on to paint, I can guarantee that I do know how to hold a brush at the very least. What started as a hobby that a couple of friends dragged me into has turned into something I didn’t expect. I found out that I enjoyed painting minis, actual painting and drawing not so much but minis I can handle.

I started a Tiny Brush Works after a couple of friends pointed out that damn, you’re quite good at this, ever consider going pro?

Never thought of that but hey, better than working a 9-5 if it all turns out well and so why the hell not, and now I'm here yapping to you.

Pretty soon there was another desire other than making money that appeared, the joy of bringing an idea to life and watching it take shape, and this occupation let me do that and get money?

So here I am, I primarily work with the games workshop lines of miniatures, but I am always interested in getting my brushes onto something new, whether it’s an entire army you’ve been putting off for years, a favorite character, or some centerpiece you want to put in a display cabinet. My main concern is how to get that project looking its best.

What I care about most is making miniatures that you're actually excited to own. I'm a hobbyist myself, and like you I’ve probably spent more money than I should’ve on little plastic toys, and they’re not just toys, they’re armies you've spent money and time collecting, characters you might have had for years. And sometimes models that have a pretty ridiculous amount of sentimental value attached to them. I still have my first ever painted mini that I keep in a nice display cabinet despite the poor Eldar guardian being proof that back then, I did not understand why the instructions of the spray can said to fire it in burst and not a continuous spray. And why thinning down paints is important, but do not worry that model has a +1 to its armor save so technically I won in the end.

But I digress, my point is that I understand what goes into these models, and the kind of attention and care you expect when you hand them over to a painter. You're trusting someone with models you've spent hours collecting, building, converting, painting, and obsessing over every tiny detail of.

That's the kind of care I try to bring to every commission.

A Tiny Brush Works is still a small, independent business, run and operated by one person—me. Hi again.

That means when you commission me, you're working directly with the person holding the brush. I handle the painting, communication, photography, and everything else that goes into getting your models from your workbench to your display cabinet or tabletop.

Thanks for stopping by, and I do hope you enjoy looking around.

— Howard Chen