To paint or pay?

[LawnRanger]

Hi Andrew
  Another direction you might try is to find a local club. Pop down and have a few chats with  the members  and even pop down the pub after the meeting and get to know whos the main painters in the club.

 You will always find a few members of a club that would be happy to paint some figures for a price  and see them on a one to one is a lot better and the painter is always happy to show you his last figs his painted ...

and you never know you might even geta club members that COULD have figs to sell to you  right away ! 

there is always deals going on in most clubs swops trades and robbing  goes on in are club a lot so try your local clubs and see what the bobby moore is .. 

hope this might be another option (shame you live up north )
LR